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# List Contact Conversations

> List a contact's conversations (inbound calls, outbound calls, and chats) merged into a single timeline, most recent first. Results are matched by the contact's phone number. Use the returned `pagination_key` to fetch the next page.




## OpenAPI

````yaml openapi-final get /list-contact-conversations/{contact_id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Retell SDK
  version: 3.0.0
  x-retell-spec-revision: 2026-08-22-7679759
  contact:
    name: Retell Support
    url: https://www.retellai.com/
    email: support@retellai.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
  - url: https://api.retellai.com
    description: The production server.
security:
  - api_key: []
paths:
  /list-contact-conversations/{contact_id}:
    get:
      description: >
        List a contact's conversations (inbound calls, outbound calls, and
        chats) merged into a single timeline, most recent first. Results are
        matched by the contact's phone number. Use the returned `pagination_key`
        to fetch the next page.
      operationId: listContactConversations
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: contact_id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/LimitParam'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaginationKeyParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Merged list of the contact's conversations.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactConversationListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: >-
            import Retell from 'retell-sdk';


            const client = new Retell({
              apiKey: process.env['RETELL_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });


            const response = await
            client.contact.listConversations('contact_id');


            console.log(response.has_more);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from retell import Retell

            client = Retell(
                api_key=os.environ.get("RETELL_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            response = client.contact.list_conversations(
                contact_id="contact_id",
            )
            print(response.has_more)
components:
  parameters:
    LimitParam:
      in: query
      name: limit
      schema:
        type: integer
        default: 50
        maximum: 1000
      description: Maximum number of items to return.
    PaginationKeyParam:
      in: query
      name: pagination_key
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Pagination key for fetching the next page.
  schemas:
    ContactConversationListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactConversation'
        pagination_key:
          type: string
          description: >
            Base64url-encoded pagination key. Pass as `pagination_key` query
            parameter to fetch the next page.
        has_more:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether more conversations exist beyond the returned window.
    ContactConversation:
      oneOf:
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactCall'
        - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactChat'
    ContactCall:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - call_id
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - call
        call_id:
          type: string
        start_timestamp:
          type: number
          description: Epoch milliseconds when the call started.
        duration_ms:
          type: number
          description: Duration of the call in milliseconds.
        direction:
          type: string
          enum:
            - inbound
            - outbound
          description: Direction of the call.
        disconnection_reason:
          type: string
          description: Reason the call ended.
        summary:
          type: string
          description: Post-call analysis summary.
        sentiment:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Negative
            - Positive
            - Neutral
            - Unknown
          description: User sentiment from post-call analysis.
        successful:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the call was deemed successful by post-call analysis.
    ContactChat:
      type: object
      required:
        - type
        - chat_id
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
            - chat
        chat_id:
          type: string
        start_timestamp:
          type: number
          description: Epoch milliseconds when the chat started.
        duration_ms:
          type: number
          description: Duration of the chat in milliseconds.
        direction:
          type: string
          enum:
            - inbound
            - outbound
          description: Direction of the chat.
        disconnection_reason:
          type: string
          description: Reason the chat ended.
        summary:
          type: string
          description: Post-chat analysis summary.
        sentiment:
          type: string
          enum:
            - Negative
            - Positive
            - Neutral
            - Unknown
          description: User sentiment from post-chat analysis.
        successful:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the chat was deemed successful by post-chat analysis.
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - error
              message:
                type: string
                example: API key is missing or invalid.
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - error
              message:
                type: string
                example: The requested resource was not found.
    TooManyRequests:
      description: Too Many Requests
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - error
              message:
                type: string
                example: Account rate limited, please throttle your requests.
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal Server Error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                enum:
                  - error
              message:
                type: string
                example: An unexpected server error occurred.
  securitySchemes:
    api_key:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: string
      description: >-
        Authentication header containing API key (find it in dashboard). The
        format is "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

````