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# Get Contact History

> Get contact's history. Permission required: `view-livechat-contact-history`.

### Changelog
| Version      | Description |
| ---------------- | ------------|
|6.1.0             | Added       |

## OpenAPI

````json GET /api/v1/omnichannel/contacts.history
{
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "info": {
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "title": "Omnichannel"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://apiexplorer.support.rocket.chat"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Users"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Agents"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Monitors"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Visitors"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Contacts"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Rooms"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Departments"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Custom Fields"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Business Hours"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Priorities"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Tags"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Units"
    },
    {
      "name": "SLA Policies"
    },
    {
      "name": "Canned Responses"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Transcript"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Statistics"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Agent Stats"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Dashboards"
    },
    {
      "name": "Reports"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Inquiries"
    },
    {
      "name": "Omnichannel Webhooks"
    },
    {
      "name": "Livechat"
    },
    {
      "name": "Livechat Appearance"
    },
    {
      "name": "Livechat Triggers"
    },
    {
      "name": "Livechat Messages"
    },
    {
      "name": "Livechat Page Visited"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/v1/omnichannel/contacts.history": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Get Contact History",
        "tags": [
          "Omnichannel Contacts"
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/trueSuccess"
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Bad Request",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean"
                    },
                    "error": {
                      "type": "string"
                    },
                    "errorType": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Example 1": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "false",
                      "error": "must have required property 'contactId' [invalid-params]",
                      "errorType": "invalid-params"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/authorizationError"
          },
          "403": {
            "description": "Forbidden",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {
                    "success": {
                      "type": "boolean"
                    },
                    "error": {
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  }
                },
                "examples": {
                  "Example 1": {
                    "value": {
                      "success": "false",
                      "error": "User does not have the permissions required for this action [error-unauthorized]"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "operationId": "get-api-v1-omnichannel-contacts.history",
        "description": "Get contact's history. Permission required: `view-livechat-contact-history`.\n\n### Changelog\n| Version      | Description |\n| ---------------- | ------------|\n|6.1.0             | Added       |",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/AuthToken"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/UserId"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/offset"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/count"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/parameters/sort"
          },
          {
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "673653b997f0fbcd657f0ebf"
            },
            "in": "query",
            "name": "contactId",
            "required": "true",
            "description": "The contact's ID."
          },
          {
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "widget"
            },
            "in": "query",
            "name": "source",
            "description": "The source of the contact's interaction with your organization."
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "responses": {
      "trueSuccess": {
        "description": "OK",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "success": {
                  "type": "boolean"
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "Success": {
                "value": {
                  "success": "true"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "authorizationError": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "status": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "message": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "examples": {
              "Authorization Error": {
                "value": {
                  "status": "error",
                  "message": "You must be logged in to do this."
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "parameters": {
      "AuthToken": {
        "name": "X-Auth-Token",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The `authToken` of the authenticated user.",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "RScctEHSmLGZGywfIhWyRpyofhKOiMoUIpimhvheU3f"
      },
      "UserId": {
        "name": "X-User-Id",
        "in": "header",
        "description": "The `userId` of the authenticated user.",
        "required": "true",
        "schema": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "example": "rbAXPnMktTFbNpwtJ"
      },
      "offset": {
        "name": "offset",
        "in": "query",
        "required": "false",
        "schema": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "example": "50",
        "description": "Number of items to \"skip\" in the query, i.e. requests return count items, skipping the first offset items. Refer to the [official documentation](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/query-parameters#pagination) to learn more."
      },
      "count": {
        "name": "count",
        "in": "query",
        "required": "false",
        "schema": {
          "type": "integer"
        },
        "example": "25",
        "description": "The number of items to return. Refer to the [official documentation](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/query-parameters#pagination) to learn more."
      },
      "sort": {
        "name": "sort",
        "in": "query",
        "required": "false",
        "schema": {
          "format": "object"
        },
        "description": "List of fields to order by, and in which direction. JSON object, with properties listed in desired order, with values of 1 for ascending, or -1 for descending. For example, sort = `{\"value\": -1, \"_id\": 1}`. Refer to the [official documentation](https://developer.rocket.chat/apidocs/query-parameters#pagination) to learn more."
      }
    }
  }
}
````