curl --request GET \
--url https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
var response = await client.GetAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst url = 'https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"id": 100234,
"contactType": "Household",
"isPrivate": false,
"name": "Marcus Castellano",
"informalName": "Marcus & Elena Castellano",
"description": "Household led by Marcus Castellano; board member and major donor.",
"website": null,
"maritalStatus": "Married",
"anniversaryMonth": null,
"anniversaryDay": null,
"anniversaryYear": null,
"giftAskAmount": "1000.00",
"giftAskType": "Capital Campaign",
"lifeToDateGiving": "42500.00",
"yearToDateGiving": "4000.00",
"lastGiftAmount": "1000.00",
"lastGiftDate": "2025-10-12T00:00:00Z",
"contactIndividuals": [
{
"id": 200234,
"prefix": "Mr.",
"firstName": "Marcus",
"middleName": "David",
"lastName": "Castellano",
"suffix": null,
"gender": "Male",
"isPrimary": true,
"isSecondary": false,
"birthMonth": 3,
"birthDay": 18,
"birthYear": 1972,
"birthDate": "1972-03-18T00:00:00Z",
"approximateAge": 53,
"isDeceased": false,
"passion": "Youth education",
"contactMethods": [
{
"id": 300101,
"type": "Home Email",
"value": "marcus.castellano@example.org",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
},
{
"id": 300102,
"type": "Mobile Phone",
"value": "(555) 012-3401",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
}
]
},
{
"id": 200235,
"prefix": "Mrs.",
"firstName": "Elena",
"middleName": "Maria",
"lastName": "Castellano",
"suffix": null,
"gender": "Female",
"isPrimary": false,
"isSecondary": true,
"birthMonth": 8,
"birthDay": 22,
"birthYear": 1974,
"birthDate": "1974-08-22T00:00:00Z",
"approximateAge": 51,
"isDeceased": false,
"passion": "Community health",
"contactMethods": [
{
"id": 300104,
"type": "Home Email",
"value": "elena.castellano@example.org",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
},
{
"id": 300105,
"type": "Mobile Phone",
"value": "(555) 012-3402",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
}
]
}
],
"address": {
"id": 400123,
"label": "Home",
"address1": "219 Oak Hill Drive",
"address2": null,
"city": "Springfield",
"state": "OR",
"postal": "97478",
"country": "United States",
"isPrimary": true,
"startMonth": null,
"startDay": null,
"endMonth": null,
"endDay": null
}
}{
"message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
}{
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
}Get a Contact by Reference ID
Returns the contact carrying the given reference id from an external system, without needing to know the reference source. HMAC Auth only.
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
var response = await client.GetAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst url = 'https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/Contact/ByReference/{referenceId}';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"id": 100234,
"contactType": "Household",
"isPrivate": false,
"name": "Marcus Castellano",
"informalName": "Marcus & Elena Castellano",
"description": "Household led by Marcus Castellano; board member and major donor.",
"website": null,
"maritalStatus": "Married",
"anniversaryMonth": null,
"anniversaryDay": null,
"anniversaryYear": null,
"giftAskAmount": "1000.00",
"giftAskType": "Capital Campaign",
"lifeToDateGiving": "42500.00",
"yearToDateGiving": "4000.00",
"lastGiftAmount": "1000.00",
"lastGiftDate": "2025-10-12T00:00:00Z",
"contactIndividuals": [
{
"id": 200234,
"prefix": "Mr.",
"firstName": "Marcus",
"middleName": "David",
"lastName": "Castellano",
"suffix": null,
"gender": "Male",
"isPrimary": true,
"isSecondary": false,
"birthMonth": 3,
"birthDay": 18,
"birthYear": 1972,
"birthDate": "1972-03-18T00:00:00Z",
"approximateAge": 53,
"isDeceased": false,
"passion": "Youth education",
"contactMethods": [
{
"id": 300101,
"type": "Home Email",
"value": "marcus.castellano@example.org",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
},
{
"id": 300102,
"type": "Mobile Phone",
"value": "(555) 012-3401",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
}
]
},
{
"id": 200235,
"prefix": "Mrs.",
"firstName": "Elena",
"middleName": "Maria",
"lastName": "Castellano",
"suffix": null,
"gender": "Female",
"isPrimary": false,
"isSecondary": true,
"birthMonth": 8,
"birthDay": 22,
"birthYear": 1974,
"birthDate": "1974-08-22T00:00:00Z",
"approximateAge": 51,
"isDeceased": false,
"passion": "Community health",
"contactMethods": [
{
"id": 300104,
"type": "Home Email",
"value": "elena.castellano@example.org",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
},
{
"id": 300105,
"type": "Mobile Phone",
"value": "(555) 012-3402",
"isOptedIn": true,
"isPrimary": true
}
]
}
],
"address": {
"id": 400123,
"label": "Home",
"address1": "219 Oak Hill Drive",
"address2": null,
"city": "Springfield",
"state": "OR",
"postal": "97478",
"country": "United States",
"isPrimary": true,
"startMonth": null,
"startDay": null,
"endMonth": null,
"endDay": null
}
}{
"message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
}{
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
(Required) The reference identifier.
Response
OK
The unique identifier of the record in Virtuous.
The type of contact, for example Household, Organization, or Foundation.
When true, the record is only visible to users with permission to view private records.
The display name of the record.
The free-text description stored on the record.
The total amount the contact has given since the first gift.
The total amount the contact has given in the current year.
The amount of the most recent gift from the contact.
The date of the most recent gift from the contact.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
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