# List Contacts created or modified since date

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-contacts-created-or-modified-since-date/7648>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [February 23, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-contacts-created-or-modified-since-date/7648 "2017-02-23T12:06:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![lukasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@lukasm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/lukasm)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-contacts-created-or-modified-since-date/7648/1 "2017-02-23T12:06:28Z")

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Hi,  
  
I 've been trying to use **GET /contacts** to fetch contacts updates (all new or updated contacts since datetime). There is the **search** param that we could probably use . How such search command should look like?  
  
  
  
I found that there is also **orderBy** param for **GET /contacts** , can this one be used with **dateModified** field to achive the same goal (through polling)?

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**Author:** ![lukasm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@lukasm](https://forum.mautic.org/u/lukasm)\
**Post date:** [February 23, 2017, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/list-contacts-created-or-modified-since-date/7648/2 "2017-02-23T12:06:28Z")

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Hi,  
I 've been trying to use GET /contacts to fetch contacts updates (all new or updated contacts since datetime). There is the search param that we could probably use . How such search command should look like?

I found that there is also orderBy param for GET /contacts, can this one be used with dateModified field to achive the same goal (through polling)?