# REST API List contacts, JSON contacts array in result not as documented

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/rest-api-list-contacts-json-contacts-array-in-result-not-as-documented/9881>\
**Category:** Development\
**Created:** [November 11, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/rest-api-list-contacts-json-contacts-array-in-result-not-as-documented/9881 "2017-11-11T19:48:12Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![mrkennie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@mrkennie](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mrkennie)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/rest-api-list-contacts-json-contacts-array-in-result-not-as-documented/9881/1 "2017-11-11T19:48:12Z")

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GET “/api/contacts”  
  
  
  
Should be:

Code:

{ "total": "1", "contacts": [ { "id": 2, ........... } } }

  
Actual:

Code:

{ "total": "1", "contacts": { "2": { "id": 2, ........... } } }

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**Author:** ![mrkennie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/aeb1de/32.png) [@mrkennie](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mrkennie)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2017, 7:48pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/rest-api-list-contacts-json-contacts-array-in-result-not-as-documented/9881/2 "2017-11-11T19:48:12Z")

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GET “/api/contacts”

Should be:

```auto
{
    "total": "1",
    "contacts": [
        {
            "id": 2,
            ...........
        }
    }
}
```

Actual:

```auto
{
    "total": "1",
    "contacts": {
        "2": {
            "id": 2,
            ...........
         }
    }
}
```

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**Author:** ![MeBeingKen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/mebeingken/32/431_2.png) [@MeBeingKen](https://forum.mautic.org/u/MeBeingKen)\
**Post date:** [August 5, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/rest-api-list-contacts-json-contacts-array-in-result-not-as-documented/9881/3 "2020-08-05T17:52:30Z")

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The lack of an array is still in the current api.

Can anybody point me to the location of this code so I can work on a solution?