# Get contacts last updates since

**URL:** <https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/get-contacts-last-updates-since/118>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [19 July 2014 23:07 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/get-contacts-last-updates-since/118 "2014-07-19T23:07:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![stella](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@stella](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/stella)\
**Post date:** [19 July 2014 23:07 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/get-contacts-last-updates-since/118/1 "2014-07-19T23:07:27Z")

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+1 for this featureOn Tuesday, January 15, 2013 5:20:27 PM UTC, [ol...@centation.com](mailto:ol...@centation.com) wrote:

> Just wondering if it was possible to GET all the contacts that have been  
> updated since a certain date/time?
> 
> This will save me (and you) having to go through all the contacts on every  
> sync rather than just the ones that have been updated.
> 
> Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Ioan\_Serban](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/ioan_serban/32/148_2.png) [@Ioan\_Serban](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/Ioan_Serban)\
**Post date:** [17 January 2013 14:04 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/get-contacts-last-updates-since/118/2 "2013-01-17T14:04:31Z")

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Hi,

Currently there is no way to specify an updated\_at date/time parameter when  
getting contacts.

One thing you could do is look at the Etag header in the response and check  
that against the previous Etag for that particular request.  
If these match, then no data has changed and you don’t need to iterate over  
the received contacts. You will still have to request all the pages  
and check/store the received Etag for each of these requests though.

Regards,  
IoanOn Tuesday, 15 January 2013 17:20:27 UTC, [ol...@centation.com](mailto:ol...@centation.com) wrote:

> Just wondering if it was possible to GET all the contacts that have been  
> updated since a certain date/time?
> 
> This will save me (and you) having to go through all the contacts on every  
> sync rather than just the ones that have been updated.
> 
> Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Aqib\_Mian](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/user_avatar/api-discuss.freeagent.com/aqib_mian/32/1056_2.png) [@Aqib\_Mian](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/u/Aqib_Mian)\
**Post date:** [28 April 2025 16:34 UTC](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/get-contacts-last-updates-since/118/3 "2025-04-28T16:34:40Z")

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Hi,  
We’ve just rolled out support for the `updated_since` parameter on contacts! You can find the full details and examples in our official announcement here: [New “updated\_since” date Filter for the Contacts Endpoint](https://api-discuss.freeagent.com/t/new-updated-since-date-filter-for-the-contacts-endpoint/5696). This should help you pull only the records that have changed since your last sync and keep things more efficient.

Let us know if you have any questions or run into any issues!