Find contacts

curl --request POST \
  --url https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "where": {
    "id": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance}"

payload = { "where": { "id": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net" } }
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({where: {id: '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net'}})
};

fetch('https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'where' => [
        'id' => '5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"where\": {\n    \"id\": \"5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance}")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"where\": {\n    \"id\": \"5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://pilotstatus.com.br/api/layer/evolution-v2/chat/findContacts/{instance}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"where\": {\n    \"id\": \"5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

[
  {
    "id": "clzcontact001aaa111bbb222",
    "remoteJid": "5511999999999@s.whatsapp.net",
    "pushName": "Maria Silva",
    "profilePicUrl": "https://pps.whatsapp.net/v/t61.24694-24/123456_abcdef.jpg",
    "createdAt": "2026-07-01T10:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T18:20:00.000Z",
    "instanceId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "isGroup": false,
    "isSaved": true,
    "type": "contact"
  },
  {
    "id": "clzcontact002ccc333ddd444",
    "remoteJid": "120363012345678901@g.us",
    "pushName": "Equipe Vendas",
    "profilePicUrl": null,
    "createdAt": "2026-07-02T09:30:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-07-09T12:00:00.000Z",
    "instanceId": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-abcd-ef1234567890",
    "isGroup": true,
    "isSaved": true,
    "type": "group"
  }
]

{
  "status": 400,
  "error": "Bad Request",
  "message": "Invalid payload"
}