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Retrieve a single contract

GET
/contracts/:contract_id
GET
/rest/v2/contracts/:contract_id
$curl -G https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts/37nex2x \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -d expand=cost_centers
1{
2  "data": {
3    "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
4    "type": "ongoing_time_based",
5    "title": "Software Development Contract",
6    "client": {
7      "team": {
8        "id": "team-xyz789",
9        "name": "Engineering Team"
10      },
11      "id": "team-abc123",
12      "email": "client@example.com",
13      "full_name": "Acme Corp",
14      "legal_entity": {
15        "id": "team-xyz789",
16        "name": "Engineering Team",
17        "type": "company",
18        "email": "test@example.com",
19        "subtype": "general-partnership",
20        "vat_number": "123456789",
21        "registration_number": "123456789"
22      }
23    },
24    "status": "in_progress",
25    "worker": {
26      "id": "team-abc123",
27      "email": "client@example.com",
28      "country": "US",
29      "full_name": "Acme Corp",
30      "last_name": "Doe",
31      "first_name": "John",
32      "nationality": "US",
33      "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
34      "expected_email": "test@example.com",
35      "alternate_email": [
36        {
37          "email": "test@example.com",
38          "isVerified": true
39        }
40      ]
41    },
42    "created_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
43    "signatures": {
44      "signed_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
45      "client_signature": "Jane Doe",
46      "client_signed_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
47      "worker_signature": "Jane Doe",
48      "worker_signed_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
49    },
50    "start_date": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
51    "updated_at": "2022-05-02T00:00:00Z",
52    "invitations": {
53      "client_email": "client@example.com",
54      "worker_email": "worker@example.com"
55    },
56    "is_archived": "false",
57    "special_clause": "Special clause",
58    "termination_date": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
59    "quote": {
60      "benefits": [
61        {
62          "fee": 200.5,
63          "name": "Health Insurance",
64          "plan": "Premium",
65          "price": 150.75,
66          "fee_usd": 220,
67          "currency": "USD",
68          "price_usd": 170.5
69        }
70      ],
71      "currency": "USD"
72    },
73    "location": "Spain",
74    "job_title": "Backend Developer",
75    "seniority": {
76      "id": 1,
77      "name": "Mid (Individual Contributor Level 2)",
78      "level": 2
79    },
80    "external_id": "external_id",
81    "who_reports": "client",
82    "cost_centers": [
83      {
84        "name": "6P73USR022JKJ2KU1",
85        "number": "553",
86        "allocation_percentage": 100
87      }
88    ],
89    "product_area": 1234,
90    "custom_fields": [
91      {
92        "id": "64f65ef7-4d4d-4a26-b745-0398bb49f7f5",
93        "name": "Employee ID",
94        "value": "54234"
95      }
96    ],
97    "notice_period": 30,
98    "scope_of_work": "Scope of work",
99    "work_schedule": {
100      "days": [
101        {
102          "day": "MONDAY",
103          "end": "17:00:00",
104          "start": "09:00:00",
105          "work_hours": 8
106        }
107      ],
108      "name": "34ZNYKYL3G",
109      "country": "IN",
110      "worker_types": [
111        "SALARIED_DIRECT_EMPLOYEE_PAYROLL"
112      ],
113      "effective_from": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000",
114      "work_schedule_type": "Fixed work schedule",
115      "work_hours_per_week": 40,
116      "employment_type": "FULL_TIME"
117    },
118    "fte_percentage": 1,
119    "employment_type": "FULL_TIME",
120    "contract_template": {
121      "id": "37nex2x",
122      "title": "UK Employment Contract 2022."
123    },
124    "work_statement_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
125    "employment_details": {
126      "type": "full_time",
127      "days_per_week": 5,
128      "hours_per_day": 8,
129      "probation_period": 30,
130      "paid_vacation_days": 20
131    },
132    "compensation_details": {
133      "scale": "hourly",
134      "amount": "100",
135      "cycle_end": 31,
136      "frequency": "monthly",
137      "currency_code": "GBP",
138      "first_payment": "500",
139      "cycle_end_type": "DAY_OF_MONTH",
140      "first_payment_date": "2024-08-30T20:59:59.999+00:00",
141      "gross_annual_salary": "50000",
142      "gross_signing_bonus": "5000",
143      "gross_variable_bonus": "5000"
144    }
145  }
146}

Retrieves the full record for a specific contract by contract_id, including status, compensation, worker details, and metadata. Pass expand=cost_centers as a query parameter to include cost center data in the response. Token scopes: contracts:read

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AuthorizationBearer
## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)
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AuthorizationBearer

Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

Path parameters

contract_idstringRequired
Unique identifier of the contract.

Query parameters

expandenumOptional
Include cost centers in the response.
Allowed values:

Response

Successful operation.
dataobject

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error
500
Internal Server Error

Authentication

The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail.

1curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'

Learn more about authentication