> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developers.telnyx.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Retrieve a WhatsApp phone number > Returns one WhatsApp phone number linked to the authenticated Telnyx account. For a coexistence number in the `syncing` state, the response includes `sync_progress`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/source/external/legacy-published/whatsapp/management.json get /whatsapp/phone_numbers/{phone_number} openapi: 3.1.0 info: contact: email: support@telnyx.com description: > API for managing WhatsApp Business Accounts (WABAs), phone numbers, and message templates. Use these endpoints to: - List and manage WhatsApp Business Accounts - Configure phone numbers for WhatsApp - Create and manage message templates - Set up webhook configurations title: Telnyx WhatsApp Management API version: 2.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.telnyx.com/v2 security: - bearerAuth: [] paths: /whatsapp/phone_numbers/{phone_number}: get: tags: - Whatsapp Phone Numbers summary: Retrieve a WhatsApp phone number description: >- Returns one WhatsApp phone number linked to the authenticated Telnyx account. For a coexistence number in the `syncing` state, the response includes `sync_progress`. operationId: GetWhatsappPhoneNumber parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/WhatsappPhoneNumber' responses: '200': $ref: '#/components/responses/WhatsappPhoneSingleResponse' 4XX: $ref: '#/components/responses/messaging_GenericErrorResponse' x-codeSamples: - lang: JavaScript source: >- import Telnyx from 'telnyx'; const client = new Telnyx({ apiKey: process.env['TELNYX_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted }); const response = await client.whatsapp.phoneNumbers.retrievePhoneNumber('phone_number'); console.log(response.data); - lang: Python source: | import os from telnyx import Telnyx client = Telnyx( api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted ) response = client.whatsapp.phone_numbers.retrieve_phone_number( "phone_number", ) print(response.data) - lang: Go source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go\"\n\t\"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := telnyx.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithAPIKey(\"My API Key\"),\n\t)\n\tresponse, err := client.Whatsapp.PhoneNumbers.GetPhoneNumber(\n\t\tcontext.TODO(),\n\t\t\"phone_number\",\n\t)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", response.Data)\n}\n" - lang: Java source: |- package com.telnyx.sdk.example; import com.telnyx.sdk.client.TelnyxClient; import com.telnyx.sdk.client.okhttp.TelnyxOkHttpClient; public final class Main { private Main() {} public static void main(String[] args) { TelnyxClient client = TelnyxOkHttpClient.fromEnv(); var response = client.whatsapp().phoneNumbers().retrievePhoneNumber("phone_number"); } } - lang: Ruby source: >- require "telnyx" telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key") response = telnyx.whatsapp.phone_numbers.retrieve_phone_number("phone_number") puts(response) - lang: PHP source: >- whatsapp->phoneNumbers->retrievePhoneNumber( 'phone_number', ); var_dump($response); } catch (APIException $e) { echo $e->getMessage(); } - lang: CLI source: |- telnyx whatsapp:phone-numbers retrieve-phone-number \ --api-key 'My API Key' \ --phone-number phone_number components: parameters: WhatsappPhoneNumber: name: phone_number in: path required: true schema: type: string description: Phone number (E.164 format) responses: WhatsappPhoneSingleResponse: description: Successful response with one WhatsApp phone number content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WhatsappPhoneResponse' required: - data messaging_GenericErrorResponse: description: Unexpected error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/messaging_Errors' example: errors: - code: string title: string detail: string source: pointer: /data/attributes/phone_number parameter: string schemas: WhatsappPhoneResponse: type: object properties: record_type: type: string example: whatsapp_business_phone_number phone_number: type: string description: Phone number in E164 format phone_number_id: type: string description: Whatsapp phone number ID waba_id: type: string description: WABA ID of Whatsapp business account user_id: type: string description: User ID display_name: type: string quality_rating: type: string description: Whatsapp quality rating status: type: string created_at: type: string format: date-time enabled: type: boolean calling_enabled: type: boolean is_on_biz_app: type: boolean description: >- Indicates whether the number is connected to both the WhatsApp Business app and Cloud API through WhatsApp Coexistence. coexistence_state: type: - string - 'null' enum: - pending_onboarding - sync_pending - syncing - sync_complete - active - history_declined - sync_deadline_expired - offboarded - disconnected - null description: >- Current lifecycle state for a coexistence number. This is null for a standard Cloud API number. sync_deadline: type: - string - 'null' format: date-time description: >- Deadline for initiating the current coexistence synchronization cycle. This is null when no deadline applies. sync_progress: type: - object - 'null' description: >- Synchronization progress. This object is returned only while a coexistence number is synchronizing. properties: contacts_status: type: string history_status: type: string history_phase: type: - integer - 'null' history_chunk_order: type: - integer - 'null' history_progress: type: - integer - 'null' minimum: 0 maximum: 100 messaging_Errors: properties: errors: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/messaging_Error' messaging_Error: required: - code - title properties: code: type: string x-format: integer title: type: string detail: type: string source: type: object properties: pointer: description: JSON pointer (RFC6901) to the offending entity. type: string format: json-pointer parameter: description: Indicates which query parameter caused the error. type: string meta: type: object securitySchemes: bearerAuth: scheme: bearer type: http ````