# can't retrieve engagements

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/cant-retrieve-engagements/129253>\
**Category:** CMS Development\
**Tags:** contacts\
**Created:** [April 4, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/cant-retrieve-engagements/129253 "2025-04-04T03:59:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![JJiao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c5a1d2/32.png) [@JJiao](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JJiao)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 3:59am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/cant-retrieve-engagements/129253/1 "2025-04-04T03:59:11Z")

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I’m trying to retrieve the engagements for a contact, but for some reason all of the following calls return no data for contacts that do have engagements on their Activity timeline:

[https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v4/objects/contacts/](https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v4/objects/contacts/) {contactId}/associations/engagements

[https://api.hubapi.com/engagements/v1/engagements/paged](https://api.hubapi.com/engagements/v1/engagements/paged)

[https://api.hubapi.com/engagements/v1/engagements/associated/contact/{contactId}/paged](https://api.hubapi.com/engagements/v1/engagements/associated/contact/%7BcontactId%7D/paged)

I have the crm.objects.contacts.read and crm.objects.companies.read permissions as well. Any ideas?

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**Author:** ![DianaGomez](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/dianagomez/32/48035_2.png) [@DianaGomez](https://community.hubspot.com/u/DianaGomez)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/cant-retrieve-engagements/129253/2 "2025-04-04T12:25:39Z")

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Hi @JJiao,

Thanks for reaching out to the Community!

While reviewing, I came across a similar question, and some users offered some options. I encourage you to check it out.

[Cannot retrieve engagements for a contact via API](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/Cannot-retrieve-engagements-for-a-contact-via-API/m-p/440162)

On the other hand I would like to invite some members of our community who may offer valuable insights.— hey @HMir, @SteveHTM, @HubDoPete, @himanshurauthan Could you share your perspective on how you would address this situation?

Thanks for taking a look!

Diana

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**Author:** ![SteveHTM](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/stevehtm/32/22074_2.png) [@SteveHTM](https://community.hubspot.com/u/SteveHTM)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/cant-retrieve-engagements/129253/3 "2025-04-05T20:28:20Z")

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@JJiao - no question for me that the following would be the API of choice here:

[https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v4/objects/contact/{objectId}/associations/engagement](https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v4/objects/contact/%7BobjectId%7D/associations/engagement)

With the right authenticsation and scopes, I can’t see why this would not work for you.

Steve