# Empty results from list api

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** professional\
**Created:** [December 20, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271 "2025-12-20T00:40:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![NNagarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NNagarajan](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NNagarajan)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2025, 12:40am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271/1 "2025-12-20T00:40:16Z")

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Using this [endpoint](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api-reference/crm-lists-v3/lists/get-crm-v3-lists-), I get an empty result set despite a successful API call. I can see many lists / segments in our Hubspot account. Why are none of them being returned using this? My private app has the scope “crm.lists.read” so it should not be a permission issue.

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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:** [December 21, 2025, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271/2 "2025-12-21T18:06:27Z")

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@NNagarajan - its not clear from your question whether you have used this API with the parameter that includes a set of requested segment/list IDs. As in the request looking like:

`https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/lists/?includeFilters=false&listIds=12345`

The API seems to require the list IDs to get a return response - presumably most useful if you want to retrive the filter definitions.

Hoping this is helpful.

Steve

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**Author:** ![GRajput](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/grajput/32/102020_2.png) [@GRajput](https://community.hubspot.com/u/GRajput)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271/3 "2025-12-23T12:29:45Z")

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Hi @NNagarajan

Could you please confirm which Lists API you are using—are you calling the endpoint to retrieve a single list by ID, or are you attempting to fetch multiple lists in one request?

If possible, sharing:  
1. The exact endpoint you’re calling.  
2. The request payload or parameters.

A screenshot or sample of the API request/response  
would help us better understand how the API is being used and identify the issue more accurately.

Additionally, please confirm the type of list you’re trying to retrieve:  
Static list, or Active (dynamic) list  
This distinction is important, as certain List APIs only support static lists.

I hope this will help you out. Please mark it as **Solution Accepted and upvote** to help another Community member.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![JOB3](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/job3/32/16381_2.png) [@JOB3](https://community.hubspot.com/u/JOB3)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271/4 "2025-12-23T20:40:10Z")

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@NNagarajan let us know if the steps provided by @SteveHTM @GRajput achieve your goal ! Thank you both for chiming in here ! 🚀- Josefina, Community Moderator

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**Author:** ![NNagarajan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@NNagarajan](https://community.hubspot.com/u/NNagarajan)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2025, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/empty-results-from-list-api/144271/5 "2025-12-23T23:46:22Z")

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Hi, thanks for all of your responses. I am not looking for any specific list, so I didn’t provide a list ID - I’m looking for all lists that exist in my Hubspot instance.

I realized that I may have to do this via the Search Lists [endpoint](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api-reference/crm-lists-v3/lists/post-crm-v3-lists-search) which returns all listIDs and then pass those IDs to the Fetch Multiple Lists endpoint.