---
title: entities.ghostContact
description: Read ghost contact records with the ghostContact repository, and change them with the ghost contact mutations. Same records as the REST GhostContacts entity.
canonical: https://developers.coevera.com/reference/graphql/ghost-contact/
section: graphql
verification: schema
generatedFrom: schema f155746 (2026-10-20)
publisher: Coevera
---

# entities.ghostContact

Read ghost contact records with the ghostContact repository, and change them with the ghost contact mutations. Same records as the REST GhostContacts entity.

REST: [GhostContacts](https://developers.coevera.com/reference/rest/ghost-contacts.md).

## Queries

- `getById(entityId: ID!): GhostContactEntity` Returns the record with the given id, or null when there is none. Deleted records are returned as well.
- `getByIds(entityIds: [ID!]!): [GhostContactEntity!]!` Returns the records with the given ids; ids without a record are left out. Deleted records are returned as well.
- `getAll(limit: Int, offset: Int, filter: GhostContactFilterInput, orderBy: [GhostContactOrderByInput!], includeDeleted: Boolean): [GhostContactEntity!]!` Returns the records that match the filter, paged with limit and offset.
- `getByCriteria(filter: GhostContactFilterInput, orderBy: [GhostContactOrderByInput!], includeDeleted: Boolean, before: String, after: String, first: Int, last: Int): GhostContactEntityConnection` Returns the records that match the filter as a cursor-paginated connection.
- `getChangedFieldsSinceRevision(id: UUID!, revision: Int!): [UUID!]!` Returns the ids of the fields of a record that changed after the given revision. Returns an empty list for entities without change tracking.

## Mutations

- `createGhostContact(input: CreateGhostContactInput!, validationLevel: [ValidationLevel!]): CreateGhostContactPayload` Create one record.
- `updateGhostContact(input: UpdateGhostContactInput!, validationLevel: [ValidationLevel!], sessionIdToUpdate: String): UpdateGhostContactPayload` Update fields.
- `bulkUpdateGhostContact(input: [CreateOrUpdateGhostContactInput!]!, deleteInput: [DeleteGhostContactInput!], validationLevel: [ValidationLevel!], rollbackMethod: RollbackMethod, match: MatchingInput): BulkUpdateGhostContactPayload` Create or update many; per-item results.
- `deleteGhostContact(input: DeleteGhostContactInput!): DeleteGhostContactPayload` Soft-delete.

## Types

### GhostContactEntity (object)

Placeholder person on an org chart for someone who is not a contact in the space yet, such as an unknown decision maker.

- `isDeleteProtected: Boolean!` True when the record is protected against deletion because it must always exist in the space. Deleting a record that is not protected can still fail on other checks. Read-only.
- `id: ID!` Unique identifier of entity.
- `isDeleted: Boolean` Specifies if the entity is considered deleted.
- `modified: DateTime` Last modification time.
- `created: DateTime` Creation time.
- `name: String!` Name of the entity and its default text representation.
- `position: String` Job title or position of the placeholder contact (org-chart label).
- `revision: Int` Revision when entity was lastly changed.
- `instancePermissions: [EntityPermsEnum!]! (1 args)` Permissions the current user has on this record, out of the requested ones.

### GhostContactEntityConnection (object)

Paginated list of GhostContact records.

- `pageInfo: PageInfo!` Pagination data for this connection.
- `edges: [GhostContactEntityEdge]!` Contains the nodes in this connection.
- `totalCount: Int` Total number of items in the connection.

### GhostContactEntityEdge (object)

A Relay edge containing a `GhostContactEntity` and its cursor.

- `node: GhostContactEntity` The item at the end of the edge
- `cursor: String!` A cursor for use in pagination

### GhostContactFilterInput (input)

Filter conditions for GhostContact records. Conditions on different fields are combined with AND; use OR, AND and NOT for other combinations.

- `OR: [GhostContactFilterInput!]` Matches records that meet at least one of the listed filters.
- `AND: [GhostContactFilterInput!]` Matches records that meet all of the listed filters.
- `NOT: GhostContactFilterInput` Matches records that do not meet this filter.
- `globalSearchQuery: String` Search term matched against the fields that the global search covers for this entity.
- `id: EntityFilterStringField` Unique identifier of entity.
- `isDeleted: Boolean` Specifies if the entity is considered deleted.
- `modified: EntityFilterDateTimeField` Last modification time.
- `created: EntityFilterDateTimeField` Creation time.
- `name: EntityFilterStringField` Name of the entity and its default text representation.
- `position: EntityFilterStringField` Job title or position of the placeholder contact (org-chart label).
- `revision: EntityFilterNumberField` Revision when entity was lastly changed.

### GhostContactOrderByInput (input)

Sorting of GhostContact records. Set exactly one field in each item; list several items to sort by more fields, in order of priority.

- `id: OrderByEnum` Unique identifier of entity.
- `isDeleted: OrderByEnum` Specifies if the entity is considered deleted.
- `modified: OrderByEnum` Last modification time.
- `created: OrderByEnum` Creation time.
- `name: OrderByEnum` Name of the entity and its default text representation.
- `position: OrderByEnum` Job title or position of the placeholder contact (org-chart label).
- `revision: OrderByEnum` Revision when entity was lastly changed.

### CreateGhostContactInput (input)

Field values of a new GhostContact record.

- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).
- `modified: DateTime` Last modification time.
- `created: DateTime` Creation time.
- `name: String!` Name of the entity and its default text representation.
- `position: String` Job title or position of the placeholder contact (org-chart label).
- `revision: Int` Revision when entity was lastly changed.

### CreateOrUpdateGhostContactInput (input)

Field values of a GhostContact record to create, or to update when its id is set.

- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).
- `id: ID` Unique identifier of entity.
- `modified: DateTime` Last modification time.
- `created: DateTime` Creation time.
- `name: String` Name of the entity and its default text representation.
- `position: String` Job title or position of the placeholder contact (org-chart label).
- `revision: Int` Revision when entity was lastly changed.

### DeleteGhostContactInput (input)

Id of the GhostContact record to delete.

- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).
- `id: ID!` Unique identifier of entity.

### UpdateGhostContactInput (input)

Id of a GhostContact record and the field values to change.

- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).
- `id: ID!` Unique identifier of entity.
- `modified: DateTime` Last modification time.
- `created: DateTime` Creation time.
- `name: String` Name of the entity and its default text representation.
- `position: String` Job title or position of the placeholder contact (org-chart label).
- `revision: Int` Revision when entity was lastly changed.

### BulkUpdateGhostContactPayload (object)

Result of the bulkUpdateGhostContact mutation.

- `result: BulkUpdateResults!` Ids of the created, updated and deleted records, and the items that failed.

### CreateGhostContactPayload (object)

Result of the createGhostContact mutation.

- `ghostContact: GhostContactEntity` The created record.
- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).

### DeleteGhostContactPayload (object)

Result of the deleteGhostContact mutation.

- `ghostContact: GhostContactEntity` The deleted record.
- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).

### UpdateGhostContactPayload (object)

Result of the updateGhostContact mutation.

- `ghostContact: GhostContactEntity` The updated record.
- `clientMutationId: String` Optional client-supplied identifier passed on a mutation input and echoed back unchanged on its payload, so a client can correlate the response with its request (Relay convention).

Types several repositories share, such as `PageInfo` and the filter fields, are in the [types index](https://developers.coevera.com/reference/graphql/types.md). The [SDL](https://developers.coevera.com/graphql/schema.graphql) has the whole schema in one file.

## Example

```graphql
query FirstGhostContacts {
  entities {
    ghostContact {
      getByCriteria(first: 3, orderBy: [{ modified: Desc }]) {
        totalCount
        edges { node { id name modified } }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

```bash
curl 'https://{region}.api.coevera.com/api/v100/app/space/{space_id}/graphql/public' \
  --user "$COEVERA_API_KEY:$COEVERA_API_SECRET" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{"query":"query FirstGhostContacts { entities { ghostContact { getByCriteria(first: 3, orderBy: [{ modified: Desc }]) { totalCount edges { node { id name modified } } } } } }"}'
```