diff --git a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
index 34ac91b3a..a82a30414 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller.rb
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ class Api::V1::Accounts::ContactsController < Api::V1::Accounts::BaseController
     @contacts = Current.account.contacts
   end
 
+  # returns online contacts
+  def active
+    @contacts = Current.account.contacts.where(id: ::OnlineStatusTracker
+                  .get_available_contact_ids(Current.account.id))
+  end
+
   def show; end
 
   def create
diff --git a/app/policies/contact_policy.rb b/app/policies/contact_policy.rb
index 722e70e0b..a6e1590fb 100644
--- a/app/policies/contact_policy.rb
+++ b/app/policies/contact_policy.rb
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ class ContactPolicy < ApplicationPolicy
     true
   end
 
+  def active?
+    true
+  end
+
   def search?
     true
   end
diff --git a/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b033133ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/api/v1/accounts/contacts/active.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+json.payload do
+  json.array! @contacts do |contact|
+    json.partial! 'api/v1/models/contact.json.jbuilder', resource: contact, with_contact_inboxes: true
+  end
+end
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 8db4acc4a..76884e310 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
 
           resources :contacts, only: [:index, :show, :update, :create] do
             collection do
+              get :active
               get :search
             end
             scope module: :contacts do
diff --git a/lib/online_status_tracker.rb b/lib/online_status_tracker.rb
index 622585dff..42bc0dca0 100644
--- a/lib/online_status_tracker.rb
+++ b/lib/online_status_tracker.rb
@@ -37,9 +37,13 @@ module OnlineStatusTracker
     format(::Redis::Alfred::ONLINE_STATUS, account_id: account_id)
   end
 
+  def self.get_available_contact_ids(account_id)
+    ::Redis::Alfred.zrangebyscore(presence_key(account_id, 'Contact'), (Time.zone.now - PRESENCE_DURATION).to_i, Time.now.to_i)
+  end
+
   def self.get_available_contacts(account_id)
-    contact_ids = ::Redis::Alfred.zrangebyscore(presence_key(account_id, 'Contact'), (Time.zone.now - PRESENCE_DURATION).to_i, Time.now.to_i)
-    contact_ids.index_with { |_id| 'online' }
+    # returns {id1: 'online', id2: 'online'}
+    get_available_contact_ids(account_id).index_with { |_id| 'online' }
   end
 
   def self.get_available_users(account_id)
diff --git a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb
index 04b9547bf..c2ad6fec0 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/api/v1/accounts/contacts_controller_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,41 @@ RSpec.describe 'Contacts API', type: :request do
     end
   end
 
+  describe 'GET /api/v1/accounts/{account.id}/contacts/active' do
+    context 'when it is an unauthenticated user' do
+      it 'returns unauthorized' do
+        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}/contacts/active"
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:unauthorized)
+      end
+    end
+
+    context 'when it is an authenticated user' do
+      let(:admin) { create(:user, account: account, role: :administrator) }
+      let!(:contact) { create(:contact, account: account) }
+
+      it 'returns no contacts if no are online' do
+        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}/contacts/active",
+            headers: admin.create_new_auth_token,
+            as: :json
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(response.body).not_to include(contact.email)
+      end
+
+      it 'returns all contacts who are online' do
+        allow(::OnlineStatusTracker).to receive(:get_available_contact_ids).and_return([contact.id])
+
+        get "/api/v1/accounts/#{account.id}/contacts/active",
+            headers: admin.create_new_auth_token,
+            as: :json
+
+        expect(response).to have_http_status(:success)
+        expect(response.body).to include(contact.email)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   describe 'GET /api/v1/accounts/{account.id}/contacts/search' do
     context 'when it is an unauthenticated user' do
       it 'returns unauthorized' do