---
title: "Create contact"
method: POST
path: "/v1/messaging/contacts"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Create contact

`POST /v1/messaging/contacts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://apihub.co.il`
- URL: `https://apihub.co.il/v1/messaging/contacts`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a new contact. Optionally create a platform channel in the same request by providing accountId, platform, and platformIdentifier.

**Billing:** Request; paid actions are priced in credits (see GET /v1/messaging/prices) · **Rate limit:** 60/min

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string
- `X-Tag` string

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `tags` string[]
  - `email` string
  - `notes` string
  - `company` string
  - `platform` 'instagram' | 'facebook' | 'telegram' | 'twitter' | 'bluesky' | 'reddit' | 'whatsapp' | 'slack' | 'sms': Channel platform. Only the enum values support contact channels; any other platform is rejected with code platform_not_supported.
  - `accountId` string: Optional. Creates a channel if provided with platform + platformIdentifier
  - `isSubscribed` boolean
  - `displayIdentifier` string
  - `platformIdentifier` string

## Response `200`

Completed

- object
  - `id` string: Execution id — stable across internal retries; use it with GET /v1/executions/{id}
  - `status` 'pending' | 'processing' | 'completed' | 'partial' | 'failed' | 'cancelled' | 'timeout'
  - `operation` string
  - `tag` string, nullable: Your X-Tag, if sent
  - `created_at` string, date-time
  - `completed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `output` object: Operation result (see each operation). While a Studio render is processing: `stage` (queued · transcribing · downloading · preparing · cleaning_voice · mixing_audio · rendering · finishing), `phase` (the engine's: download · prepare · voice · audio · encode · qa · upload, or null), `progress` (a percent, 0–100) and `progress_fraction` (0–1), `eta_seconds` (seconds left, never below 0) and `estimate_seconds`
    - `channel` object: Created when accountId, platform, and platformIdentifier are provided
      - `id` string
      - `platform` string
      - `displayIdentifier` string
      - `platformIdentifier` string
    - `contact` object
      - `id` string
      - `name` string
      - `tags` string[]
      - `email` string
      - `notes` string
      - `company` string
      - `createdAt` string, date-time
      - `isBlocked` boolean
      - `customFields` object
      - `isSubscribed` boolean
    - `success` boolean
    - `warning` string
  - `error` string, nullable
  - `usage` object
    - `credits_charged` number, nullable
    - `credits_reserved` number
    - `estimated_credits` number
    - `cost_source` 'provider_reported' | 'calculated' | 'estimated' | 'null', nullable
    - `provider_usage` object, nullable: Normalised consumption, e.g. { VIDEO_SECOND: 22.4 }
  - `balance` object
    - `available` number
    - `reserved` number

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid input
- `402`: Insufficient credits / project budget
- `404`: Resource not found (or not yours)
- `429`: Rate limited
- `503`: Service temporarily paused

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