---
title: "Create an address book contact"
method: POST
path: "/contacts"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Create an address book contact

`POST /contacts`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://helpspot.example.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://helpspot.example.com/api/v2/contacts`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP basic

## Request body

- StoreContactRequest
  - `first_name` string, required
  - `last_name` string, required
  - `email` string, email, required
  - `title` string, nullable
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `highlight` boolean

## Response `201`

Address-book contact. See the Contacts guide.

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` integer
    - `first_name` string, nullable
    - `last_name` string, nullable
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `title` string, nullable
    - `description` string, nullable
    - `highlight` boolean

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `405`: Method Not Allowed
- `406`: Not Acceptable
- `413`: Content Too Large
- `422`: Validation error
- `429`: Too Many Requests
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/helpspot/apis/helpspot-api-v2.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/helpspot/apis/helpspot-api-v2/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/helpspot/apis/helpspot-api-v2/revisions/794dac0002c0?raw)