---
title: "Create Contact"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/contacts/"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Create Contact

`POST /api/v1/contacts/`

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, nullable

## Request body

- ContactCreate
  - `preferred_name` string, nullable
  - `name_prefix` string, nullable
  - `given_name` string, nullable
  - `middle_name` string, nullable
  - `family_name` string, nullable
  - `name_suffix` string, nullable
  - `company_name` string, nullable
  - `job_title` string, nullable
  - `birthday` string, date, nullable
  - `notes` string, nullable
  - `emails` ContactEmailItem[]
    - `value` string, email, required
    - `label` string, nullable
    - `is_primary` boolean
  - `phones` ContactPhoneItemRequest[]
    - `value_e164` string, required — Phone number in E.164 format (e.g. '+15551234567').
    - `label` string, nullable
    - `is_primary` boolean
  - `websites` ContactWebsiteItem[]
    - `url` string, required
    - `label` string, nullable
  - `dates` ContactDateItem[]
    - `date` string, date, required
    - `label` string, required
  - `addresses` ContactAddressItem[]
    - `street` string, nullable
    - `city` string, nullable
    - `region` string, nullable
    - `postal` string, nullable
    - `country` string, nullable
    - `label` string, nullable
  - `custom_fields` ContactCustomFieldItem[]
    - `label` string, required
    - `value` string, required
  - `access_identity_ids` string[], nullable — Deprecated. Contacts are organization-wide; requests that supply this field are rejected.

## Response `201`

Successful Response

- ContactMutationResponse
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `organization_id` string, required
  - `preferred_name` string, nullable, required
  - `name_prefix` string, nullable, required
  - `given_name` string, nullable, required
  - `middle_name` string, nullable, required
  - `family_name` string, nullable, required
  - `name_suffix` string, nullable, required
  - `company_name` string, nullable, required
  - `job_title` string, nullable, required
  - `birthday` string, date, nullable, required
  - `notes` string, nullable, required
  - `emails` ContactEmailItem[], required
    - `value` string, email, required
    - `label` string, nullable
    - `is_primary` boolean
  - `phones` ContactPhoneItemResponse[], required
    - `value_e164` string, required
    - `label` string, nullable
    - `is_primary` boolean
  - `websites` ContactWebsiteItem[], required
    - `url` string, required
    - `label` string, nullable
  - `dates` ContactDateItem[], required
    - `date` string, date, required
    - `label` string, required
  - `addresses` ContactAddressItem[], required
    - `street` string, nullable
    - `city` string, nullable
    - `region` string, nullable
    - `postal` string, nullable
    - `country` string, nullable
    - `label` string, nullable
  - `custom_fields` ContactCustomFieldItem[], required
    - `label` string, required
    - `value` string, required
  - `creation_source` 'manual' | 'vcard' | 'communication' | 'backfill', required
  - `review_status` 'unreviewed' | 'confirmed', required
  - `reviewed_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `reviewed_by` string, nullable, required
  - `preferred_name_source` 'manual' | 'vcard' | 'provider' | 'mail_header' | 'identifier_fallback', required
  - `preferred_name_locked_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `created_by_identity_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `merged_into_contact_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `is_auto_created` boolean, required
  - `is_confirmed` boolean, required
  - `status` 'active' | 'paused' | 'deleted', required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `access` ContactAccessResponse[] — Raw ``contact_access`` rows for this contact, inlined so the console can skip a follow-up ``GET /contacts/{id}/access`` per row. Either a single wildcard row (``identity_id=null``), an explicit per-identity list, or empty when the contact has zero grants (human-only via ``access_identity_ids=[]``). Always populated by the list and single-contact read paths; empty does not mean 'not loaded'.
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `contact_id` string, uuid, required
    - `identity_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `memory_count` integer, required
  - `latest_memory` ContactMemorySummary, required
    - `id` string, uuid, required
    - `content` string, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error
- `4XX` — Client error with Support Agent information.
- `5XX` — Server error with Support Agent information.

---

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