---
title: "Create a person"
method: POST
path: "/v1/households/{household_id}/people"
tags: ["People"]
---

# Create a person

`POST /v1/households/{household_id}/people`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.slant.app`
- URL: `https://api.slant.app/v1/households/{household_id}/people`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Create a new person in a household

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object
  - `first_name` string, required: First name
  - `last_name` string, required: Last name
  - `middle_name` string: Middle name
  - `preferred_name` string: Preferred name
  - `salutation` string: Salutation
  - `suffix` string: Suffix
  - `gender` 'female' | 'male' | 'nonbinary' | 'other' | 'prefer_not_to_say': Gender
  - `designations` string: Professional designations
  - `household_role` 'head_of_household' | 'partner' | 'spouse' | 'dependent_child' | 'other_adult' | 'non_dependent_child' | 'other_dependent' | 'unknown' | 'deceased' | 'grandchild': Role in the household
  - `date_of_birth` string, date: Date of birth
  - `date_of_death` string, date, nullable: Date of death
  - `job_title` string: Job title
  - `email_addresses` object[]: Array of email addresses
    - `email` string, email
    - `email_type` 'personal' | 'business' | 'school' | 'other' | 'inactive'
    - `is_primary` boolean
  - `phone_numbers` object[]: Array of phone numbers
    - `phone_number` string
    - `phone_type` 'mobile' | 'work' | 'home' | 'fax' | 'other'
    - `is_primary` boolean
    - `extension` string
  - `addresses` object[]: Array of addresses
    - `line1` string, required
    - `line2` string
    - `city` string
    - `state` string
    - `zip` string
    - `country_code` string
    - `address_type` 'home' | 'work' | 'mailing' | 'other'
    - `is_primary` boolean
  - `employments` object[]: Array of employment records
    - `business_name` string
    - `role` string
    - `start_date` string, date
    - `end_date` string, date
    - `actively_employed` boolean
  - `ssn` string: Social security number
  - `drivers_license_number` string: Driver's license number
  - `custom_fields` object: Custom field values as key-value pairs

## Response `201`

person created

- Person
  - `id` string, required: The person ID
  - `book_id` string, required: The book ID
  - `household_id` string, nullable: The household ID
  - `contact_id` string, nullable: The contact ID (present when person belongs to a contact)
  - `role_type` 'client' | 'prospect' | 'contact' | 'past_client', nullable: The entity type this person belongs to
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required: When the person was created
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required: When the person record was last updated. Associated record changes do not advance this timestamp.
  - `first_name` string, required
  - `middle_name` string, nullable
  - `last_name` string, required
  - `salutation` string, nullable
  - `suffix` string, nullable
  - `maiden_name` string, nullable
  - `gender` 'female' | 'male' | 'nonbinary' | 'other' | 'prefer_not_to_say', nullable
  - `designations` string, nullable
  - `household_role` 'head_of_household' | 'partner' | 'spouse' | 'dependent_child' | 'other_adult' | 'other_dependent' | 'unknown' | 'deceased' | 'non_dependent_child' | 'grandchild', nullable: Only present when person belongs to a household
  - `preferred_name` string, nullable
  - `date_of_birth` string, date, nullable: Date of birth
  - `date_of_death` string, date, nullable: Date of death
  - `job_title` string, nullable: Job title
  - `ssn` string, nullable: Obfuscated social security number
  - `drivers_license_number` string, nullable: Obfuscated driver's license number
  - `email_addresses` Email[]: Array of email addresses with primary designation
    - `email` string, email, required
    - `email_type` 'personal' | 'business' | 'school' | 'other' | 'inactive', required
    - `is_primary` boolean, required
    - `id` string: The email address ID
  - `phone_numbers` PhoneNumber[]: Array of phone numbers with primary designation
    - `phone_number` string, required
    - `extension` string, nullable
    - `phone_type` 'mobile' | 'work' | 'home' | 'fax' | 'other', required
    - `is_primary` boolean, required
    - `id` string: The phone number ID
  - `addresses` Address[]: Array of addresses with primary designation
    - `line1` string, nullable
    - `line2` string, nullable
    - `city` string, nullable
    - `state` string, nullable
    - `zip` string, nullable
    - `country_code` string, nullable
    - `address_type` 'home' | 'work' | 'mailing' | 'other', required
    - `is_primary` boolean, required
    - `id` string: The address ID
  - `employments` Employment[]: Included for contacts; otherwise retrieve employment history through GET /v1/people/{person_id}/employments.
    - `id` string: The employment ID
    - `person_id` string: The person ID
    - `business_id` string, nullable: Linked employer Business ID, when available
    - `business_name` string, required
    - `role` string, nullable
    - `start_date` string, date, nullable
    - `end_date` string, date, nullable
    - `actively_employed` boolean
  - `custom_fields` object: Custom field values as key-value pairs

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request - malformed JSON, invalid filters, or missing required book context
- `401`: unauthorized - missing or invalid token
- `403`: Access denied. Policy and membership failures may have an empty body. A read-only personal token cannot perform writes.
- `422`: unprocessable entity - invalid payload
- `429`: An hourly API rate limit was exceeded. Wait Retry-After seconds before retrying.

## Changes

- **2026-11-03** `173c41bf6be9`: 1 breaking, 1 warning, 14 info
  - the request property `addresses/items/line1` became required
  - added the new `inactive` enum value to the `email_addresses/items/email_type` response property for the response status `201`
  - added the new optional request property `date_of_death`
  - added the new optional request property `phone_numbers/items/extension`
  - …12 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/slant/apis/slant-public-api-v1/changes/v1/households/:household_id/people/post.md)

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