--- title: "Create address book entry" method: POST path: "/v1/contacts/{contactId}/address-book" tags: ["Contacts"] --- # Create address book entry `POST /v1/contacts/{contactId}/address-book` ## Request - Base URL: `https://api.squarespace.com` - URL: `https://api.squarespace.com/v1/contacts/{contactId}/address-book` - Auth: HTTP bearer - TypeScript: (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema) Creates a new address book entry for the contact. If this is the contact's only address book entry after creation, it becomes the default shipping address even when defaultShipping is false. Requires OAuth website scope website.contacts, or API key scope CONTACT, or OAuth website scope website.profiles (OAuth only). ## Path parameters - `contactId` string, required ## Headers - `Authorization` string, required - `User-Agent` string, required ## Request body - CreateAddressBookEntryRequest - `address` ContactAddress, required: Address properties for a contact. - `city` string: Address' city - `countryCode` 'AF' | 'AX' | 'AL' | 'DZ' | 'AS' | 'AD' | 'AO' | 'AI' | 'AQ' | 'AG' | 'AR' | 'AM' | 'AW' | 'AU' | 'AT' | 'AZ' | 'BS' | 'BH' | 'BD' | 'BB' | 'BY' | 'BE' | 'BZ' | 'BJ' | 'BM' | 'BT' | 'BO' | 'BA' | 'BW' | 'BV' | 'BR' | 'IO' | 'BN' | 'BG' | 'BF' | 'BI' | 'BQ' | 'KH' | 'CM' | 'CA' | 'CV' | 'KY' | 'CF' | 'TD' | 'CL' | 'CN' | 'CX' | 'CC' | 'CO' | 'KM' | 'CG' | 'CD' | 'CK' | 'CR' | 'CI' | 'CW' | 'HR' | 'CU' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DK' | 'DJ' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'EC' | 'EG' | 'SV' | 'GQ' | 'ER' | 'EE' | 'ET' | 'FK' | 'FO' | 'FJ' | 'FI' | 'FR' | 'GF' | 'PF' | 'TF' | 'GA' | 'GM' | 'GE' | 'DE' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GR' | 'GL' | 'GD' | 'GP' | 'GU' | 'GT' | 'GG' | 'GN' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HT' | 'HM' | 'VA' | 'HN' | 'HK' | 'HU' | 'IS' | 'IN' | 'ID' | 'IR' | 'IQ' | 'IE' | 'IM' | 'IL' | 'IT' | 'JM' | 'JP' | 'JE' | 'JO' | 'KZ' | 'KE' | 'KI' | 'XK' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KG' | 'LA' | 'LV' | 'LB' | 'LS' | 'LR' | 'LY' | 'LI' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'MO' | 'MF' | 'MK' | 'MG' | 'MW' | 'MY' | 'MV' | 'ML' | 'MT' | 'MH' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MU' | 'YT' | 'MX' | 'FM' | 'MD' | 'MC' | 'MN' | 'ME' | 'MS' | 'MA' | 'MZ' | 'MM' | 'NA' | 'NR' | 'NP' | 'NL' | 'AN' | 'NC' | 'NZ' | 'NI' | 'NE' | 'NG' | 'NU' | 'NF' | 'MP' | 'NO' | 'OM' | 'PK' | 'PW' | 'PS' | 'PA' | 'PG' | 'PY' | 'PE' | 'PH' | 'PN' | 'PL' | 'PT' | 'PR' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'BL' | 'SH' | 'KN' | 'LC' | 'PM' | 'VC' | 'WS' | 'SM' | 'ST' | 'SA' | 'SN' | 'RS' | 'SC' | 'SL' | 'SG' | 'SK' | 'SI' | 'SB' | 'SO' | 'SX' | 'ZA' | 'GS' | 'ES' | 'LK' | 'SD' | 'SR' | 'SJ' | 'SS' | 'SZ' | 'SY' | 'SE' | 'CH' | 'TW' | 'TJ' | 'TZ' | 'TH' | 'TL' | 'TG' | 'TK' | 'TO' | 'TT' | 'TN' | 'TR' | 'TM' | 'TC' | 'TV' | 'UG' | 'UA' | 'AE' | 'GB' | 'US' | 'UM' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VU' | 'VE' | 'VN' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'WF' | 'EH' | 'YE' | 'ZM' | 'ZW', required: ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code string. - `firstName` string: Contact's first name - `lastName` string: Contact's last name - `line1` string: First line of address - `line2` string: Second line of address - `phoneNumber` string: Contact's phone number - `postalCode` string: zip/postal code - `region` string: General region (State, Province, County, etc...) - `defaultShipping` boolean: Whether this entry should be the default shipping address. If this is the only address book entry for the contact after creation, it becomes the default even when set to false. ## Response `201` The created address book entry. - CreateAddressBookEntryResponse - `addressBookEntry` AddressBookEntry: An address book entry for a contact. - `address` ContactAddress: Address properties for a contact. - `city` string: Address' city - `countryCode` 'AF' | 'AX' | 'AL' | 'DZ' | 'AS' | 'AD' | 'AO' | 'AI' | 'AQ' | 'AG' | 'AR' | 'AM' | 'AW' | 'AU' | 'AT' | 'AZ' | 'BS' | 'BH' | 'BD' | 'BB' | 'BY' | 'BE' | 'BZ' | 'BJ' | 'BM' | 'BT' | 'BO' | 'BA' | 'BW' | 'BV' | 'BR' | 'IO' | 'BN' | 'BG' | 'BF' | 'BI' | 'BQ' | 'KH' | 'CM' | 'CA' | 'CV' | 'KY' | 'CF' | 'TD' | 'CL' | 'CN' | 'CX' | 'CC' | 'CO' | 'KM' | 'CG' | 'CD' | 'CK' | 'CR' | 'CI' | 'CW' | 'HR' | 'CU' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DK' | 'DJ' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'EC' | 'EG' | 'SV' | 'GQ' | 'ER' | 'EE' | 'ET' | 'FK' | 'FO' | 'FJ' | 'FI' | 'FR' | 'GF' | 'PF' | 'TF' | 'GA' | 'GM' | 'GE' | 'DE' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GR' | 'GL' | 'GD' | 'GP' | 'GU' | 'GT' | 'GG' | 'GN' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HT' | 'HM' | 'VA' | 'HN' | 'HK' | 'HU' | 'IS' | 'IN' | 'ID' | 'IR' | 'IQ' | 'IE' | 'IM' | 'IL' | 'IT' | 'JM' | 'JP' | 'JE' | 'JO' | 'KZ' | 'KE' | 'KI' | 'XK' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KG' | 'LA' | 'LV' | 'LB' | 'LS' | 'LR' | 'LY' | 'LI' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'MO' | 'MF' | 'MK' | 'MG' | 'MW' | 'MY' | 'MV' | 'ML' | 'MT' | 'MH' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MU' | 'YT' | 'MX' | 'FM' | 'MD' | 'MC' | 'MN' | 'ME' | 'MS' | 'MA' | 'MZ' | 'MM' | 'NA' | 'NR' | 'NP' | 'NL' | 'AN' | 'NC' | 'NZ' | 'NI' | 'NE' | 'NG' | 'NU' | 'NF' | 'MP' | 'NO' | 'OM' | 'PK' | 'PW' | 'PS' | 'PA' | 'PG' | 'PY' | 'PE' | 'PH' | 'PN' | 'PL' | 'PT' | 'PR' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'BL' | 'SH' | 'KN' | 'LC' | 'PM' | 'VC' | 'WS' | 'SM' | 'ST' | 'SA' | 'SN' | 'RS' | 'SC' | 'SL' | 'SG' | 'SK' | 'SI' | 'SB' | 'SO' | 'SX' | 'ZA' | 'GS' | 'ES' | 'LK' | 'SD' | 'SR' | 'SJ' | 'SS' | 'SZ' | 'SY' | 'SE' | 'CH' | 'TW' | 'TJ' | 'TZ' | 'TH' | 'TL' | 'TG' | 'TK' | 'TO' | 'TT' | 'TN' | 'TR' | 'TM' | 'TC' | 'TV' | 'UG' | 'UA' | 'AE' | 'GB' | 'US' | 'UM' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VU' | 'VE' | 'VN' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'WF' | 'EH' | 'YE' | 'ZM' | 'ZW', required: ISO 3166 alpha-2 country code string. - `firstName` string: Contact's first name - `lastName` string: Contact's last name - `line1` string: First line of address - `line2` string: Second line of address - `phoneNumber` string: Contact's phone number - `postalCode` string: zip/postal code - `region` string: General region (State, Province, County, etc...) - `defaultShipping` boolean: Whether this entry is the current default shipping address. When the contact has any address book entries, exactly one entry has this value set to true. - `id` string: The address book entry's ID. ## Other responses - `400`: Invalid input or malformed JSON. - `403`: Forbidden. Insufficient scope (OAuth or API key), or the requested resource is not accessible for the authenticated website. - `404`: The contact was not found. - `429`: Too many requests. The rate limit for this endpoint has been exceeded. --- [API](https://skmtc.dev/squarespace/apis/commerce-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/squarespace/apis/commerce-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/squarespace/apis/commerce-api/revisions/5dd4b1b7cd38?raw)