---
title: "Create a contact"
method: POST
path: "/accounts/{account_id}/contacts"
tags: ["Contacts"]
---

# Create a contact

`POST /accounts/{account_id}/contacts`

Creates a new Contact object.

## Path parameters

- `account_id` string, required — The account for which the contact should be created.

## Request body

- ContactParams — Parameters for creating a contact
  - `email` string, email — The contact's email address.
  - `first_name` string — The contact's first name.
  - `last_name` string — The contact's last name.
  - `metadata` Metadata — Set of key-value pairs that will be stored with the object.
  - `outbound_disabled` boolean — Whether outbound messaging should be manually disabled for the contact.
  - `phone_number` string, phone-number, required — The contact's phone number in E.164 format.

## Response `201`

Created contact

- Contact — A contact who has consented to receive messages
  - `email` string, email — The contact's email address.
  - `first_name` string — The contact's first name.
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the object.
  - `last_name` string — The contact's last name.
  - `metadata` Metadata — Set of key-value pairs that will be stored with the object.
  - `outbound_disabled` boolean — Whether outbound messaging has been manually disabled for the contact.
  - `phone_number` string, phone-number, required — The contact's phone number in E.164 format.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error

## Changes

- **2026-08-19** `33842756c9f9` — 2 info
  - added the new optional request property `outbound_disabled`
  - added the optional property `outbound_disabled` to the response with the `201` status

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/surgeapi/apis/surge/changes/accounts/:account_id/contacts/post.md)

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