---
title: "Create a person"
method: POST
path: "/v1/persons"
tags: ["Persons"]
---

# Create a person

`POST /v1/persons`

Create a new person (required scope contacts:persons:write)

## Headers

- `Customer-Id` integer, required

## Request body

- CreatePersonModel — Create the person request model
  - `contactId` integer, required — The unique identifier of the contact that this person belongs to
  - `title` string, nullable — The person's title
  - `forename` string, required — The person's first name
  - `surname` string, required — The person's second name
  - `email` string, nullable — The email address of the person
  - `mobile` string, nullable — The mobile telephone number of the person
  - `landline` string, nullable — The landline telephone number of the person
  - `extension` string, nullable — The landline extension of the person
  - `position` string, nullable — The job role that the person holds within the contact
  - `department` string, nullable — The department that the person belongs to
  - `isOptedOut` boolean — A flag indicating if the contact has opted out of marketing communications
  - `customFields` CustomFieldWriteModel[], nullable — Custom fields associated with the person
    - `definitionId` integer, required — The unique identifier of the associated custom field definition
    - `value` string, nullable — The value of this custom field. If set to null, any existing value will be unset

## Response `201`

Created

- PostResponseGuid — Represents a response for a POST request, containing the ID of the newly created record
  - `id` string, uuid — Identifier of the newly created record

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Forbidden
- `422` — Unprocessable Content
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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