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

# Create contact

`POST /v1/contacts`

Create a new contact in your workspace's contacts database. Provide a name and email, and optionally attach custom field data (e.g. a Salesforce ID or company name).

Contacts can later be linked to data entries and highlights within Dovetail to track which research insights came from which participants.

Returns the newly created contact object.

> 🚧 Permissions
>
> Please check you have the relevant permissions required to access this resource. This may include specific permissions on the object itself or its parent, or having the correct user role if you're making updates.

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required — The contact’s name.
  - `email` string, email, required — The contact’s email.
  - `fields` object[] — Custom field data for the contact (key-value pairs).
    - `label` string, required — The field's label (name). Must match an existing field label when updating, or will create a new field when creating.
    - `value` union, required — The field's value. Type depends on the field type: string for TEXT/EMAIL/URL/PHONE, boolean for BOOLEAN, number for NUMBER/NPS, string (ISO 8601) for DATETIME, string array for SELECT, or string (contact name) for PERSON. Null to clear the value.
      - string
      - boolean
      - number
      - string[]
    - `type` 'BOOLEAN' | 'DATETIME' | 'EMAIL' | 'NPS' | 'NUMBER' | 'PERSON' | 'PHONE' | 'SELECT' | 'TEXT' | 'URL' — Include the desired type when creating a new field. If omitted or left empty, the field type defaults to TEXT. Do not include this property when referencing an existing field.

## Response `201`

201

- object
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `url` string — The URL of this resource in the Dovetail web app. This field is experimental and may change without notice.
    - `name` string, nullable, required
    - `created_at` string, required
    - `fields` object[], required
      - `label` string, required — The field's label (name). Must match an existing field label when updating, or will create a new field when creating.
      - `value` union, required — The field's value. Type depends on the field type: string for TEXT/EMAIL/URL/PHONE, boolean for BOOLEAN, number for NUMBER/NPS, string (ISO 8601) for DATETIME, string array for SELECT, or string (contact name) for PERSON. Null to clear the value.
        - string
        - boolean
        - number
        - string[]
      - `type` 'BOOLEAN' | 'DATETIME' | 'EMAIL' | 'NPS' | 'NUMBER' | 'PERSON' | 'PHONE' | 'SELECT' | 'TEXT' | 'URL' — Include the desired type when creating a new field. If omitted or left empty, the field type defaults to TEXT. Do not include this property when referencing an existing field.

## Other responses

- `400` — 400
- `401` — 401
- `403` — 403
- `404` — 404
- `422` — 422
- `429` — 429
- `500` — 500

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