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Create contact

Create a new contact with one or more communication channels.

post/v1/contacts

Request body

displayNamestring

Display name for the contact.

metadataobject

Arbitrary metadata to associate with the contact.

Example request

{
  "displayName": "John Doe",
  "channels": [
    {
      "identifier": "+14155551234",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "label": "work"
    }
  ]
}

Response

Contact created.

idstring required

displayNamestring

Display name for the contact.

phoneNumberstring

DEPRECATED: Use primaryPhone instead. Primary phone number in E.164 format.

primaryPhonestring

Primary phone number in E.164 format.

primaryEmailstring email

Primary email address.

countryCodestring

profileNamestring nullable

Contact's WhatsApp profile name. Only available for WhatsApp contacts.

availableChannelsstring[] required

List of available messaging channels for this contact.

Preferred channel for this contact.

verifiedboolean required

Whether this contact has been verified.

suggestedMergeWithstring

ID of a contact suggested for merging.

metadataobject required

createdAtstring date-time required

updatedAtstring date-time

Example response

{
  "displayName": "John Doe",
  "phoneNumber": "+56912345678",
  "primaryPhone": "+56912345678",
  "primaryEmail": "john@example.com",
  "countryCode": "CL",
  "profileName": "John Doe",
  "channels": [
    {
      "identifier": "+14155551234",
      "countryCode": "US",
      "label": "work"
    }
  ]
}