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Create a contact

post/api/v2/contacts

Create a new contact or update existing if update_if_exists is true

Body ParametersExpand Collapse
number: string

Contact's phone number in E.164 format (preferred)

assigned_to_email: optional string

Email of assigned user (preferred)

DeprecatedassignedToEmail: optional string

Email of assigned user (deprecated, use assigned_to_email)

first_name: optional string

Contact's first name (preferred)

DeprecatedfirstName: optional string

Contact's first name (deprecated, use first_name)

last_name: optional string

Contact's last name (preferred)

DeprecatedlastName: optional string

Contact's last name (deprecated, use last_name)

Deprecatedphone_number: optional string

Contact's phone number (deprecated, use number)

DeprecatedphoneNumber: optional string

Contact's phone number (deprecated, use number)

sendblue_number: optional string

Associated Sendblue phone number to send with (preferred)

DeprecatedsendblueNumber: optional string

Associated Sendblue phone number (deprecated, use sendblue_number)

tags: optional array of string

Tags for the contact

update_if_exists: optional boolean

If true, updates the contact if it already exists

ReturnsExpand Collapse
contact: optional Contact { assigned_to_email, company_name, created_at, 6 more }
assigned_to_email: optional string

Email of assigned user

company_name: optional string

Company name

created_at: optional string

When the contact was created

formatdate-time
first_name: optional string

First name

last_name: optional string

Last name

phone: optional string

Phone number in E.164 format

sendblue_number: optional string

Associated Sendblue phone number

tags: optional array of string

Tags associated with the contact

verified: optional boolean

Whether the contact is verified

status: optional string
Create a contact
curl https://api.sendblue.co/api/v2/contacts \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "sb-api-key-id: $SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY" \
    -H "sb-api-secret-key: $SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET" \
    -d '{
          "number": "number"
        }'
{
  "contact": {
    "assigned_to_email": "[email protected]",
    "company_name": "Example Corp",
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "phone": "+1234567890",
    "sendblue_number": "+1987654321",
    "tags": [
      "customer",
      "vip"
    ],
    "verified": true
  },
  "status": "OK"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "contact": {
    "assigned_to_email": "[email protected]",
    "company_name": "Example Corp",
    "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z",
    "first_name": "John",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "phone": "+1234567890",
    "sendblue_number": "+1987654321",
    "tags": [
      "customer",
      "vip"
    ],
    "verified": true
  },
  "status": "OK"
}