Create a contact

Create a new contact in the organization.

POST /contacts

Create a contact

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://dev-public-api.openphone.dev/contacts \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'Quo-Api-Version: <quo-api-version>' \
  --data '
{
  "firstName": "Alice",
  "lastName": "Johnson",
  "company": "Acme Corp",
  "role": "CEO",
  "externalId": "external-001",
  "source": "external",
  "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/contacts/001",
  "actorId": "US123abc"
}
'

201

{
  "data": {
    "id": "6a145ff26212a192852c856e",
    "createdAt": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2021-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "actorId": "US123abc",
    "externalId": "1234567890",
    "source": "public-api",
    "sourceUrl": "https://example.com/contacts/001",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "company": "Quo",
    "role": "admin"
  }
}

{
  "message": "The input was invalid",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "User is unauthorized to perform this action",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "User is forbidden to perform this action",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Forbidden",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "The contact was not found",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Not Found",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

{
  "message": "An unknown error has occurred",
  "docs": "https://quo.com/docs",
  "title": "Unknown Error",
  "trace": "6897907457496870895"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

Headers

Quo-Api-Version · enum<string> · required

API version header. Supported values: 2026-03-30

Available options: 2026-03-30

Body

application/json

firstName · string · required

The first name of the contact.

Example:

"Alice"

lastName · string | null

The last name of the contact.

Example:

"Johnson"

company · string | null

The company of the contact.

Example:

"Acme Corp"

role · string | null

The role of the contact.

Example:

"CEO"

externalId · string | null

The external ID of the contact.

Example:

"external-001"

source · string | null

The source of the contact.

Example:

"external"

sourceUrl · string<uri> | null

A link to the contact in the source system.

Required string length: 1 - 200

Example:

"https://example.com/contacts/001"

actorId · string | null

The actor ID to attribute contact creation to. Defaults to the organization owner.

Pattern: ^US(.*)$

Example:

"US123abc"

Response

201

application/json

Created

data · object · required

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