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# Create Contact

POST https://api.calendly.com/contacts
Content-Type: application/json

Create a new Contact

> `contacts:write`

Reference: https://developer.calendly.com/api-docs/calendly-api/contacts/create-contact

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — OAuth 2.0
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal Access Token

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, required)
- `emails` (list of Email, required) — The user's email addresses. Max 10.
- `phone_numbers` (list of PhoneNumber, optional) — The user's phone numbers. Max 10.
- `timezone` (string, optional)
- `job_title` (string, optional)
- `company` (string, optional)
- `country` (string, optional)
- `state` (string, optional)
- `city` (string, optional)
- `linkedin` (string, optional)
- `custom_fields` (list of ContactsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaCustomFieldsItems, optional) — Custom field values to set on the contact. Each item requires a `uuid` (the custom field definition identifier) and a `value`; any other keys (such as `label`) are ignored. The entire request is rejected if any `uuid` is unknown, any `value` is the wrong type for its field (including an array for a scalar field or a scalar for an array field), or any `single_select` `value` is not one of the field definition's option `uuid`s.

## Response

### 201

Created

- `resource` (Contact, required) — Information about a contact.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Request is not valid

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Internal Server Error`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.`
- `details` (list of ErrorResponseDetailsItem, optional)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Cannot authenticate caller

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Internal Server Error`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.`
- `details` (list of ErrorResponseDetailsItem, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Permission Denied or insufficient scope

- `Create-contactRequestForbiddenError`

### 404 Not Found Error

Requested resource not found

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Internal Server Error`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.`
- `details` (list of ErrorResponseDetailsItem, optional)

### 409 Conflict Error

Attempt to create a resource that already exists

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Internal Server Error`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.`
- `details` (list of ErrorResponseDetailsItem, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

An error has occurred on the server

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Internal Server Error`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `The server encountered an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.`
- `details` (list of ErrorResponseDetailsItem, optional)

## Types

### Email

An email address for a contact. Exactly one entry in the emails array must have is_primary true.

- `email` (string, required) — Email address.
- `is_primary` (boolean, required) — Whether this is the primary email.

### PhoneNumber

A phone number associated with a contact.

- `phone_number` (string, required) — Phone number.

### ContactsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaCustomFieldsItems

- `uuid` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the custom field definition.
- `value` (ContactsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaCustomFieldsItemsValue, required, nullable) — The custom field value; the accepted type is set by the field definition's `field_type`. `text` and `single_select` take a string (`single_select` must equal one of the definition's option `uuid`s); `number` takes a number; `boolean` takes a boolean; `currency` takes an integer amount in the currency's minor units (the ISO currency code lives on the field definition, not on this entry); `date` takes a string in ISO 8601 date format (`YYYY-MM-DD`); `tags` takes an array of strings. Scalar fields reject array values, and `tags` rejects non-array values.

### Contact

Information about a contact.

- `uri` (string, required) — Canonical reference (unique identifier) for the contact.
- `emails` (list of Email, required) — The user's email addresses. Max 10.
- `created_at` (string, required) — The moment the user's record was created (e.g. "2026-01-15T18:01:09Z")
- `updated_at` (string, required) — The moment the user's record was last updated (e.g. "2026-01-15T18:01:09Z")
- `name` (string, optional, nullable) — The user's name (human-readable format).
- `phone_numbers` (list of PhoneNumber, optional) — The user's phone numbers. Max 10.
- `timezone` (string, optional, nullable) — The time zone to use when presenting time to the user.
- `job_title` (string, optional, nullable) — The user's job title.
- `company` (string, optional, nullable) — The user's company name.
- `country` (string, optional, nullable) — The user's two letter country code. *(ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)*
- `state` (string, optional, nullable) — The user's state, province, or region.
- `city` (string, optional, nullable) — The user's city.
- `linkedin` (string, optional, nullable) — The URL of the user's LinkedIn profile.
- `custom_fields` (list of ContactCustomField, optional) — The contact's custom field values.
- `first_email_date` (string, optional, nullable) — The timestamp of the earliest email exchanged with the contact. Always `null` immediately after a contact is created.
- `last_email_date` (string, optional, nullable) — The timestamp of the most recent email exchanged with the contact. Always `null` immediately after a contact is created.
- `next_meeting_date` (string, optional, nullable) — The timestamp of the next upcoming meeting scheduled with the contact. Always `null` immediately after a contact is created.
- `last_meeting_date` (string, optional, nullable) — The timestamp of the most recent meeting held with the contact. Always `null` immediately after a contact is created.
- `last_interaction_date` (string, optional, nullable) — The timestamp of the most recent interaction (email or meeting) with the contact. Always `null` immediately after a contact is created.

### ErrorResponseDetailsItem

- `message` (string, required)
- `parameter` (string, optional)
- `code` (string, optional)

### ContactsError

Permission Denied

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Permission Denied`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Please upgrade your Calendly account to Enterprise.`, `You do not have permission to access this resource.`, `Please upgrade to a paid Calendly account.`, `Contact creation is not available. Required features are not enabled for your account.`

### InsufficientScopeError

Caller does not have required oauth scopes

- `title` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `Insufficient scope`
- `message` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `This operation requires the scopes listed in the 'required_scopes' array.`
- `required_scopes` (list of string, required)

### ContactsPostRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaCustomFieldsItemsValue

The custom field value; the accepted type is set by the field definition's `field_type`. `text` and `single_select` take a string (`single_select` must equal one of the definition's option `uuid`s); `number` takes a number; `boolean` takes a boolean; `currency` takes an integer amount in the currency's minor units (the ISO currency code lives on the field definition, not on this entry); `date` takes a string in ISO 8601 date format (`YYYY-MM-DD`); `tags` takes an array of strings. Scalar fields reject array values, and `tags` rejects non-array values.

### ContactCustomField

A custom field value on a Contact. `uri` is the custom field definition URI. `label` is derived from the custom field definition's name.

- `uri` (string, required) — Canonical URI of the custom field definition this value belongs to.
- `value` (ContactCustomFieldValue, required, nullable) — The custom field value; the accepted type is set by the field definition's `field_type`. `text` and `single_select` take a string (`single_select` must equal one of the definition's option `uuid`s); `number` takes a number; `boolean` takes a boolean; `currency` takes an integer amount in the currency's minor units (the ISO currency code lives on the field definition, not on this entry); `date` takes a string in ISO 8601 date format (`YYYY-MM-DD`); `tags` takes an array of strings. Scalar fields reject array values, and `tags` rejects non-array values.
- `label` (string, optional) — User-facing display name of the custom field (for readability).

### ContactCustomFieldValue

The custom field value; the accepted type is set by the field definition's `field_type`. `text` and `single_select` take a string (`single_select` must equal one of the definition's option `uuid`s); `number` takes a number; `boolean` takes a boolean; `currency` takes an integer amount in the currency's minor units (the ISO currency code lives on the field definition, not on this entry); `date` takes a string in ISO 8601 date format (`YYYY-MM-DD`); `tags` takes an array of strings. Scalar fields reject array values, and `tags` rejects non-array values.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "emails": [
    {
      "email": "test@example.com",
      "is_primary": true
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "resource": {
    "uri": "https://api.calendly.com/contacts/CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC",
    "emails": [
      {
        "email": "test@example.com",
        "is_primary": true
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2026-01-15T18:01:09Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-01-15T18:01:09Z",
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "phone_numbers": [
      {
        "phone_number": "+1 888-888-8888"
      }
    ],
    "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles",
    "job_title": "Director of Operations",
    "company": "ExampleCo",
    "country": "US",
    "state": "CA",
    "city": "San Francisco",
    "linkedin": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/janedoe",
    "custom_fields": [
      {
        "uri": "https://api.calendly.com/contacts/custom_field_definitions/CCCCCCCCCCCCCCCC",
        "value": "event",
        "label": "Lead source"
      }
    ],
    "first_email_date": "2026-01-08T11:00:00.000Z",
    "last_email_date": "2026-01-08T11:00:00.000Z",
    "next_meeting_date": "2026-01-08T11:00:00.000Z",
    "last_meeting_date": "2026-01-08T11:00:00.000Z",
    "last_interaction_date": "2026-01-08T11:00:00.000Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.calendly.com/contacts"

payload = {
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "emails": [
        {
            "email": "test@example.com",
            "is_primary": True
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.calendly.com/contacts';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"name":"Jane Doe","emails":[{"email":"test@example.com","is_primary":true}]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.calendly.com/contacts"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Jane Doe\",\n  \"emails\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"test@example.com\",\n      \"is_primary\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.calendly.com/contacts")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Jane Doe\",\n  \"emails\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"test@example.com\",\n      \"is_primary\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.calendly.com/contacts")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Jane Doe\",\n  \"emails\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"test@example.com\",\n      \"is_primary\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.calendly.com/contacts', [
  'body' => '{
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "emails": [
    {
      "email": "test@example.com",
      "is_primary": true
    }
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.calendly.com/contacts");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"name\": \"Jane Doe\",\n  \"emails\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"test@example.com\",\n      \"is_primary\": true\n    }\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "emails": [
    [
      "email": "test@example.com",
      "is_primary": true
    ]
  ]
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.calendly.com/contacts")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```