# Add contact

## Add a contact

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://{{account_id}}.acquire.io/api/v1/crm/objects/contact`

Add a contact. Contacts may be created with attributes such as `"name"`, `"email"`, `"phone"`, `"city"`, etc. See example body below. \
\
You may use Custom Attributes during a POST request. If you're using radio or drop-down fields, ensure that the input matches the options. Use the Custom Attribute key in the fields body. You may find the Custom Attribute key in **Settings > Account Settings > Custom Attributes**. For example: \
`"fields":{`\
&#x20;  `"custom attribute key": "my custom attribute"`\
`}`

#### Headers

| Name          | Type   | Description         |
| ------------- | ------ | ------------------- |
| Authorization | string | Bearer {{API\_KEY}} |

#### Request Body

| Name                                     | Type   | Description     |
| ---------------------------------------- | ------ | --------------- |
| phone                                    | string | Contact's phone |
| email                                    | string | Contact's email |
| name                                     | string | Contact's name  |
| fields<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | object | field body      |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```
{
    "data": {
        "dateCreated": "2021-03-10T07:27:53.593Z",
        "dateUpdated": "string",
        "clientType": "web",
        "clientName": "Chrome",
        "clientVersion": "81.0",
        "clientOsName": "Windows",
        "clientOsVersion": "10",
        "clientDeviceType": null,
        "clientDeviceVendor": null,
        "clientDeviceModel": null,
        "clientDetails": {},
        "archive": "no",
        "companyId": null,
        "id": 12,
        "fields": {
            "name": "API  Deo",
            "email": "John@acquire.io",
            "phone": "9460731950",
            "city": "San Francisco",
            "state": "California",
            "country": {
                "name": "United States",
                "name_official": "United States of America",
                "cca2": "US",
                "ccn3": "84",
                "cca3": "USA",
                "calling_code1": 1,
                "region_id": 496,
                "lat": "38",
                "lng": "-97",
                "voip_enable": true
            },
            "countryId": "517",
            "ip": "103.61.112.45"
        }
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Body (raw)**

```
{
    "fields": {
        "name": "API  Deo",
        "email": "John@acquire.io",
        "phone": "9460731950",
        "city": "San Francisco",
        "state": "California",
        "countryId": "517",
        "ip": "103.61.112.45"
    },
    "dateCreated": "string",
    "dateUpdated": "string",
    "clientType": "web",
    "clientName": "Chrome",
    "clientVersion": "81.0",
    "clientOsName": "Windows",
    "clientOsVersion": "10",
    "clientDeviceType": null,
    "clientDeviceVendor": null,
    "clientDeviceModel": null,
    "clientDetails": {}
}
```


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