Create contacts

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02/15/2022

Creates a contact in Business Central.

HTTP request

Replace the URL prefix for Business Central depending on environment following the guideline.

POST businesscentralPrefix/companies({id})/contacts({id})

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json
If-Match	Required. When this request header is included and the eTag provided does not match the current tag on the contact, the contact will not be updated.

Request body

In the request body, supply a JSON representation of a contact object.

Response

If successful, this method returns 201 Created response code and a contact object in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

POST https://{businesscentralPrefix}/api/v2.0/companies({id})/contacts({id})
Content-type: application/json
{
    "id" : "5d115c9c-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "number" : "108001",
    "type" : "Company",
    "displayName": "CRONUS USA, Inc.",
    "companyNumber" : "17806",
    "companyName" : "CRONUS US",
    "businessRelation" : "Vendor",
    "addressLine1": "7122 South Ashford Street",
    "addressLine2": "Westminster",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772",
    "phoneNumber": "+1 425 555 0100",
    "mobilePhoneNumber" : "",
    "email" : "ah@contoso.com",
    "website" : "",
    "searchName" : "",
    "privacyBlocked" : true,
    "lastInteractionDate" : "2021-06-01",
    "lastModifiedDateTime" : "2021-06-01"
}

Response Here is an example of the response.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json
{
    "id" : "5d115c9c-44e3-ea11-bb43-000d3a2feca1",
    "number" : "108001",
    "type" : "Company",
    "displayName": "CRONUS USA, Inc.",
    "companyNumber" : "17806",
    "companyName" : "CRONUS US",
    "businessRelation" : "Vendor",
    "addressLine1": "7122 South Ashford Street",
    "addressLine2": "Westminster",
    "city": "Atlanta",
    "state": "GA",
    "country": "US",
    "postalCode": "31772",
    "phoneNumber": "+1 425 555 0100",
    "mobilePhoneNumber" : "",
    "email" : "ah@contoso.com",
    "website" : "",
    "searchName" : "",
    "privacyBlocked" : true,
    "lastInteractionDate" : "2021-06-01",
    "lastModifiedDateTime" : "2021-06-01"
}

Remarks

This resource type requires Business Central version 18.0.