Create contact
Add a contact to the root Contacts folder or to the contacts
endpoint of another contact folder.
Permissions
One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Permissions.
Permission type | Permissions (from least to most privileged) |
---|---|
Delegated (work or school account) | Contacts.ReadWrite |
Delegated (personal Microsoft account) | Contacts.ReadWrite |
Application | Contacts.ReadWrite |
HTTP request
POST /me/contacts
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contacts
POST /me/contactFolders/{id}/contacts
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactFolders/{id}/contacts
Request headers
Header | Value |
---|---|
Authorization | Bearer {token}. Required. |
Content-Type | application/json. Required. |
Request body
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the Contact object.
Response
If successful, this method returns 201 Created
response code and the Contact object in the response body.
Example
Request
Here is an example of the request.
POST https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/me/contactFolders/{id}/contacts
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 210
{
"parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
"birthday": "datetime-value",
"fileAs": "fileAs-value",
"displayName": "displayName-value",
"givenName": "givenName-value",
"initials": "initials-value"
}
In the request body, supply a JSON representation of the Contact object.
Response
Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All the properties will be returned from an actual call.
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json
Content-length: 210
{
"parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
"birthday": "datetime-value",
"fileAs": "fileAs-value",
"displayName": "displayName-value",
"givenName": "givenName-value",
"initials": "initials-value"
}
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