Create Contact

Namespace: microsoft.graph

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

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

Request headers

Header	Value
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

HTTP

POST https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/me/contactFolders/{id}/contacts
Content-type: application/json

{
  "parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
  "birthday": "2016-10-19T10:37:00Z",
  "fileAs": "fileAs-value",
  "displayName": "displayName-value",
  "givenName": "givenName-value",
  "initials": "initials-value"
}

C#

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient( authProvider );

var contact = new Contact
{
	ParentFolderId = "parentFolderId-value",
	Birthday = DateTimeOffset.Parse("2016-10-19T10:37:00Z"),
	FileAs = "fileAs-value",
	DisplayName = "displayName-value",
	GivenName = "givenName-value",
	Initials = "initials-value"
};

await graphClient.Me.ContactFolders["{contactFolder-id}"].Contacts
	.Request()
	.AddAsync(contact);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const contact = {
  parentFolderId: 'parentFolderId-value',
  birthday: '2016-10-19T10:37:00Z',
  fileAs: 'fileAs-value',
  displayName: 'displayName-value',
  givenName: 'givenName-value',
  initials: 'initials-value'
};

await client.api('/me/contactFolders/{id}/contacts')
	.version('beta')
	.post(contact);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

Contact contact = new Contact();
contact.parentFolderId = "parentFolderId-value";
contact.birthday = OffsetDateTimeSerializer.deserialize("2016-10-19T10:37:00Z");
contact.fileAs = "fileAs-value";
contact.displayName = "displayName-value";
contact.givenName = "givenName-value";
contact.initials = "initials-value";

graphClient.me().contactFolders("{id}").contacts()
	.buildRequest()
	.post(contact);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

//THE GO SDK IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClient(requestAdapter)

requestBody := graphmodels.NewContact()
parentFolderId := "parentFolderId-value"
requestBody.SetParentFolderId(&parentFolderId) 
birthday , err := time.Parse(time.RFC3339, "2016-10-19T10:37:00Z")
requestBody.SetBirthday(&birthday) 
fileAs := "fileAs-value"
requestBody.SetFileAs(&fileAs) 
displayName := "displayName-value"
requestBody.SetDisplayName(&displayName) 
givenName := "givenName-value"
requestBody.SetGivenName(&givenName) 
initials := "initials-value"
requestBody.SetInitials(&initials) 

result, err := graphClient.Me().ContactFoldersById("contactFolder-id").Contacts().Post(requestBody)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.PersonalContacts

$params = @{
	ParentFolderId = "parentFolderId-value"
	Birthday = [System.DateTime]::Parse("2016-10-19T10:37:00Z")
	FileAs = "fileAs-value"
	DisplayName = "displayName-value"
	GivenName = "givenName-value"
	Initials = "initials-value"
}

# A UPN can also be used as -UserId.
New-MgUserContactFolderContact -UserId $userId -ContactFolderId $contactFolderId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW FOR THE KIOTA BASED SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($requestAdapter);

$requestBody = new Contact();
$requestBody->setParentFolderId('parentFolderId-value');

$requestBody->setBirthday(new DateTime('2016-10-19T10:37:00Z'));

$requestBody->setFileAs('fileAs-value');

$requestBody->setDisplayName('displayName-value');

$requestBody->setGivenName('givenName-value');

$requestBody->setInitials('initials-value');



$requestResult = $graphServiceClient->me()->contactFoldersById('contactFolder-id')->contacts()->post($requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

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

Response

Here is an example of the response. Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-type: application/json

{
  "parentFolderId": "parentFolderId-value",
  "birthday": "2016-10-19T10:37:00Z",
  "fileAs": "fileAs-value",
  "displayName": "displayName-value",
  "givenName": "givenName-value",
  "initials": "initials-value"
}