Create contacts

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

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.

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