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# Create Contact

## Create Contact

<mark style="color:blue;">`POST`</mark> `/api/v1/contacts`

Create a new contact.

**Request Body**

| Name            | Type              | Description                                                     |
| --------------- | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `name`          | string (required) | Full name of the contact                                        |
| `email`         | string            | Email address for this person                                   |
| `title`         | string            | Professional title of this contact                              |
| `organization`  | string            | Agency or Company that the contact is employed with             |
| `contact_type`  | string            | Category or type of the contact                                 |
| `unique_id`     | string            | A unique identifier for this person. (Employee ID, DOB, etc...) |
| `description`   | string            | Notes about this contact.                                       |
| `address`       | string            | Street address of contact                                       |
| `city`          | string            | City or town of contact                                         |
| `state`         | string            | State or Province                                               |
| `province`      | string            | Alternative field for "state" value.                            |
| `country`       | string            | Country of contact                                              |
| `postal_code`   | string            | Postal code related to contact address                          |
| `office_number` | string            | Office phone number of contact                                  |
| `mobile_number` | string            | Mobile phone number of contact                                  |

**Response**

Returns the new contact's `uuid`, which is used to retrieve, update, or delete it.

```json
{
  "message": "New Contact Created.",
  "uuid": "wM7K2pQrSt9vXyZbN3hLmK",
  "success": true
}
```