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Contact

Create a contact

$ lightfield contact create
POST/v1/contacts

Creates a new contact record.

After creation, Lightfield automatically enriches the contact in the background.

Supports idempotency via the Idempotency-Key header.

To avoid duplicates, we recommend a find-or-create pattern — use list filtering to check if a record exists before creating.

Required scope: contacts:create

Rate limit category: Write

ParametersExpand Collapse
--fields: object { "$email", "$name", "$profilePhotoUrl" }

Field values for the new contact. System fields use a $ prefix (e.g. $email, $name); custom attributes use their bare slug. Note: $name is an object { firstName, lastName }, not a plain string. Call the definitions endpoint to discover available fields and their types. See Fields and relationships for value type details.

--relationships: optional object { "$account" }

Relationships to set on the new contact. System relationships use a $ prefix (e.g. $account); custom relationships use their bare slug. Each value is a single entity ID or an array of IDs. Call the definitions endpoint to list available relationship keys.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
contact_create_response: object { id, createdAt, fields, 4 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for the entity.

createdAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

fields: map[object { value, valueType } ]

Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with $ (e.g. $name, $email); custom attributes use their bare slug.

value: string or number or boolean or 3 more

The field value, or null if unset.

union_member_0: string
union_member_1: number
union_member_2: boolean
union_member_3: array of string
Address: object { city, country, latitude, 5 more }
city: optional string

City name.

country: optional string

2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

latitude: optional number

Latitude coordinate.

longitude: optional number

Longitude coordinate.

postalCode: optional string

Postal or ZIP code.

state: optional string

State or province.

street: optional string

Street address line 1.

street2: optional string

Street address line 2.

FullName: object { firstName, lastName }
firstName: optional string

The contact’s first name.

lastName: optional string

The contact’s last name.

valueType: "ADDRESS" or "CHECKBOX" or "CURRENCY" or 11 more

The data type of the field.

"ADDRESS"
"CHECKBOX"
"CURRENCY"
"DATETIME"
"EMAIL"
"FULL_NAME"
"MARKDOWN"
"MULTI_SELECT"
"NUMBER"
"SINGLE_SELECT"
"SOCIAL_HANDLE"
"TELEPHONE"
"TEXT"
"URL"
relationships: map[object { cardinality, objectType, values } ]

Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with $ (e.g. $owner, $contact).

cardinality: string

Whether the relationship is has_one or has_many.

objectType: string

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

values: array of string

IDs of the related entities.

updatedAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was last updated, or null.

externalId: optional string

External identifier for the entity, or null if unset.

Create a contact

lightfield contact create \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --fields '{}'
{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  },
  "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
  "externalId": "externalId"
}