Create Contact

Overview

This section contains the required and optional elements for contact. A single contact can be created for an individual customer and multiple contacts can be created for group and corporate customers. One contact can contain multiple contact points.

Elements required in request body

Name	Description
firstName	First name of the contact.

Optional elements allowed in request body

Name	Description
salutation	Salutation of the contact.
middleName	Middle name of the contact.
lastName	Last name of the contact.
loginId	Login ID of the contact.
gender.value	Gender of the contact.
identification.type	Identification type of the contact. Must be one of the values configured in application.
identification.value	Identification value of the contact.
suffix.value	Suffix to use for the contact.
initials	Initials of the contact.
secretQuestion	Secret question which should be asked to the contact if he forgets his password.
secretAnswer	Secret answer to secret question asked to the contact if he forgets his password.
hasDirectMailingConsent	Field to convey if direct mailing consent is given by the contact.
hasDirectCallingConsent	Field to convey if direct calling consent is given by the contact.
hasHoldingDataConsent	Field to convey if holding data consent is given by the contact.
jobTitle	Job Title of the contact.
employmentStatus.value	Employment status of the contact.
priority	Priority of the contact.
dateOfBirth	Date of birth of the contact.
maritalStatus.value	Marital status of the contact.
type.value	Contact's type (e.g. billing, legal, shipping etc.). Must be one of the values configured in application.
firstNameFurigana	String to specify how the first name of the contact should be pronounced.
middleNameFurigana	String to specify how the middle name of the contact should be pronounced.
lastNameFurigana	String to specify how the last name of the contact should be pronounced.
startGreeting	String to specify start greeting to use for the contact.
endGreeting	String to specify end greeting to use for the contact.
spouseName	Name of spouse of the contact.
emergencyContact	Emergency Contact information of the contact.
occupation	Occupation of the contact.
incomeLevel	Income level of the contact.
educationLevel.value	Education level of the contact.
race	Race of the contact.
dependents	Dependents of the contact.
smoker	Field to convey if the contact is a smoker.
hobbies	Hobbies of the contact.
interests	Interests of the contact.
contactOrder	Number specifying the order in which this contact should be contacted if there are more than one contacts for the same customer.
email	Email contact points. Contact can have multiple email contact points. For required and optional elements of email contact point, refer here.
postal	Postal contact points. Contact can have multiple postal contact points. For required and optional elements of postal contact point, refer here.
phone	Phone contact points. Contact can have multiple phone contact points. For required and optional elements of phone contact point, refer here.
social	Social contact points. Contact can have multiple social Contact points. For required and optional elements of social contact point, refer here.
web	Web contact points. Contact can have multiple web Contact points. For required and optional elements of web contact point, refer here.
customAttributes	Name and value of all the custom attributes configured for the Contact Object.Name must match one of the custom attributes configured in application. If the custom attribute is configured as an enumeration, the value must be one of the predefined values. For string type of custom attribute that is not configured as an enumeration, refer list of Allowed Characters For Custom Attributes.