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title Create contact
description Add a contact to the root Contacts folder or to the contacts endpoint of another contact folder.
author kevinbellinger
ms.localizationpriority medium
ms.subservice outlook
doc_type apiPageType
ms.date 12/03/2025

Create contact

Namespace: microsoft.graph

[!INCLUDE beta-disclaimer]

Add a contact to the root Contacts folder or to the contacts endpoint of another contact folder.

[!INCLUDE national-cloud-support]

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/{contactFolderId}/contacts
POST /users/{id | userPrincipalName}/contactFolders/{contactFolderId}/contacts

Request headers

Header Value
Authorization Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type application/json

Request body

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

Response

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

Example

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

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

{
  "givenName": "Pavel",
  "surname": "Bansky",
  "emailAddresses": [
    {
      "address": "pavelb@contoso.com",
      "name": "Pavel Bansky",
      "type": "personal"
    },
    {
      "address": "pavelb@contoso.com",
      "name": "Pavel Bansky",
      "type": "other",
      "otherLabel": "Volunteer work"
    }
  ],
  "phones" : [
    {
      "number": "+1 732 555 0102",
      "type": "business"
    }
  ]
}

C#

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Go

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Java

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

JavaScript

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PHP

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

PowerShell

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Python

[!INCLUDE sample-code] [!INCLUDE sdk-documentation]

Response

The following example shows the response.

Note: The response object shown here might be shortened for readability.

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-type: application/json

{
    "@odata.context":"https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/$metadata#users('c3e1fcd2-db78-42a8-aec5-1f2cd59abb5c')/contacts/$entity",
    "@odata.etag":"W/\"EQAAABYAAACv7At+UNVFRLhGciJGF6v5AAAve7fW\"",
    "id":"AAMkADh6v5AAAvgTCEAAA=",
    "createdDateTime":"2018-06-11T19:56:07Z",
    "lastModifiedDateTime":"2018-06-11T19:56:07Z",
    "changeKey":"EQAAABYAAACv7At+UNVFRLhGciJGF6v5AAAve7fW",
    "categories":[

    ],
    "parentFolderId":"AAMkADh6v5AAAAAAEOAAA=",
    "birthday":null,
    "fileAs":"",
    "displayName":"Pavel Bansky",
    "givenName":"Pavel",
    "initials":null,
    "middleName":null,
    "nickName":null,
    "surname":"Bansky",
    "title":null,
    "yomiGivenName":null,
    "yomiSurname":null,
    "yomiCompanyName":null,
    "generation":null,
    "imAddresses":[

    ],
    "jobTitle":null,
    "companyName":null,
    "department":null,
    "officeLocation":null,
    "profession":null,
    "assistantName":null,
    "manager":null,
    "spouseName":null,
    "personalNotes":"",
    "children":[

    ],
    "gender":null,
    "isFavorite":null,
    "emailAddresses":[
        {
            "type":"personal",
            "name":"Pavel Bansky",
            "address":"pavelb@contoso.com"
        },
        {
            "otherLabel": "Volunteer work",
            "type":"other",
            "name":"Pavel Bansky",
            "address":"pavelb@contoso.com"
        }
    ],
    "primaryEmailAddress": {
            "name":"Pavel Bansky",
            "address":"pavelb@contoso.com"
    },
    "secondaryEmailAddress": {
            "name":"Pavel Bansky",
            "address":"pavelb@contoso.com"
    },
    "tertiaryEmailAddress": null,
    "websites":[

    ],
    "phones":[
        {
            "type":"business",
            "number":"+1 732 555 0102"
        }
    ],
    "postalAddresses":[

    ],
    "flag":{
        "flagStatus":"notFlagged"
    }
}

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