Create a Contact - Razorpay

curl -u <YOUR_KEY>:<YOUR_SECRET> \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/contacts \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "name":"Gaurav Kumar",
  "email":"gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "contact":"9000090000",
  "type":"employee",
  "reference_id":"Acme Contact ID 12345",
  "notes":{
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
}'

{
  "id": "cont_00000000000001",
  "entity": "contact",
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": "9000090000",
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "type": "employee",
  "reference_id": "Acme Contact ID 12345",
  "batch_id": null,
  "active": true,
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  },
  "created_at": 1545320320
}

{
  "error": {
      "code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
      "description": "Invalid type: employee",
      "source": "business",
      "step": null,
      "reason": "input_validation_failed",
      "metadata": {},
      "field": "type"
  }
}

POST

contacts

curl -u <YOUR_KEY>:<YOUR_SECRET> \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/contacts \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "name":"Gaurav Kumar",
  "email":"gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "contact":"9000090000",
  "type":"employee",
  "reference_id":"Acme Contact ID 12345",
  "notes":{
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
}'

{
  "id": "cont_00000000000001",
  "entity": "contact",
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": "9000090000",
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "type": "employee",
  "reference_id": "Acme Contact ID 12345",
  "batch_id": null,
  "active": true,
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  },
  "created_at": 1545320320
}

{
  "error": {
      "code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
      "description": "Invalid type: employee",
      "source": "business",
      "step": null,
      "reason": "input_validation_failed",
      "metadata": {},
      "field": "type"
  }
}

Available in🇮🇳 India🇲🇾 Malaysia🇺🇸 United States

Use this endpoint to create a new contact.

A new contact is created if any combination of the following details is unique: name, email, contact, type and reference_id.
If all the above details match the details of an existing contact, the API returns details of the existing contact.

curl -u <YOUR_KEY>:<YOUR_SECRET> \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/contacts \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "name":"Gaurav Kumar",
  "email":"gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "contact":"9000090000",
  "type":"employee",
  "reference_id":"Acme Contact ID 12345",
  "notes":{
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
}'

{
  "id": "cont_00000000000001",
  "entity": "contact",
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": "9000090000",
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "type": "employee",
  "reference_id": "Acme Contact ID 12345",
  "batch_id": null,
  "active": true,
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  },
  "created_at": 1545320320
}

{
  "error": {
      "code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
      "description": "Invalid type: employee",
      "source": "business",
      "step": null,
      "reason": "input_validation_failed",
      "metadata": {},
      "field": "type"
  }
}

Request Parameters

string

required

The contact’s name. This field is case-sensitive. A minimum of 3 characters and a maximum of 50 characters are allowed. Name cannot end with a special character, except .. Supported characters: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, space, ’ , - , _ , / , ( , ) and , .. For example, Gaurav Kumar.

string

The contact’s email address. For example, gaurav.kumar@example.com.

string

The contact’s phone number. For example, 9000090000.

string

Maximum 40 characters. Classification for the contact being created. For example, employee. The following classifications are available by default:

vendor
customer
employee
self

Additional classifications can be created via the Dashboard and then used in APIs. It is not possible to create new classifications via API.

string

Maximum 40 characters. A user-entered reference for the contact. For example, Acme Contact ID 12345.

object

Key-value pair that can be used to store additional information about the entity. Maximum 15 key-value pairs, 256 characters (maximum) each. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

Response Parameters

string

The unique identifier linked to the contact. For example, cont_00000000000001.

string

The entity being created. Here, it is contact.

string

The contact’s name. For example, Gaurav Kumar.

string

The contact’s phone number. For example, 9000090000.

string

The contact’s email address. For example, gaurav.kumar@example.com.

string

A classification for the contact being created. For example, employee.

string

A user-entered reference for the contact. For example, Acme Contact ID 12345.

string

This value is returned if the contact was created as part of a bulk upload. For example, batch_00000000000001.

boolean

Possible values:

true (default) : active
false : inactive

object

Key-value pair that can be used to store additional information about the entity. Maximum 15 key-value pairs, 256 characters (maximum) each. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

integer

Timestamp, in Unix, when the contact was created. For example, 1545320320.

Errors

The name field is required.

Code: 4xxThe name field is missing in the request body.Solution: Enter the details in the recommended format as per the request body.

The name field is invalid.

Code: 4xxThere are special characters used in the name field.Solution: Enter details as per the format recommended for Create a Contact request for name field.

Invalid type: contact_typeA

Code: 4xx

There are special characters in the type field.
Casing does not match as per the type. type is case-sensitive.
Contact type sent in the request does not match the types present in the Dashboard.

Solution: Enter the correct contact type in the request body. You cannot create new contact types via API. You must create them via the RazorpayX Dashboard.

Last modified on October 8, 2026

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