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POST
/
crm
/
v3
/
objects
/
contacts
Create a contact
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "associations": [
    {
      "to": {
        "id": "<string>"
      },
      "types": [
        {
          "associationCategory": "HUBSPOT_DEFINED",
          "associationTypeId": 123
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "properties": {}
}
'
{
  "createdResourceId": "<string>",
  "entity": {
    "archived": false,
    "createdAt": "2019-10-30T03:30:17.883Z",
    "id": "512",
    "properties": {
      "property_checkbox": "false",
      "property_date": "1572480000000",
      "property_dropdown": "choice_b",
      "property_multiple_checkboxes": "chocolate;strawberry",
      "property_number": "17",
      "property_radio": "option_1",
      "property_string": "value"
    },
    "updatedAt": "2019-12-07T16:50:06.678Z"
  },
  "location": "<string>"
}

Supported products

Requires one of the following products or higher.
Marketing HubMarketing Hub -Free
Sales HubSales Hub -Free
Service HubService Hub -Free
Content HubContent Hub -Free
Data HubData Hub -Free

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.

Body

application/json

Is the input object used to create a new CRM object, containing the properties to be set and optional associations to link the new record with other CRM objects.

​
associations
object[]
required
​
properties
object
required

Key-value pairs for setting properties for the new object.

Response

successful operation

​
createdResourceId
string
required
​
entity
object
required

A simple public object.

Example:
{
  "archived": false,
  "createdAt": "2019-10-30T03:30:17.883Z",
  "id": "512",
  "properties": {
    "property_checkbox": "false",
    "property_date": "1572480000000",
    "property_dropdown": "choice_b",
    "property_multiple_checkboxes": "chocolate;strawberry",
    "property_number": "17",
    "property_radio": "option_1",
    "property_string": "value"
  },
  "updatedAt": "2019-12-07T16:50:06.678Z"
}
​
location
string
Last modified on December 16, 2025