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POST
/
properties
/
v1
/
contacts
/
properties
Create a contact property
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.hubapi.com/properties/v1/contacts/properties \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "label": "<string>",
  "groupName": "<string>",
  "type": "string",
  "fieldType": "textarea",
  "description": "<string>",
  "options": [
    {
      "label": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "displayOrder": 123,
      "hidden": true
    }
  ],
  "displayOrder": 123,
  "formField": true
}
'
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "label": "<string>",
  "description": "<string>",
  "groupName": "<string>",
  "type": "string",
  "fieldType": "textarea",
  "options": [
    {
      "description": "<string>",
      "label": "<string>",
      "value": "<string>",
      "displayOrder": 123,
      "hidden": true,
      "readOnly": true,
      "doubleData": 123
    }
  ],
  "displayOrder": 123,
  "formField": true,
  "readOnlyValue": true,
  "readOnlyDefinition": true,
  "hidden": true,
  "mutableDefinitionNotDeletable": true,
  "favorited": true,
  "favoritedOrder": 123,
  "calculated": true,
  "externalOptions": true,
  "displayMode": "<string>",
  "deleted": true,
  "hubspotDefined": true,
  "createdAt": 123,
  "updatedAt": 123,
  "createdUserId": 123,
  "updatedUserId": 123
}

Body

application/json
name
string
required

The internal name of the property. Must be unique and start with a lowercase letter.

label
string
required

A human readable label for the property

groupName
string
required

The property group that the property belongs to

type
enum<string>
required

The data type that the property stores

Available options:
string,
number,
date,
datetime,
enumeration
fieldType
enum<string>
required

Sets the way that the property appears when used as a form field

Available options:
textarea,
text,
date,
file,
number,
select,
radio,
checkbox,
booleancheckbox
description
string

A description of the property

options
object[]

Options for enumeration properties

displayOrder
integer

Used to control the default order of the property within the property group

formField
boolean

Controls whether or not the field will appear as an option when building a form

Response

201 - application/json

Contact property created successfully

name
string

The internal name of the property

label
string

A human readable label for the property

description
string

A description of the property

groupName
string

The property group that the property belongs to

type
enum<string>

The data type that the property stores

Available options:
string,
number,
date,
datetime,
enumeration
fieldType
enum<string>

Sets the way that the property appears when used as a form field

Available options:
textarea,
text,
date,
file,
number,
select,
radio,
checkbox,
booleancheckbox
options
object[]

Options for enumeration properties

displayOrder
integer

Used to control the default order of the property within the property group

formField
boolean

Controls whether or not the field will appear as an option when building a form

readOnlyValue
boolean

Whether the property value is read-only

readOnlyDefinition
boolean

Whether the property definition is read-only

hidden
boolean

Whether the property is hidden

mutableDefinitionNotDeletable
boolean

Whether the property definition can be deleted

favorited
boolean

Whether the property is favorited

favoritedOrder
integer

The order of the property in the favorites list

calculated
boolean

Whether the property is calculated

externalOptions
boolean

Whether the property uses external options

displayMode
string

The display mode of the property

deleted
boolean

Whether the property has been deleted

hubspotDefined
boolean

Whether the property is defined by HubSpot

createdAt
integer

Timestamp when the property was created

updatedAt
integer

Timestamp when the property was last updated

createdUserId
integer

The ID of the user who created the property

updatedUserId
integer

The ID of the user who last updated the property