Add Contact

Description

Adds a Contact to the domain using the details provided.

Parameters

Name Data Type Required / Optional Description
auth-userid Integer Required Authentication Parameter
api-key String Required Authentication Parameter
name String Required

Name of the Contact

Note
  • Max length 255 characters

company String Required

Name of the Company

Note
  • Max length 255 characters

email String Required Email address of the Contact
address-line-1 String Required First line of address of the Contact
Note
  • Max length 64 characters

  • For NycContact Contact type, a physical street address in the New York City must be provided.

city String Required Name of the City
Note

Max length 64 characters

country String Required

Country code as per ISO 3166-1 alpha-2

Note

For UkServiceContact Contact type, the country code can only be GB (United Kingdom), IM (Isle of Man), JE (Jersey) or GG (Guernsey).

zipcode String Required ZIP code
Note

Max length 10 characters

Attention

ZIP Code will be validated against the Country selected during the contact create process. An invalid zipcode will return an error message.

phone-cc String Required Telephone number country code
Note

Between 1-3 digits

Attention

Only valid telephone number country code will be accepted.

phone String Required Telephone number
Note

Between 4-12 digits

customer-id Integer Required The Customer under whom you want to create the Contact
type String Required

The Contact Type. This can take following values:

  • Contact

address-line-2 String Optional Second line of address of the Contact
address-line-3 String Optional Third line of address of the Contact
state String Optional

Name of the State

Note
  • Max length 64 characters

fax-cc String Optional Fax number country code
Note

Between 1-3 digits

fax String Optional Fax number
Note

Between 4-12 digits

attr-name Map[name] Optional Mapping key of any extra information to be associated for the contact that is being added. Refer the description of attr-value.
attr-value Map[value] Required

Mapping value of the extra details required to be associated with a particular Contact before registering a domain name. This together with attr-name shall contain the extra details.

  • You need to pass the country of citizenship if the registrant is an individual/natural person and the country of residence is not one of the EU/EEA countries or in EU territories:

    attr-name1=countryOfCitizenship&attr-value1={Two-lettered country code}

    Note

    List of two-letter country codes

    • AT,BE, BG, CY, CZ, DE, DK, ES, EE, FI, FR, GR, HR, HU, IE, IT, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE, SI, SK

HTTP Method

POST

Example Test URL Request

https://test.httpapi.com/api/contacts/add.json?auth-userid=0&api-key=key&name=abc&company=company&email=urname@domain.com&address-line-1=address1&city=city&country=nn&zipcode=0&phone-cc=0&phone=0&customer-id=0&type=Contact

Response

Returns the Contact Id (Integer) of newly added Contact. Multiple Contacts can be added for the same Name and Company Name behavior.

In case of any errors, a status key with value as ERROR alongwith an error message will be returned.

Sample error message when Single Field is invalid {"status":"ERROR","message":"{telnocc=TelephoneNo Country Code is invalid}"}

Sample error message when Multiple Fields are invalid {"status":"ERROR","message":"{telnocc=TelephoneNo Country Code is invalid, zip=Postal Code is invalid}"}