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srikanth reddy 27srikanth reddy 27 

How to add Contacts in Salesforce via REST API

pconpcon
It's pretty straightforward.  As explained in the REST API Developers guide [1]

You would curl against the Contact endpoint
  
curl https://na1.salesforce.com/services/data/v20.0/sobjects/Contact/ -H "Authorization: Bearer token -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "@newcontact.json"

with the newcontact.json having the following content
  
{
    "FirstName": "Joe",
    "LastName": "Tester",
    "AccountId": "001D000000IqhSLIAZ"
}


[1] https://www.salesforce.com/us/developer/docs/api_rest/
Pavel OrlovPavel Orlov
Hi, I've been through that documentation back and forth.. but I cannot find this particular endpoint/functionality reference. Would you mind pointing me where it might be?
Thanks
Pavel
Pavel OrlovPavel Orlov
Unless it's outdated now now and things are done differently?
Brian RickardBrian Rickard
Hi Pavel, 

Are you talking about a Contact endpoint specifically, or just this type of curl command? The Examples section has similar commands for Creating (POSTing) and Updating (PATCHing) an Account. 

https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_sobject_create.htm  (https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.api_rest.meta/api_rest/dome_sobject_create.htm)
Abhishekh KumarAbhishekh Kumar
you guys can use this code for node js..
you have to pass access token as a input.

const getContact = async (accessToken) => {
  console.log('Retrieving a contact from HubSpot using an access token');
  try {
    const  headers = await {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    };
     const result = await request.get('https://na1.salesforce.com/services/data/v20.0/sobjects/Contact/', 
    {
      headers: headers
    });
    const data = JSON.parse(result);
    console.log(data);
    return Promise.resolve(data);
  } catch (e) {
    console.error('  > Unable to retrieve contact');
    return Promise.reject(data);
  }
};
getContact(access_token);

Thanks 
Abhishekh Kumar
James DornJames Dorn
To add Contacts in Salesforce via REST API, you'll typically perform a POST request to the /services/data/vXX.0/sobjects/Contact/ endpoint with the contact details in JSON format. For authentication, use OAuth2. If you prefer a simplified approach, you can use Skyvia's (https://skyvia.com/connectors/salesforce) cloud data platform to manage and automate this REST API interaction, reducing the need for manual coding