Contact API Calls

Non-LDAP Contacts can be easily updated or added to the system with the API. This endpoint acts similarly to the Contacts Import for Primary Email and Primary Phone.

Below is the proper format for making a separate request.

Contact End point

http://DOMAIN/api/API_KEY/contact.OUTPUT

Using POST Calls

POST requests will ignore parameters supplied as a query string and need any additional parameters in the request Body.
To configure the number of Pages/Results returned by the API (this is most useful for the SQL Endpoint), you can send these as additional Parameter's in the Body.
Parameter
Data Type
Default
Description
limit
Interger
20
Number of listings to show.
page
Interger
1
Page number to show.
API fields are not case sensitive, and will always be returned in the lower case format.

UDF parameters are all lower case when processed by PCR-360. Since Organizations can create their own UDF fields, the generic use of IDENTIFIER is used as a placeholder for actual UDF Identifiers.

Available Fields

Field	Required	Data Type	Options	Default	Notes
department	no	Integer			Department RECID that the Contact is assigned to.
customer_number	no*	Integer			Customer Number assigned to the Contact. Conditionally Required if Contact is a CUSTOMER type
first_name	yes	String			Contact's First Name.
last_name	yes	String			Contact's Last Name.
contact_directory	yes	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Is this Contact in the Directory?
contact_types	yes	String	Value Lookups:		What Type(s) of Contact is this? Example: "USER,CUSTOMER"
status	yes	Integer	Value Lookups:		Stats of the Contact (Active/Inactive).
type	no	String	EMAIL, ADDRESS, PHONE, REMARKS, UDFS		What type of Contact information is being provided?
email_directory	yes	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Should this Email show in the Directory.
email	yes	String			New Primary Email for the Contact.
address_directory	no	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Is this Address in the Directory?
address_type	no	string	Value Lookups:		What Type of Address is it?
street_address	no*	String			First Line of the Address. If any Address fields are sent, all become Required*
address2	no	String			Second Line of the Address.
country	no	String	Value Lookups:	"UNITED_STATES"	Country for the provided Address, as defined by the LISTS Table
city	no*	String			City/Municipality the Address is in. If any Address fields are sent, all become Required*
state	no*	String			State/Province the Address is in. Use standard 2 Letter Abbreviation. If any Address fields are sent, all become Required*
zip_code	no*	Integer			Postal Code assigned to the Address. If any Address fields are sent, all become Required*
phone_directory	yes	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Should this Phone Number show in the Directory.
phone_primary	yes	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Is this the Primary Phone Number?
phone_type	yes	String	Value Lookups:		What Type of Phone Number is this?
phone_number	yes	Integer			Phone Number for the Contact.

Email Request

In addition to the main Contact fields, additional fields are available for creating or updating Email Information.

Requires "type = EMAIL"

Available Fields

Field	Required	Data Type	Options	Notes
contact_recid	yes	Integer		RECID column from CONTACTS table.
email_directory	yes	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1	Should this Email show in the Directory.
email	yes	String		New Primary Email for the Contact.

Email Request Example

Call:

POST DOMAIN/KEY/contact.json

Headers:

Key	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Pcr-Html-Encoded	TRUE

Body:

Key	Value
type	EMAIL
email	help@pcr.com
email_directory	0
contact_Directory	1
first_name	PCR
last_name	SysAdmin
contact_types	USER
status	1
contact_recid	1

Results

Address Request

In addition to the main Contact fields, additional fields are available for creating or updating Address Information.

Requires "type = ADDRESS"

Available Fields

Field	Required	Data Type	Options	Default	Notes
contact_recid	yes	Integer			RECID column from CONTACTS table.
address_directory	no	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Is this Address in the Directory?
address_type	no	string	Value Lookups:		What Type of Address is it?
street_address	no*	String			First Line of the Address. *See Note below
address2	no	String			Second Line of the Address.
country	no	String	Value Lookups:	"UNITED_STATES"	Country for the provided Address, as defined by the LISTS Table
city	no*	String			City the Address is in. *See Note below
state	no*	String			State the Address is in. Use standard 2 Letter Abbreviation. *See Note below
zip_code	no*	Integer			5 digit Postal Code assigned to the Address. *See Note below

Note: If any Address fields are sent, all become Required

Address Request Example

Call:

POST DOMAIN/KEY/contact.json

Headers:

Key	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Pcr-Html-Encoded	TRUE

Body:

Key	Value
type	ADDRESS
address_directory	0
address_type	Warehouse
street_address	1313 Mockingbird Lane
city	Mockingbird Heights
state	CA
zip_code	55555
contact_Directory	1
first_name	PCR
last_name	SysAdmin
contact_types	USER
status	1
contact_recid	1

Results

Phone Request

In addition to the main Contact fields, additional fields are available for creating or updating Phone Information.

Requires "type = PHONE"

Available Fields

Field	Required	Data Type	Options	Default	Notes
contact_recid	yes	Integer			RECID column from CONTACTS table.
phone_directory	yes	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1		Should this Phone Number show in the Directory.
phone_primary	no	Integer	No = 0, Yes = 1	1	Is this the Primary Phone Number?
phone_type	yes	String	Value Lookups:		What Type of Phone Number is this.
phone_number	yes	Integer			Phone Number for the Contact.

Phone Request Example

Call:

POST DOMAIN/KEY/contact.json

Headers:

Key	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Pcr-Html-Encoded	TRUE

Body:

Key	Value
type	PHONE
phone_directory	0
phone_primary	0
phone_type	Work
phone_number	5558675309
contact_Directory	1
first_name	PCR
last_name	SysAdmin
contact_types	USER
status	1
contact_recid	1

Results

Remarks

Remarks can be added to Contacts.

Requires "type = REMARKS"

Available Fields

Field	Required	Data Type	Options	Default	Notes
contact_recid	yes	Integer			RECID column from CONTACTS table.
remarks	yes	String			The remark to add to the Contact

Call:

POST DOMAIN/KEY/contact.json

Headers:

Key	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Pcr-Html-Encoded	TRUE

Body:

Key	Value
type	REMARKS
contact_recid	1
remarks	This is the Demo Account

Results

If the request is successful, the RECID of the Remark record will be returned as follows:

Contact UDFs

User Defined Fields can be easily set for a Contact. To get a list of available UDFs for each Contact, visit Lists.

Requires "type = UDFS"

Available Fields

Field	Required	Data Type	Notes
contact_recid	Yes	Integer	RECID column from CONTACTS table.
udf_UDF-RECID	Yes*	Integer	UDF-RECID is the RECID of the UDF to assign the value to. Example: udf_684=value See Note Below
udf_UDF-IDENTIFIER	Yes*	Mixed	IDENTIFIER is the unique Identifier of the UDF to assign the value to. Example: udf_LEGACYNUM=value See Note Below

udf_UDF-RECID and udf_UDF-IDENTIFIER are Conditionally Required. The use of one is Required, but not both.

Call:

POST DOMAIN/KEY/contacts.json

Headers:

Key	Value
Content-Type	application/json
Pcr-Html-Encoded	TRUE

Body:

Key	Value
type	UDFS
contact_recid	1
udf_UDF-RECID1	0000
udf_UDF-IDENTIFIER2	test

Results

If the request is successful, the RECID(s) of the new Contact UDF records will be returned in the same order as provided:

Locating Contact Data

To locate contact data navigate to Main > People > Workers / Contacts, to view the Workers / Contacts Grid.

All grids have the option to show the ROW ID column, which is also the RECID for that particular record.

Parameter	Data Type	Default	Description
limit	Interger	20	Number of listings to show.
page	Interger	1	Page number to show.