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Contact API Endpoint

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

Available Fields

Field

Required

Data Type

Options

Default

Notes

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

Default

Notes

Field

Required

Data Type

Options

Default

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

Key

Value

Content-Type

application/json

Pcr-Html-Encoded

TRUE

Body:

Key

Value

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

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

Key

Value

Content-Type

application/json

Pcr-Html-Encoded

TRUE

Body:

Key

Value

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

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:
Headers:

Key

Value

Key

Value

Content-Type

application/json

Pcr-Html-Encoded

TRUE

Body:

Key

Value

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

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:

Headers:

Key

Value

Key

Value

Content-Type

application/json

Pcr-Html-Encoded

TRUE

Body:

Key

Value

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

Options

Default

Notes

Field

Required

Data Type

Options

Default

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:

Headers:

Key

Value

Key

Value

Content-Type

application/json

Pcr-Html-Encoded

TRUE

Body:

Key

Value

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.

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