(2024.1) Contact API Endpoint

1 Available Fields
- 1.1 Email Request
  - 1.1.1 Available Fields
  - 1.1.2 Email Request Example
    - 1.1.2.1 Call:
    - 1.1.2.2 Headers:
    - 1.1.2.3 Body:
    - 1.1.2.4 Results
- 1.2 Address Request
  - 1.2.1 Available Fields
  - 1.2.2 Address Request Example
    - 1.2.2.1 Call:
    - 1.2.2.2 Headers:
    - 1.2.2.3 Body:
    - 1.2.2.4 Results
- 1.3 Phone Request
  - 1.3.1 Available Fields
  - 1.3.2 Phone Request Example
    - 1.3.2.1 Call:
    - 1.3.2.2 Headers:
    - 1.3.2.3 Body:
    - 1.3.2.4 Results
- 1.4 Remarks
  - 1.4.1 Available Fields
  - 1.4.2 Call:
  - 1.4.3 Headers:
  - 1.4.4 Body:
  - 1.4.5 Results
- 1.5 Contact UDFs
  - 1.5.1 Call:
  - 1.5.2 Headers:
  - 1.5.3 Body:
  - 1.5.4 Results
2 Locating Contact Data

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	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.