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Create Contacts ​

Endpoint ​

http
POST /unified/accounting/contacts
Integrations supported
  • QuickBooks
  • Sage Intacct
  • Xero

Query parameters ​

Refer Specifying query parameters in Truto APIs

integrated_account_id
string · uuid
REQUIRED · 

The ID of the integrated account to use for the request.

Example: 62f44730-dd91-461e-bd6a-aedd9e0ad79d
truto_response_format
string

The format of the response.

  • unified returns the response with unified mappings applied.
  • raw returns the unprocessed, raw response from the remote API.
  • normalized applies the unified mappings and returns the data in a normalized format.
  • stream returns the response as a stream, which is ideal for transmitting large datasets, files, or binary data. Using streaming mode helps to efficiently handle large payloads or real-time data flows without requiring the entire data to be buffered in memory.

Defaults to unified.

All possible enum values:
  • unified
  • raw
  • normalized
  • stream
Example: unified
truto_ignore_remote_data
boolean

Excludes the remote_data attribute from the response.

truto_exclude_fields
array

Array of fields to exclude from the response.

Example: truto_exclude_fields[]=id&truto_exclude_fields[]=name
remote_query
object

Query parameters to pass to the underlying API without any transformations. Refer this guide to see how to structure the query parameters.

Example: remote_query[foo]=bar
contact_type
string

The type of the contact

All possible enum values:
  • customer
  • vendor
Required in
  • QuickBooks

Request Body ​

Refer Writing data using Unified APIs

name
string

The name of the contact

Required in
  • Xero
status
string

The status of the contact

All possible enum values:
  • active
  • archived
Supported in
  • Xero
tax_number
string

The tax number of the contact

Supported in
  • Xero
emails
object[]

The emails of the contact

Supported in
  • Xero
email
string

The email of the contact

type
string

The type of the email

type
string

The type of the contact

All possible enum values:
  • customer
  • vendor
Supported in
  • Xero
currency
string

The currency of the contact

Supported in
  • Xero
addresses
object[]

The addresses of the contact

Supported in
  • Xero
id
string

The unique identifier for address

street_1
string

The street 1 address of the contact

street_2
string

The street 2 address of the contact

city
string

The city of the contact

state
string

The state of the contact

country
string

The country of the contact

postal_code
string

The postal code of the contact

type
string

The type of the address

remote_data
object

Any additional data that should be passed as part of the request body. This data is not transformed by Truto and is passed as is to the remote API.

Response Body ​

id
string
REQUIRED · 

The unique identifier for the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
name
string

The name of the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
type
string

The type of the contact

All possible enum values:
  • customer
  • vendor
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
emails
object[]

The emails of the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
email
string

The email of the contact

type
string

The type of the email

tax_number
string

The tax number of the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
status
string

The status of the contact

All possible enum values:
  • active
  • archived
Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
currency
string

The currency of the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
company
string

The ID of company the contact belongs to

addresses
object[]

The addresses of the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
id
string

The unique identifier for address

street_1
string

The street 1 address of the contact

street_2
string

The street 2 address of the contact

city
string

The city of the contact

state
string

The state of the contact

country
string

The country of the contact

postal_code
string

The postal code of the contact

type
string

The type of the address

phones
object[]

The phone numbers of the contact

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
number
string

The phone number of the contact

extension
string

The extension of the phone number

type
string

The type of the phone number

created_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the contact was created

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
updated_at
string · date-time

This represents the date when the contact was updated

Supported in
  • QuickBooks
  • Xero
remote_data
object

Raw data returned from the remote API call.