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# Create Contact

> Add a contact to your Novacal account with a name, email, and timezone.

## What this endpoint is for

Add someone to your contacts manually, rather than waiting for them to book. Only `email` is required.

## Notes

* If you already have a contact with the same email, its name and timezone are updated instead of creating a duplicate.
* The contact is attached to your account. It does not affect other users or teams.


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /v1/contacts
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Events API
  description: Public API for managing event types
  license:
    name: MIT
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.novacal.io
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/contacts:
    post:
      description: Creates a contact for the authenticated user.
      requestBody:
        description: Contact payload
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/NewContact'
        required: true
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Contact created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    NewContact:
      type: object
      required:
        - email
      properties:
        name:
          description: The contact's name
          type: string
          example: Ada Lovelace
        email:
          description: The contact's email address
          type: string
          format: email
          example: ada@example.com
        timezone:
          description: The contact's timezone
          type: string
          example: Europe/London
    ContactResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - success
        - data
      properties:
        success:
          description: Indicates whether the request was successful
          type: boolean
          example: true
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Contact'
    Contact:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          description: The unique identifier of the contact
          type: string
          format: uuid
        name:
          description: The contact's name
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          example: Ada Lovelace
        email:
          description: The contact's email address
          type: string
          format: email
          example: ada@example.com
        timezone:
          description: The contact's timezone
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          example: Europe/London
        created_at:
          description: The date and time the contact was created
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          description: The date and time the contact was last updated
          type: string
          format: date-time
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````