# Add contacts bulk

Add new contacts in bulk. When a given phone number already exists, it updates existing contact. If existing contact gets updated, all information gets overwritten, including all extra fields.

# Method

POST

# Path

/contacts/bulk

# Body parameters

Name	Value	Data type	Required?
list_id	`0` - to add to "All Contacts" or List ID - to add to a contact list (List ID is the value shown in the header bar when a list is selected on the Contacts page)	Integer	No (defaults to 0)
phone_number_cc	Phone number country dial code (e.g. "1")	String	No
records	See below	Array	Yes

# records

The 'records' field is supposed to be an array of up to 10,000 contacts. Each item in the array should be as below.

Name	Value	Data type	Required?
phone_number	Phone number starting with the country code with or without leading plus. e.g. `+16175551212` or `16175551212`	String	Yes
name	Contact person name	String	No
extra_fields	Key value pair object with additional custom fields (e.g. `{ "email_address": "john@example.com", "id": 987123 }`)	Object	No

# Response

# HTTP status codes

Code	Remarks
200	Request was successful.
400	Validation error or request body was incorrectly formatted.
401	Authentication failed. Check `apikey` header.
404	Requested API endpoint not found.
429	The rate limit has been reached.
500-511	There was a problem processing the request on our server. Try again later.

# Response object

Name	Value	Remarks
status	`success` or `error`	-
errors	Array of object `{ msg: [error detail] }`	Only present when status is `error`

# Code sample

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.sociocs.com/contact/bulk' \
--header 'apikey: [your api key]' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "list_id": 0,
    "phone_number_cc": "1",
    "records": [
        {
            "phone_number": "16175551212",
            "name": "John Johnson",
            "extra_fields": {
                "email_address": john@example.com
            }
        },
        {
            "phone_number": "16175551111",
            "name": "David Davidson",
            "extra_fields": {
                "email_address": david@example.com
            }
        }
    ]
}'