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# Create Contact

> Add a subscriber or customer contact.

Creates a new contact record with optional metadata properties.

### Body

<ParamField body="email" type="string" required>Contact email address</ParamField>
<ParamField body="first_name" type="string">First name</ParamField>
<ParamField body="last_name" type="string">Last name</ParamField>
<ParamField body="unsubscribed" type="boolean">Initial unsubscribe state (default: false)</ParamField>
<ParamField body="custom_properties" type="object">Arbitrary key-value user attributes</ParamField>

### Response

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">Contact ID (`con_...`)</ResponseField>
<ResponseField name="email" type="string">Email</ResponseField>


## Related topics

- [Contacts](/audience/contacts.md)
- [Create Campaign](/api/campaigns/create-campaign.md)
- [Create Template](/api/templates/create-template.md)
- [Create Domain](/api/domains/create-domain.md)
- [Create Webhook](/api/webhooks/create-webhook.md)