# Contact API

**URL:** <https://integration.keap.com/t/contact-api/93416>\
**Category:** Pro and Max\
**Tags:** api\
**Created:** [December 20, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/contact-api/93416 "2024-12-20T11:31:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amisha\_Kumari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e47c2d/32.png) [@Amisha\_Kumari](https://integration.keap.com/u/Amisha_Kumari)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 11:31am UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/contact-api/93416/1 "2024-12-20T11:31:19Z")

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I want to create contacts as client but when i provided Contact Type as Client API is showing invalid value

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**Author:** ![Pav](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/integration.keap.com/pav/32/124_2.png) [@Pav](https://integration.keap.com/u/Pav)\
**Post date:** [December 20, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://integration.keap.com/t/contact-api/93416/2 "2024-12-20T16:50:34Z")

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Welcome @Amisha_Kumari,

Someone else recently posted the same question as shown below.

> [@Set contact type from API](https://integration.keap.com/t/set-contact-type-from-api/93410):
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> Hi, i’m trying to create contacts from api setting contact type Lead/Client I’m using the API [https://api.infusionsoft.com/crm/rest/v1/contacts](https://api.infusionsoft.com/crm/rest/v1/contacts) this is the body of the request { “email\_addresses”: [{ “email”: “test@test.it”, “field”: “EMAIL1” }], “family\_name”: “Bianchi”, “given\_name”: “Mario”, “phone\_numbers”: [{ “extension”: “0039”, “field”: “PHONE1”, “number”: “3491234567”, “type”: “Mobile” }], “source\_type”: “API”, “duplicate\_option”: “Email”, “contact\_type”: “Clie…

Is that similar to your problem?