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The Contact object

The Contact Object
1{
2  "id": "string",
3  "remote_id": "string",
4  "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
5  "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
6  "first_name": "string",
7  "last_name": "string",
8  "account": "string",
9  "owner": "string",
10  "addresses": [
11    {
12      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
13      "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
14      "street_1": "string",
15      "street_2": "string",
16      "city": "string",
17      "state": "string",
18      "postal_code": "string",
19      "country": "AF",
20      "address_type": "BILLING"
21    }
22  ],
23  "email_addresses": [
24    {
25      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
26      "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
27      "email_address": "string",
28      "email_address_type": "string"
29    }
30  ],
31  "phone_numbers": [
32    {
33      "created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
34      "modified_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
35      "phone_number": "string",
36      "phone_number_type": "string"
37    }
38  ],
39  "last_activity_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
40  "remote_created_at": "2023-01-01T00:00:00Z",
41  "contact_url": "string",
42  "remote_was_deleted": true,
43  "field_mappings": {
44    "organization_defined_targets": {
45      "string": {}
46    },
47    "linked_account_defined_targets": {
48      "string": {}
49    }
50  },
51  "remote_data": [
52    {
53      "path": "string",
54      "data": {}
55    }
56  ],
57  "remote_fields": [
58    {
59      "remote_field_class": {
60        "id": "string",
61        "display_name": "string",
62        "remote_key_name": "string",
63        "description": "string",
64        "is_custom": true,
65        "is_common_model_field": true,
66        "is_required": true,
67        "field_type": "string",
68        "field_format": "string",
69        "field_choices": [
70          "string"
71        ],
72        "item_schema": {
73          "item_type": "string",
74          "item_format": "string",
75          "item_choices": [
76            "string"
77          ]
78        }
79      },
80      "value": {
81        "string": {}
82      }
83    }
84  ]
85}
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The Contact object is used to represent an existing point of contact at a company in a CRM system.

idstringOptionalRead-onlyformat: "uuid"
remote_idstring or nullOptional

The third-party API ID of the matching object.

created_atdatetimeOptionalRead-only
The datetime that this object was created by Merge.
modified_atdatetimeOptionalRead-only
The datetime that this object was modified by Merge.
first_namestring or nullOptional
The contact's first name.
last_namestring or nullOptional
The contact's last name.
accountstring or nullOptionalformat: "uuid"
The contact's account.
ownerstring or nullOptionalformat: "uuid"
The contact's owner.
addresseslist of objectsOptional
email_addresseslist of objectsOptional
phone_numberslist of objectsOptional
last_activity_atdatetime or nullOptional
When the contact's last activity occurred.
remote_created_atdatetime or nullOptional
When the third party's contact was created.
contact_urlstring or nullOptionalformat: "uri"<=2000 characters
The contact's URL in the remote system.
remote_was_deletedbooleanOptionalRead-only

Indicates whether or not this object has been deleted in the third party platform. Full coverage deletion detection is a premium add-on. Native deletion detection is offered for free with limited coverage. Learn more.

field_mappingsobject or nullOptionalRead-only
remote_datalist of objects or nullOptionalRead-only
remote_fieldslist of objectsOptionalRead-only