Contact

A contact [Contact] is a person working for, or associated with a customer. For more information about contacts, see Contacts.

—	XML	SOAP	REST	Database table
Object	Contact	oaContact	Contact	contact
Supported Commands	Add, Read, Modify, Delete	add(), read(), modify(), upsert(), delete()	See Contacts	—

The Contact object has the following standard properties:

Note:

Contact object properties may also include custom fields. The object type supports the custom equal to read method and the enable_custom read attribute.

XML	SOAP	REST	Database	Description
active	active	isActive	active	A 1/0 field indicating if the contact is active. Defaults to 1 if not set when adding a contact.
addr	—	—	—	[Required] An Address object with the contact's address details. The Address object must include at least a last name [last]. See Address Fields
—	addr_addr1	address1	address.address1	First line of the contact's address.
—	addr_addr2	address2	address.address2	Second line of the contact's address.
—	addr_addr3	address3	address.address3	Third line of the contact's address.
—	addr_addr4	address4	address.address4	Fourth line of the contact's address.
—	addr_city	city	address.city	The contact's city.
—	addr_contact_id	—	—	The associated contact ID.
—	addr_country	country	address.country	The contact's country.
—	addr_email	email	addr_email	The contact's Email address.
—	addr_fax	fax	addr_fax	The contact's fax number.
—	addr_first	firstName	addr_first	The contact's first name.
—	addr_id	—	address.id	The ID of the associated address.
—	addr_last	lastName	addr_last	[Required] The contact's last name.
—	addr_middle	—	—	Middle name.
—	addr_mobile	mobile	addr_mobile	The contact's mobile phone number.
—	addr_phone	phone	addr_phone	The contact's phone number.
—	addr_salutation	title	addr_salutation	The contact's title.
—	addr_state	state	address.state	The contact's State or Region.
—	addr_zip	zip	address.zip	The contact's ZIP code or postal code.
can_bill_to	can_bill_to	canBill	can_bill_to	A 1/0 field indicating if the contact can be used for billing.
can_ship_to	can_ship_to	canShip	can_ship_to	A 1/0 field indicating if the contact can be used for shipping.
can_sold_to	can_sold_to	canSell	can_sold_to	A 1/0 field indicating if the contact an be used for selling.
code	code	accountingCode	acct_code	Optional accounting code that can be used for integration with external accounting systems.
created	created	created	created	[Read-only] The date the contact record was created. See Date Fields
customer_company	customer_company	—	customer_company	Import-only field to specify customer by company name.
customerid	customerid	customerId	customer_id	[Required] The internal ID of the associated customer.
exported	exported	—	exported	[Read-only] Date and time the record was marked as exported. See Date Fields
externalid	externalid	externalId	external_id	The unique external ID of the contact, if the record was imported from an external system. Uniqueness may be enforced depending on your company's OpenAir account configuration.
id	id	id	id	[Read-only] The unique internal identifier of the contact. Assigned by OpenAir.
job_title	job_title	jobTitle	job_title	The contact's job title.
name	name	nickname	name	The nickname used to identify the contact. Automatically generated if not supplied.
notes	notes	notes	notes	Notes about the contact.
picklist_label	picklist_label	—	—	Label as shown on form picklist.
updated	updated	updated	updated	[Read-only] The date the contact record was last updated or modified. See Date Fields