Create Lead
Example Request
$ curl https://api.intercom.io/contacts \\\n-X POST \\\n-H 'Authorization:Bearer <Your access token>' \\\n-H 'Accept: application/json' \\\n-H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '\n{\n \"phone\": \"123987456\",\n \"email\": \"joe@example.com\",\n \"name\": \"Joe Example\"\n}'\n\n
HTTP/1.1 200 OK\n\n# lead response\n\n{\n \"type\": \"contact\",\n \"id\": \"5811f6bbe6b4704ddfa84ac0\",\n \"user_id\": \"77177570-cf5d-4f1a-bc75-75202af47d4f\",\n \"anonymous\": true,\n \"email\": \"joe@example.com\",\n \"phone\": \"00353875551234\",\n \"name\": \"Joe Example\",\n \"pseudonym\": \"Lime Camel from Dublin\",\n \"avatar\": {\n \"type\": \"avatar\",\n \"image_url\": null\n },\n \"app_id\": \"ja43hiec\",\n \"companies\": {\n \"type\": \"company.list\",\n \"companies\": []\n },\n \"location_data\": {\n \"type\": \"location_data\",\n \"city_name\": \"Mukilteo\",\n \"continent_code\": \"NA\",\n \"country_name\": \"United States\",\n \"postal_code\": \"98275\",\n \"region_name\": \"Washington\",\n \"timezone\": \"America/Los_Angeles\",\n \"country_code\": \"USA\"\n },\n \"last_request_at\": 1477660267,\n \"created_at\": 1477572283,\n \"remote_created_at\": null,\n \"signed_up_at\": null,\n \"updated_at\": 1480067287,\n \"session_count\": 0,\n \"social_profiles\": {\n \"type\": \"social_profile.list\",\n \"social_profiles\": []\n },\n \"unsubscribed_from_emails\": false,\n \"tags\": {\n \"type\": \"tag.list\",\n \"tags\": []\n },\n \"utm_campaign\": null,\n \"utm_content\": null,\n \"utm_medium\": null,\n \"utm_source\": null,\n \"utm_term\": null,\n \"segments\": {\n \"type\": \"segment.list\",\n \"segments\": []\n },\n \"custom_attributes\": {\n \"paid_subscriber\": true,\n \"monthly_spend\": 155.5,\n \"team_mates\": 9\n }\n}
Leads can be created via a POST method to https://api.intercom.io/contacts, which accepts a JSON object describing the lead.
No identifying information is required to create a Lead, Intercom assigns a user_id to each new Lead. Indeed, it is not possible to assign these through the API - to work with self-assigned user_ids, use the Users resource.
Contrary to Users, signed_up_at and sessions are not available for Leads. Otherwise, attributes to update on a Lead are the same as for a User.
Note that as with Users, user agent data is submitted as last_seen_user_agent.