Actions16
Contact → Create
AI-generatedSummary
Create a new contact in Zoho Books by specifying mapped standard fields, extra payload fields, custom fields, or a raw JSON body.
Inputs
- Organization ID (required) — Zoho Books organization ID.
- Body (JSON) — Raw JSON string object for the contact payload.
- Mapped Fields (Dropdown) — Predefined standard contact and contact person fields such as Contact Name, Email, Phone, and Address.
- Extra Body Fields — Key-value pairs for additional API payload fields not listed in the dropdown.
- Custom Fields — Custom field label and value pairs mapped to the custom_fields array in Zoho Books.
Output shape
a single record
Returns the full API response object from Zoho Books, typically including success code, message, and the created contact object.
Examples
Example 1: Create a simple customer contact using mapped fields
Set Organization ID, add Mapped Fields for Contact Name ('Acme Inc') and Email ('contact@acme.com').
Example 2: Create a contact with raw JSON payload
Set Organization ID and populate Body (JSON) with a JSON string containing full contact details.