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Intercom Contacts API

Manage users and leads in your Intercom workspace.

Intercom Contacts API is one of 9 APIs that Intercom publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Contacts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 2 paths, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.15.

Requests are made against 3 base URLs: https://api.intercom.io, https://api.eu.intercom.io, https://api.au.intercom.io.

3 operations 2 paths 2 schemas 2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.15
Base URL
https://api.intercom.io
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Intercom Contacts API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 3

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 3 operations — 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contacts 3

Manage users and leads in your Intercom workspace.

GET
/contacts
List contacts
listContacts 2 params → 200
POST
/contacts
Create a contact
createContact body → 200
GET
/contacts/{contact_id}
Retrieve a contact
getContact 1 param → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Contact (9 properties), ContactList (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ContactList
object
3 properties
Contact
object
9 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

intercom-contacts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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