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Nylas Contacts API

Contacts. Read, create, update and delete a grant's contacts and contact groups.

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Nylas Contacts API is one of 13 APIs that Nylas publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Contacts. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 6 operations across 3 paths, and defines 27 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.us.nylas.com, https://api.eu.nylas.com.

6 operations 3 paths 27 schemas 1 DELETE3 GET1 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://api.us.nylas.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer, HTTP Bearer
Contact
https://www.nylas.com/
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Nylas Contacts API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (NYLAS_ACCESS_TOKEN) (ACCESS_TOKEN). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (NYLAS_API_KEY) (NYLAS_API_KEY). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • ACCESS_TOKEN — The Nylas access token for a specific grant. Issued as part of OAuth 2.1 flow token exchange.
  • NYLAS_API_KEY — The Nylas API key provides application-level access to APIs and all grants. You can generate these from the Dashboard. Learn more about [authorizing requests](…

Paths & Operations 6

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 1 DELETE, 3 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Contacts 6
POST
/v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts
Create contact
post-contact 2 params body → 200400401429504
GET
/v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts
Return all contacts
list-contact 9 params → 200400401429504
GET
/v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id}
Return a contact
get-contact 4 params → 200400401404429504
PUT
/v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id}
Update a contact
put-contact 3 params body → 200400401429504
DELETE
/v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id}
Delete a contact
delete-contact 2 params → 200400401429504
GET
/v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/groups
Return all Contact Groups
list-contact-groups 4 params → 200400401429504

Schemas 27

The contract defines 27 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are contact (22 properties), contact_physical_address (6 properties), contact_group (6 properties), common_response_with_cursor (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

contact_manager_name
string
The name of the contact's manager.
contact_suffix
string
(Not supported for EWS) The suffix of a contact's name, if applicable.
contact_office_location
string
The location of the office where the contact works.
contact_picture_url
string
A URL that links to the contact's picture.
contact_birthday
string
The contact's birthday in [ISO-8601 format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO8601Calendardates).
contact_surname
string
The contact's surname.
contact_nickname
string
A custom nickname for the contact.
contact_physical_address
object
An array of physical addresses associated with the contact. Different providers may have different limits on the number of physical addresses. - IMAP/iCloud/Ya…
6 properties 1 required
contact_given_name
string
The contact's given name.
contact_email
object
An array of the contact's email addresses. Different providers may have different limits on the number of email addresses. - IMAP/iCloud/Yahoo: at most one ema…
2 properties 1 required
grant_id
string
The ID of grant for the connected user.
common_response_with_cursor
object
3 properties
contact_job_title
string
The contact's occupation or job title.
common_response
object
2 properties
contact_with_picture
object
contact
object
22 properties
contact_company_name
string
The name of the company that the contact is affiliated with (for example, their workplace).
contact_picture
string
The contact's picture, represented as a Base64-encoded string.
contact_im_address
object
An array of the contact's instant messaging (IM) addresses. Different providers may have different limits on the number of IM addresses. - IMAP/iCloud/Yahoo: a…
2 properties 1 required
id
string
A globally unique object identifier for Microsoft accounts. An email address for Google accounts.
contact_source
string
The source of the contact. For iCloud and IMAP grants, the source is inbox if the contact is parsed from a message. If the contact is created or updated using…
contact_group
object
6 properties
contact_phone_number
object
An array of phone numbers associated with the contact. Different providers may have different limits on the number of phone numbers. - IMAP/iCloud/Yahoo: at mo…
2 properties 1 required
contact_notes
string
Notes about with the contact (for example, their favorite food).
contact_web_page
object
2 properties 1 required
contact_middle_name
string
The contact's middle name.
contact_group_id
object
1 property 1 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

nylas-contacts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
nylas:nylas-contacts-api
Base URL
https://api.us.nylas.com
Docs
https://developer.nylas.com/docs/reference/api/contacts/
Provider
Nylas
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