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Salesforce Service Cloud Contacts API

Operations for managing contact records

Salesforce Service Cloud Contacts API is one of 18 APIs that Salesforce Service Cloud 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, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 3 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 59.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{hostname}/chat/rest.

2 operations 1 paths 3 schemas 1 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
59.0
Base URL
https://yourInstance.salesforce.com/services/data/v59.0/
Authentication
API Key
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Salesforce Service Cloud Contacts API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-LIVEAGENT-API-VERSION (apiKey). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — Live Agent API version header

Paths & Operations 2

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

Contacts 2

Operations for managing contact records

GET
/sobjects/Contact
Salesforce Service Cloud Get Contact object metadata
getContactInfo → 200
POST
/sobjects/Contact
Salesforce Service Cloud Create a new contact
createContact body → 201

Schemas 3

The contract defines 3 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are ContactInput (5 properties), CreateResponse (3 properties), SObjectBasicInfo (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ContactInput
object
5 properties 1 required
SObjectBasicInfo
object
2 properties
CreateResponse
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

salesforce-service-cloud-contacts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Salesforce Service Cloud publishes across the network.

Salesforce Service Cloud SOAP API
Service Cloud Streaming API
Knowledge API
Einstein Bot API
Omni-Channel API
Service Cloud Voice Telephony Integration API
Service Cloud Voice for Partner Telephony API
Agentforce Service Agent API
Salesforce Service Cloud Accounts API
Salesforce Service Cloud Availability API
Salesforce Service Cloud Cases API
Salesforce Service Cloud Knowledge API
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