Create a Contact

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https://api.getknit.dev/v1.0/accounting.contact.create

Creates a new contact such as a customer or vendor in your accounting platform.

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App	App ID	Remarks
Xero	`xero`	`contactType` is not honored by xero. It will map a contact to `CUSTOMER` or `VENDOR` based on activity (invoices/bills generated).
Zohobooks	`zohobook`	`taxNumber` key will have tax registration number with respect to country. For Indian customers it will be GST Number.
Microsoft Dynamics 365	`microsoft-dynamics-365`
Sage Intacct	`sageIntacct`	`id` key needs to be passed in `metaData` for creating contact which is user defined unique Identifier for that Contact.
Quickbooks	`quickbooks`	`name` is mandatory field.
Freshbooks	`freshbooks`
Netsuite	`netsuite`	Pass `companyId` in `metaData`
Sage 200 Standard	`sage200`	metaData.reference is a required field of type string (less than 9 chars). If you want to specify country in the address object, specify country_code id as value for country, you can get the country_code ids by making a passthrough API call with path = `/country_codes`' and method = `GET`
Wave Financial	`wave`	`contactType` must be `CUSTOMER`. The app does not support APIs for Vendors.
Oracle Financials	`oracle-financials`	Supported fields: `contactType`, `name`, `contactPersonFirstName`, `contactPersonLastName`, `email`, `phoneNumber`, `taxNumber`, `addresses`, `metaData.taxOrganizationType`, `metaData.businessRelationship`, and `metaData.taxRegistrationCountryCode`. Required fields: `contactType`, `name`, `metaData.taxOrganizationType`, `metaData.businessRelationship`. `taxOrganizationType` possible values: `Corporation`, `Foreign Corporation`, and `Individual`. `businessRelationship` possible values: `Prospective` and `Spend Authorized`. Valid values for `taxRegistrationCountryCode` and `addresses.country`: alpha2 country code.
Odoo Accounting Online	`odoo`	name, contactType, email, phoneNumber, addresses[0] are honored fields. addresses[0].state, addresses[0].country expects state_id and country_id which can be obtained by making a passthrough request.

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