# CreateContact

Allows you to create individual contacts in a Xero organisation.

**Note:** If an existing contact matches your ContactName or ContactNumber then you will receive an error.

## Properties

#### Authentication

Authentication values used to connect to the Xero server.

#### Contact

Contact to create.

Mandatory Item:

* **Name**: Full name of contact/organisation (max length = 255).

## Output

#### Contact

#### The contact created.

## Links

[Xero Developer: Contacts (PUT)](https://developer.xero.com/documentation/api/contacts#PUT)


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