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# Add an address to a contact

> Setting `is_primary` to true demotes the contact's current primary address.
Requires the `contacts:write` scope.




## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.yaml post /contacts/{contactId}/addresses
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: BeanRails Public API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >
    Read and write BeanRails contacts, works, invoices, quotations and invoice
    payments from your own systems.

    Authenticate every request with an API key. See the guides for scopes,
    pagination and error handling.
servers:
  - url: https://{host}/api/public/v1
    description: Public API v1
    variables:
      host:
        default: app.beanrails.com
        description: The host your BeanRails workspace is served from.
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Contacts
    description: Customers and leads.
  - name: Contact addresses
    description: Billing, shipping and service addresses of a contact.
  - name: Works
    description: Service or delivery jobs.
  - name: Work PODs
    description: Proof of delivery records submitted by drivers (read only).
  - name: Invoices
    description: Invoices, including status changes.
  - name: Quotations
    description: Quotations, including status changes.
  - name: Invoice payments
    description: Payments recorded against an invoice.
paths:
  /contacts/{contactId}/addresses:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ContactId'
    post:
      tags:
        - Contact addresses
      summary: Add an address to a contact
      description: >
        Setting `is_primary` to true demotes the contact's current primary
        address.

        Requires the `contacts:write` scope.
      operationId: createContactAddress
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactAddressInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The created address.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactAddressEnvelope'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationFailed'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
components:
  parameters:
    ContactId:
      name: contactId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The contact ID.
      schema:
        type: integer
  schemas:
    ContactAddressInput:
      type: object
      required:
        - name
        - is_primary
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          maxLength: 255
          description: A label for the address, such as "Head office".
        attention:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        company_name:
          type: string
        mobile_no:
          type: string
        office_no:
          type: string
        address1:
          type: string
        address2:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
          description: A state name known to BeanRails.
        postcode:
          type: string
        country:
          type: string
          description: Two letter country code, for example `MY`.
        zone_id:
          type: integer
        is_primary:
          type: boolean
          description: >-
            Required on the address endpoints. When creating a contact, the
            first address becomes primary.
    ContactAddressEnvelope:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactAddress'
    ContactAddress:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: true
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
        name:
          type: string
        attention:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        email:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        company_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        mobile_no:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        office_no:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        address1:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        address2:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        city:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        state:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        postcode:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        country:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Two letter country code.
        country_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        zone_id:
          type:
            - integer
            - 'null'
        is_primary:
          type: boolean
    Error:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              description: A stable, machine readable code.
              examples:
                - not_found
            message:
              type: string
              description: A human readable explanation.
    ValidationError:
      type: object
      required:
        - error
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - fields
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              enum:
                - validation_failed
            message:
              type: string
            fields:
              type: object
              description: Field names mapped to a list of messages.
              additionalProperties:
                type: array
                items:
                  type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: The API key is missing, invalid, revoked or expired.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: invalid_api_key
              message: The API key is invalid, revoked, or expired.
    Forbidden:
      description: >-
        The key lacks the required scope, the key owner's role no longer allows
        it, or the owner's account is suspended.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: insufficient_scope
              message: This API key does not have the required scope.
    NotFound:
      description: The record does not exist, or your key is not allowed to see it.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            error:
              code: not_found
              message: The requested resource was not found.
    ValidationFailed:
      description: >-
        The request body failed validation. `error.fields` lists the problems
        per field.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationError'
          example:
            error:
              code: validation_failed
              message: The attention field is required.
              fields:
                attention:
                  - The attention field is required.
    RateLimited:
      description: >-
        You exceeded the key's requests per minute. Wait for the number of
        seconds in the `Retry-After` header.
      headers:
        Retry-After:
          description: Seconds until you can retry.
          schema:
            type: integer
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: An API key created in BeanRails, for example `brk_live_...`.

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