Copper

Copper People API

People (contacts) management

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 5

POST /people/search Search People #
POST /people Create a Person #
GET /people/{id} Get a Person #
PUT /people/{id} Update a Person #
DELETE /people/{id} Delete a Person #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.copper.com/
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Authentication
https://developer.copper.com/introduction/requests.html
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GettingStarted
https://developer.copper.com/introduction/quick-start.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/copper/refs/heads/main/openapi/copper-people-api-openapi.yml
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AsyncAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/copper/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/copper-webhooks-asyncapi.yml

Other Resources

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OAuth
https://developer.copper.com/introduction/oauth-quickstart.html
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Webhooks
https://developer.copper.com/webhooks/general/list-of-webhook-events.html
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PostmanCollection
https://developer.copper.com/introduction/postman-collection.html
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People
https://developer.copper.com/people/
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Companies
https://developer.copper.com/companies/
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Leads
https://developer.copper.com/leads/
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Opportunities
https://developer.copper.com/opportunities/
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Projects
https://developer.copper.com/projects/
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Tasks
https://developer.copper.com/tasks/
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Activities
https://developer.copper.com/activities/
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CustomFields
https://developer.copper.com/custom-fields/
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Tags
https://developer.copper.com/tags/
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Rules
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/copper/refs/heads/main/rules/copper-developer-api-rules.yml
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JSONLD
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/copper/refs/heads/main/json-ld/copper-context.jsonld
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Vocabulary
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/copper/refs/heads/main/vocabulary/copper-vocabulary.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

copper-people-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Copper Developer Activities People API
  version: '1.0'
  description: Copper is a CRM platform built natively for Google Workspace. The Copper Developer API is a RESTful JSON API providing programmatic access to people, companies, leads, opportunities, projects, tasks, activities, and webhooks.
  contact:
    name: Copper Support
    url: https://www.copper.com/contact-us
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://www.copper.com/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.copper.com/developer_api/v1
  description: Copper Developer API production server
security:
- PWAccessToken: []
  PWApplication: []
  PWUserEmail: []
tags:
- name: People
  description: People (contacts) management
paths:
  /people/search:
    post:
      operationId: searchPeople
      summary: Search People
      description: Search and list People records using filter criteria. Returns up to 200 records per page.
      tags:
      - People
      requestBody:
        required: false
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PeopleSearchRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of matching People records
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/RateLimited'
  /people:
    post:
      operationId: createPerson
      summary: Create a Person
      description: Create a new Person (contact) record in Copper.
      tags:
      - People
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Created Person record
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
  /people/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getPerson
      summary: Get a Person
      description: Retrieve a single Person record by ID.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdPathParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person record
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
    put:
      operationId: updatePerson
      summary: Update a Person
      description: Update an existing Person record by ID.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdPathParam'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated Person record
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
    delete:
      operationId: deletePerson
      summary: Delete a Person
      description: Delete a Person record by ID.
      tags:
      - People
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdPathParam'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deletion confirmation
components:
  schemas:
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        name:
          type: string
        prefix:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        suffix:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        title:
          type: string
        company_id:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        company_name:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              email:
                type: string
                format: email
              category:
                type: string
        phone_numbers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              number:
                type: string
              category:
                type: string
        socials:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        websites:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        address:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address'
        assignee_id:
          type:
          - integer
          - 'null'
        contact_type_id:
          type: integer
        details:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        custom_fields:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomFieldValue'
        date_created:
          type: integer
        date_modified:
          type: integer
    CustomFieldValue:
      type: object
      properties:
        custom_field_definition_id:
          type: integer
        value:
          oneOf:
          - type: string
          - type: number
          - type: integer
          - type: boolean
          - type: array
            items:
              type: integer
          - type: 'null'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
        message:
          type: string
    Address:
      type: object
      properties:
        street:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        city:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        state:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        postal_code:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        country:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
    PeopleSearchRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        page_number:
          type: integer
          default: 1
        page_size:
          type: integer
          default: 20
          maximum: 200
        sort_by:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        phone_numbers:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        assignee_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: integer
        tags:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
  parameters:
    IdPathParam:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
        format: int64
      description: The unique resource identifier
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed or missing
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    RateLimited:
      description: Rate limit exceeded
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  securitySchemes:
    PWAccessToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-PW-AccessToken
      description: API access token for the user
    PWApplication:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-PW-Application
      description: Application identifier, set to 'developer_api'
    PWUserEmail:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-PW-UserEmail
      description: Email address of the API token owner