Folk People API

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Folk External Companies People API
  description: Folk's public REST API lets you manage the relationship data in a Folk workspace - people, companies, groups, deals and other custom objects, notes, reminders, and interactions - and subscribe to real-time changes via webhooks. The API is versioned by date (send an `Folk-Version` date such as 2025-06-09); the production base URL is https://api.folk.app and all documented resources live under the `/v1` path. Every request is authenticated with a Bearer API key created in workspace settings under "API". API access is a paid-plan (Premium / Enterprise) feature. This document is modeled by API Evangelist from Folk's published OpenAPI schema (https://developer.folk.app/schemas/2025-06-09.json) and reference docs.
  version: '2025-06-09'
  contact:
    name: Folk
    url: https://www.folk.app
  termsOfService: https://www.folk.app/legal/terms-and-conditions
servers:
- url: https://api.folk.app
  description: Folk's public API production base URL.
security:
- bearerApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: People
  description: People (contacts) - the core relationship records in Folk.
paths:
  /v1/people:
    get:
      operationId: listPeople
      tags:
      - People
      summary: List people
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Cursor'
      - name: combinator
        in: query
        required: false
        description: The logical operator (and / or) used to combine multiple filters.
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - and
          - or
      - name: filter
        in: query
        required: false
        description: A record of filters to apply, in the form filter[attribute][operator]=value.
        schema:
          type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PersonList'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
    post:
      operationId: createPerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Create a person
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonInput'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PersonSingle'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
  /v1/people/{personId}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PersonId'
    get:
      operationId: getPerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Get a person
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PersonSingle'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updatePerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Update a person
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PersonSingle'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deletePerson
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Delete a person
      responses:
        '204':
          description: The person was deleted.
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
  /v1/people/search:
    post:
      operationId: searchPeople
      tags:
      - People
      summary: Search for people
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SearchInput'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/PersonList'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
components:
  schemas:
    SearchInput:
      type: object
      description: Filter payload for a search request.
      properties:
        combinator:
          type: string
          enum:
          - and
          - or
        filters:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              attribute:
                type: string
              operator:
                type: string
              value: {}
        limit:
          type: integer
        cursor:
          type: string
    PersonInput:
      type: object
      properties:
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: email
        phones:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        urls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        jobTitle:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        companyIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        groupIds:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        customFieldValues:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    Pagination:
      type: object
      description: Cursor-based pagination metadata.
      properties:
        nextCursor:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Cursor to pass to retrieve the next page, or null if none.
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              example: NOT_FOUND
            message:
              type: string
            documentationUrl:
              type: string
    Group:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
    Person:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        firstName:
          type: string
        lastName:
          type: string
        fullName:
          type: string
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            format: email
        phones:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        urls:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        jobTitle:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        companies:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              id:
                type: string
              name:
                type: string
        groups:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Group'
        customFieldValues:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
  responses:
    PersonSingle:
      description: A single person.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              data:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
    NotFound:
      description: The requested resource was not found.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    PersonList:
      description: A paginated list of people.
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              data:
                type: array
                items:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Person'
              pagination:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    TooManyRequests:
      description: The rate limit was exceeded.
      headers:
        X-RateLimit-Limit:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Limit'
        X-RateLimit-Remaining:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Remaining'
        X-RateLimit-Reset:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/X-RateLimit-Reset'
        Retry-After:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/Retry-After'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  headers:
    X-RateLimit-Limit:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 1000
      description: The maximum number of requests allowed in the current rate limit window.
    X-RateLimit-Remaining:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 998
      description: The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
    X-RateLimit-Reset:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 1747322958
      description: The time the current rate limit window resets, in UTC epoch seconds.
    Retry-After:
      schema:
        type: integer
        example: 60
      description: The number of seconds to wait before retrying after a 429 response.
  parameters:
    PersonId:
      name: personId
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The unique identifier of the person.
      schema:
        type: string
    Cursor:
      name: cursor
      in: query
      required: false
      description: A cursor for pagination across multiple pages of results. Don't include this parameter on the first request; use the `nextCursor` from the previous response.
      schema:
        type: string
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      required: false
      description: The number of items to return.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 20
  securitySchemes:
    bearerApiKeyAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'API key for authentication, sent as `Authorization: Bearer <api_key>`. Keys are created in workspace settings under "API". API access requires a paid Folk plan.'