Front Contact Handles API

The Contact Handles API from Front — 1 operation(s) for contact handles.

Operations 2

POST /contacts/{contact_id}/handles Add contact handle #
DELETE /contacts/{contact_id}/handles Delete contact handle #

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OpenAPI Specification

front-contact-handles-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 1.0.0
  title: Channel Accounts Contact Handles API
  contact:
    name: Front Platform
    url: https://community.front.com
servers:
- url: https://api2.frontapp.com
security:
- http: []
tags:
- name: Contact Handles
paths:
  /contacts/{contact_id}/handles:
    post:
      summary: Add contact handle
      operationId: add-contact-handle
      description: 'Adds a new handle to a contact.


        Required scope: `contacts:write`'
      tags:
      - Contact Handles
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: contact_id
        required: true
        description: The contact ID. Alternatively, you can supply the contact's source and handle as a [resource alias](https://dev.frontapp.com/docs/resource-aliases-1).
        schema:
          type: string
          default: crd_123
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactHandle'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No content
      x-required-scopes:
      - contacts:write
    delete:
      summary: Delete contact handle
      operationId: delete-contact-handle
      description: 'Remove a handle from a contact.


        Required scope: `contacts:write`'
      tags:
      - Contact Handles
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: contact_id
        required: true
        description: The contact ID. Alternatively, you can supply the contact's source and handle as a [resource alias](https://dev.frontapp.com/docs/resource-aliases-1).
        schema:
          type: string
          default: crd_123
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeleteContactHandle'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No content
      x-required-scopes:
      - contacts:write
components:
  schemas:
    DeleteContactHandle:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactHandle'
      - type: object
        properties:
          force:
            type: boolean
            description: Force the deletetion of the contact if the handle is the last one
            default: false
    ContactHandle:
      type: object
      required:
      - handle
      - source
      properties:
        handle:
          type: string
          description: Handle used to reach the contact.
          example: dwight@limitlesspaper.com
        source:
          type: string
          enum:
          - twitter
          - email
          - phone
          - facebook
          - intercom
          - front_chat
          - custom
          description: Source of the handle. Can be `email`, `phone`, `twitter`, `facebook`, `intercom`, `front_chat`, or `custom`.
          example: email
  securitySchemes:
    http:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
x-api-id: front
x-explorer-enabled: false
x-proxy-enabled: true
x-samples-enabled: true