Nylas

Nylas Contacts API

Contacts. Read, create, update and delete a grant's contacts and contact groups.

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Operations 6

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts Add a contact to an address book · Create contact #
Ask an LLM
“How do I add a new person to a user's address book?”
“Can I save a job title and company when creating a contact?”
Tell an agent
Add a contact named {given_name} {surname} for grant {grant}.
Create contact {given_name} at {company_name} on {grant}.
GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts List or filter a user's contacts · Return all contacts #
Ask an LLM
“Which contacts in someone's address book have a given email address?”
“Can I list only the contacts in one contact group?”
Tell an agent
List contacts for grant {grant}.
Find contacts on {grant} with email {email}.
GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id} Get one contact · Return a contact #
Ask an LLM
“What details do we have for a specific contact?”
“Can I get a contact's profile picture as image data?”
Tell an agent
Show contact {contact} for grant {grant}.
Get contact {contact} on {grant} including the profile picture.
PUT /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id} Update a contact's details · Update a contact #
Ask an LLM
“Can I change an existing contact's job title or notes?”
“What happens to nested fields when I update a contact?”
Tell an agent
Update the job title of contact {contact} on {grant} to {job_title}.
Change contact {contact}'s given name to {given_name} for grant {grant}.
DELETE /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/{contact_id} Delete a contact · Delete a contact #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove someone from a user's address book?”
“Can I delete a single contact by ID?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete contact {contact} from grant {grant}.
Remove contact {contact} from the address book on {grant}.
GET /v3/grants/{grant_id}/contacts/groups List contact groups · Return all Contact Groups #
Ask an LLM
“What contact groups does this account have?”
“Are contact groups available for every email provider?”
Tell an agent
List contact groups for grant {grant}.
Show all contact groups on {grant}.

Specifications

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https://artifacts.apis.io/nylas/openapi/nylas-contacts-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

nylas-contacts-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Nylas Contacts API
  version: v3
  summary: The complete Nylas v3 API — Email, Calendar, Contacts, Notetaker, Scheduling, Administration, and Migration.
  description: The Nylas API is designed using the REST ideology to provide simple and predictable URIs to access and modify objects. Requests support standard HTTP methods like `GET`, `PUT`, `POST`, and `DELETE`, and standard status codes. Response bodies are always UTF-8 encoded JSON objects, unless explicitly documented otherwise. You can use the Nylas Postman collection to quickly start using the Nylas APIs. For more information, check out the Nylas Postman collection documentation.
  contact:
    url: https://www.nylas.com/
servers:
- url: https://api.us.nylas.com
  description: U.S.
- url: https://api.eu.nylas.com
  description: E.U.
security:
- ACCESS_TOKEN: []
- NYLAS_API_KEY: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/nylas/openapi/nylas-contacts-api-openapi.yml