Create Contact with Microsoft 365 People API

Pipedream makes it easy to connect APIs for Microsoft 365 People and 2,400+ other apps remarkably fast.

Trigger workflow on

HTTP requests, schedules and app events

Next, do this

Create Contact with the Microsoft 365 People API

No credit card required

▶

Watch us build a workflow

8 min

Watch now ➜

Trusted by 1,000,000+ developers from startups to Fortune 500 companies

Developers ♥ Pipedream

Getting Started#

Create a workflow to Create Contact with the Microsoft 365 People API. When you configure and deploy the workflow, it will run on Pipedream's servers 24x7 for free.

Configure the Create Contact action
1. Connect your Microsoft 365 People account
2. Configure Email
3. Configure First Name
4. Optional- Configure Last Name
5. Optional- Select a Folder
6. Optional- Configure Mobile Phone
7. Optional- Configure Home Phones
8. Optional- Configure Street Address
9. Optional- Configure City
10. Optional- Configure State
11. Optional- Configure Postal Code
12. Optional- Configure Country or Region
Select a trigger to run your workflow on HTTP requests, schedules or app events
Deploy the workflow
Send a test event to validate your setup
Turn on the trigger

Integrations#

Create Contact with Microsoft 365 People API on New Requests (Payload Only) from HTTP / Webhook API

HTTP / Webhook + Microsoft 365 People

Try it

Create Contact with Microsoft 365 People API on New Submission from Typeform API

Typeform + Microsoft 365 People

Try it

Create Contact with Microsoft 365 People API on Custom Events from Zoom API

Zoom + Microsoft 365 People

Try it

Create Contact with Microsoft 365 People API on New Submission (Instant) from Jotform API

Jotform + Microsoft 365 People

Try it

Create Contact with Microsoft 365 People API on New Scheduled Tasks from Pipedream API

Pipedream + Microsoft 365 People

Try it

Details#

This is a pre-built, source-available component from Pipedream's GitHub repo. The component is developed by Pipedream and the community, and verified and maintained by Pipedream.

To contribute an update to an existing component or create a new component, create a PR on GitHub. If you're new to Pipedream component development, you can start with quickstarts for trigger span and action development, and then review the component API reference.

Create Contact on Microsoft 365 People

Description:Create a new contact in Microsoft 365 People. [See the documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-post-contacts?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http)

Version:0.0.1

Key:microsoft_365_people-create-contact

View on GitHub

Code#

import microsoftPeople from "../../microsoft_365_people.app.mjs";

export default {
  key: "microsoft_365_people-create-contact",
  name: "Create Contact",
  description: "Create a new contact in Microsoft 365 People. [See the documentation](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/api/user-post-contacts?view=graph-rest-1.0&tabs=http)",
  version: "0.0.1",
  type: "action",
  props: {
    microsoftPeople,
    email: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "email",
      ],
    },
    firstName: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "firstName",
      ],
    },
    lastName: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "lastName",
      ],
    },
    folderId: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "folderId",
      ],
    },
    mobilePhone: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "mobilePhone",
      ],
    },
    homePhones: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "homePhones",
      ],
    },
    street: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "street",
      ],
    },
    city: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "city",
      ],
    },
    state: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "state",
      ],
    },
    postalCode: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "postalCode",
      ],
    },
    countryOrRegion: {
      propDefinition: [
        microsoftPeople,
        "countryOrRegion",
      ],
    },
  },
  async run({ $ }) {
    const data = {
      emailAddresses: [
        {
          address: this.email,
        },
      ],
      givenName: this.firstName,
      surname: this.lastName,
      mobilePhone: this.mobilePhone,
      homePhones: this.homePhones,
      homeAddress: {
        street: this.street,
        city: this.city,
        state: this.state,
        postalCode: this.postalCode,
        countryOrRegion: this.countryOrRegion,
      },
    };

    const response = this.folderId
      ? await this.microsoftPeople.createContactInFolder({
        folderId: this.folderId,
        data: {
          ...data,
          parentFolderId: this.folderId,
        },
        $,
      })
      : await this.microsoftPeople.createContact({
        data,
        $,
      });

    if (response.id) {
      $.export("$summary", `Successfully created contact with ID ${response.id}.`);
    }

    return response;
  },
};

Configuration#

This component may be configured based on the props defined in the component code. Pipedream automatically prompts for input values in the UI and CLI.

Label	Prop	Type	Description
Microsoft 365 People	`microsoftPeople`	`app`	This component uses the Microsoft 365 People app.
Email	`email`	`string`	Email address of the contact
First Name	`firstName`	`string`	First name of the contact
Last Name	`lastName`	`string`	Last name of the contact
Folder	`folderId`	`string`	Select a value from the drop down menu.
Mobile Phone	`mobilePhone`	`string`	Mobile phone number of the contact
Home Phones	`homePhones`	`string[]`	The contact's home phone numbers.
Street Address	`street`	`string`	Street address of the contact
City	`city`	`string`	City of the contact
State	`state`	`string`	State of the contact
Postal Code	`postalCode`	`string`	Postal code of the contact
Country or Region	`countryOrRegion`	`string`	Country or Region of the contact

Authentication#

Microsoft 365 People uses OAuth authentication. When you connect your Microsoft 365 People account, Pipedream will open a popup window where you can sign into Microsoft 365 People and grant Pipedream permission to connect to your account. Pipedream securely stores and automatically refreshes the OAuth tokens so you can easily authenticate any Microsoft 365 People API.

Pipedream requests the following authorization scopes when you connect your account:

Contacts.ReadWriteUser.Reademailoffline_accessopenidprofile