# Create Contact — Salesforce

> Create a Salesforce contact (a person associated with an account). Use Find Records on Account to get the AccountId that links this contact to a company. Use Describe Object on Contact to discover which fields your org requires. See the…

- Key: `salesforce_rest_api-create-contact`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.3.9
- App: Salesforce (`salesforce_rest_api`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/salesforce-rest-api.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/salesforce-rest-api/actions/create-contact
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/salesforce_rest_api/actions/create-contact/create-contact.mjs

## Description

Create a Salesforce contact (a person associated with an account). Use **Find Records** on `Account` to get the `AccountId` that links this contact to a company. Use **Describe Object** on `Contact` to discover which fields your org requires. [See the documentation](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/atlas.en-us.object_reference.meta/object_reference/sforce_api_objects_contact.htm)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `Description` | `string` | No | A description of the contact, up to 32 KB. |
| `Email` | `string` | No | The contact's email address. |
| `FirstName` | `string` | No | The contact's first name, up to 40 characters. |
| `LastName` | `string` | Yes | The contact's last name, up to 80 characters. |
| `Phone` | `string` | No | Phone number for the contact. |
| `additionalFields` | `object` | No | Other fields to set for this record as name -> value pairs. Values are parsed as JSON where applicable. Example: {"Industry": "Technology", "AnnualRevenue": 1000000}. Use Describe Object to discover valid field names. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "salesforce_rest_api",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "salesforce_rest_api-create-contact",
  arguments: {
    Description: "Contact Description",
    Email: "Email",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "salesforce_rest_api-create-contact",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    salesforce_rest_api: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    Description: "Contact Description",
    Email: "Email",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "salesforce_rest_api-create-contact",
    "configured_props": {
      "salesforce_rest_api": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "Description": "Contact Description",
      "Email": "Email"
    }
  }'
```

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