--- title: "Link a contact to a specific company" description: "POST /companies/{company_id}/linked_contacts โ€” Notes: Cannot link a contact to the company they already work at.; A company is not allowed to have more than 100 linked contacts." canonical_url: https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/companies/post-companies-company_id-linked_contacts/ source: Markdown mirror of https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/companies/post-companies-company_id-linked_contacts/ --- `POST /companies/{company_id}/linked_contacts` Notes: Cannot link a contact to the company they already work at.; A company is not allowed to have more than 100 linked contacts. Resource: [Companies](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/companies/) ยท [API Reference](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/) ## Request ```bash curl -X POST "https://app.onepagecrm.com/api/v3/companies/{company_id}/linked_contacts" \ -u $user_id:$api_key \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "contact_id": "5ae06ef9d55673108fe8877b" }' ``` Authentication is HTTP Basic โ€” `user_id` as username, `api_key` as password. See https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/authentication/. ## Path parameters | Name | Type | Description | | --- | --- | --- | | `company_id` | string | Company ID | ## Request body | Field | Type | Required | Description | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | `contact_id` | string (bson-id) | yes | The ID of the contact to link with the company | ## Responses ### 201 Created ```json { "status": 0, "message": "OK", "timestamp": 1528373119, "data": { "linked_contact": { "contact": { "id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4", "title": "Mr", "first_name": "Joe", "last_name": "Bloggs", "job_title": "Engineer", "starred": true, "photo_url": "https://{foo.bar}/joe-bloggs.jpg", "company_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d5", "company_name": "Morgan's Forensic Lab", "urls": [ { "type": "linkedin", "value": "https://www.linkedin.com/{joe.bloggs}" } ], "phones": [ { "type": "work", "value": "(912) 644-1770" } ], "emails": [ { "type": "work", "value": "joe.bloggs@example.com" } ], "address_list": [ { "address": "Unit 5, Business Innovation Centre", "city": "Upper Newcastle", "state": "Galway", "zip_code": "H91 Y0T0", "country_code": "IE", "type": "delivery" } ], "status": "Prospect", "status_id": "5e31e030849d781e837b6ba1", "tags": [ "Java", "Android", "iOS" ], "lead_source_id": "email_web", "lead_source": "Email or Web", "background": "I met Joe Bloggs at the annual Eco Conference in Florida. Her company currently provides solar panels (along with a lot of other stuff) to the State Government of California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Utah for capital building projects. Her current supplier is crazy expensive! I've asked to be able to tender for their next order.", "owner_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c92a5", "custom_fields": [ { "custom_field": {}, "value": "Summer" } ], "letter": "b", "pending_deal": true, "total_pendings": 999.99, "total_deals_count": 3, "company_size": 1, "sales_closed_for": [ "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7" ], "closed_sales": [ { "user_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7", "closed_at": 1524818902, "comment": "Client is no longer interested" } ], "google_contacts_data": { "account_email": "jane.doe@example.com", "id": "342c5b5c08d4b0b2", "saved_at": 1522840153 }, "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z", "modified_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z" }, "next_actions": [ { "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9", "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7", "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4", "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization", "status": "date_time", "date": "2018-05-16", "exact_time": 1526472000, "position": 1, "done": false, "done_at": "2018-05-16", "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z", "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z" } ], "next_action": { "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9", "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7", "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4", "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization", "status": "date_time", "date": "2018-05-16", "exact_time": 1526472000, "position": 1, "done": false, "done_at": "2018-05-16", "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z", "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z" }, "queued_actions": [ { "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9", "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7", "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4", "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization", "status": "date_time", "date": "2018-05-16", "exact_time": 1526472000, "position": 1, "done": false, "done_at": "2018-05-16", "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z", "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z" } ], "next_action_conflicts": [], "company": { "id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c92ac", "image": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw...", "name": "Crockett & Tubbs Security", "description": "For all your security needs", "phone": "(912) 644-1771", "photo_url": "https://example.com/someimage.png", "url": "https://{foo.bar}", "address": { "address": "Unit 5, Business Innovation Centre", "city": "Upper Newcastle", "state": "Galway", "zip_code": "H91 Y0T0", "country_code": "IE" }, "company_fields": [ { "company_field": {}, "value": "Large" } ], "syncing_status": true, "synced_status_id": "5aaa9b039007ba08c9ebaf0a", "syncing_tags": true, "synced_tags": [ "Java", "Android", "iOS" ], "contacts_count": 3, "won_deals_count": 5, "total_won_amount": 999.99, "pending_deals_count": 1, "total_pending_amount": 99.99, "contacts": [ { "contact": {}, "next_actions": [], "next_action": {}, "queued_actions": [], "next_action_conflicts": [] } ], "pending_deals": [ { "deal": {} } ], "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z", "modified_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z" }, "linked_with": [ "5aba31e99007ba0f570c92ab" ] } } } ``` Standard error responses: 400, 401, 403, 404, 409, 500 โ€” shared across the API. See https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/errors/. ## Related guides - [Authentication](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/authentication/) - [Errors](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/errors/) - [Rate limits](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/rate-limits/)