Contacts and Profile
Add Contact
Adds a new contact to the connected WhatsApp address book with name and number.
POST
https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/contact/addAuthentication with the x-api-key and x-api-secret headers.
Parameters
| Name | Type | In | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
phone | text | body | Yes | Phone (with country code) |
name | text | body | Yes | Full name |
Request example
curl
curl -X POST "https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/contact/add" \
-H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-H "x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"phone":"5511999999999","name":"João Silva"}'Node.js
const res = await fetch("https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/contact/add", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
"x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"phone": "5511999999999",
"name": "João Silva"
}),
});
console.log(await res.json());Python
import requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.zapzapapi.com/api/v1/{instanceId}/contact/add",
headers={"x-api-key": "YOUR_API_KEY", "x-api-secret": "YOUR_API_SECRET"},
json={"phone":"5511999999999","name":"João Silva"},
)
print(res.json())Response example
JSON
{
"success": true
}Values are illustrative; the fields follow the real response format.
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