Create Contact

post

https://api.coingate.com/api/v2/contacts

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Create a new contact for use with Payment Channels. Contacts represent the beneficiary (individual or business) that will be associated with a payment channel for receiving crypto payments. Each contact must include travel rule compliant information based on the contact type.

Form Data

contact_type

string

required

Defaults to person

Type of contact. Allowed values: person, business.

string

required

Contact email address. Must be a valid, non-disposable email.

external_contact_id

string

required

External Contact ID used in your application (e.g. user or customer ID). Must be unique per merchant.

first_name

string

First name of the contact (required if contact_type is person).

surname

string

Last name of the contact (required if contact_type is person).

company_name

string

Company name (required if contact_type is business).

date_of_birth

string

Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format (required if contact_type is person).

address_country

string

Country of residence as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (e.g. LT) or alpha-3 (e.g. LTU) code (required if contact_type is person).

company_code

string

Company registration code (required if contact_type is business).

incorporation_country

string

Company registration country as ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 or alpha-3 code (required if contact_type is business).

Response

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