REST API Order contact v2 (legacy)

Create an order contact (legacy)

Important

A newer version of this REST API (v2.1) is available. If you're new to this REST API, use the new version. Alternatively, if you're already using the old version, read about the differences between v2 and v2.1 so you can upgrade.

POST /v2/orders/<orderRef>/contacts

Creates the primary contact on an order.

Attribute	Type	Description	Example
`orderRef`	string	The reference of the order. If you do not know the order reference, first retrieve orders.	`d680c9be-4c07-4731-857e-9602034b15f2`

At a minimum, you must provide the following required attributes in the request body:

Attribute	Type	Description	Example
`firstName`	string (title case recommended)	The first name of the order contact.	`"John"`
`lastName`	string (title case recommended)	The last name of the order contact.	`"Doe"`

In the response, ref contains the order contact reference.

curl -X POST <baseURL>/v2/orders/d680c9be-4c07-4731-857e-9602034b15f2/contacts' \
-u '<username>:<password>' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "title": "Mr",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "gender": "male",
    "dateOfBirth": "2026-10-28T00:`00:00`.000Z",
    "emails": [
        "[email protected]"
    ],
    "phoneNumbers": [
        "+353161123345",
        "+353861123345"
    ],
    "nationality": "Irish",
    "passportNumber": "PZ4A9565",
    "guest": {
        "href": "<baseURL>/v2/guests/9d94ee11-7043-4b71-980c-a777d00a7b46"
    }
}'

{
    "href": "<baseURL>/v2/orderContacts/F8D1F0D5-365D-46B7-BECF-D041E93A5705",
    "ref": "F8D1F0D5-365D-46B7-BECF-D041E93A5705",
    "createdAt": "2026-08-15T16:`00:55`.554Z",
    "modifiedAt": "2026-08-21T16:`00:51`.882Z",
    "title": "Mr",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "gender": "male",
    "dateOfBirth": "2026-10-28T00:`00:00`.000Z",
    "emails": [
        "[email protected]"
    ],
    "phoneNumbers": [
        "+353161123345",
        "+353861123345"
    ],
    "nationality": "Irish",
    "passportNumber": "PZ4A9565",
    "guest": {
        "href": "<baseURL>/v2/guests/9d94ee11-7043-4b71-980c-a777d00a7b46"
    },
    "order": {
        "href": "<baseURL>/v2/orders/056621C2-C955-492D-B7EE-C77C6BDDFDEE"
    }
}

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