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POST
/
contacts
/
lists
Create Contact List
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/lists \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Nurturing"
}
'
{
  "message": "Contact list created successfully",
  "list": {
    "id": "clt_abc123def456ghi78",
    "name": "Nurturing"
  }
}

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Creates a new static contact list in your CRM. After creation, use POST /contacts/lists/{listId}/entities to add contacts to it.
Only static lists can be created via the API. Dynamic lists (auto-populated by filters) are managed through the lemlist UI.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required

Name of the contact list to create (max 200 characters).

Maximum string length: 200

Response

Contact list created successfully

​
message
string
​
list
object