Create Contact Note
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"note": "Asked for a demo next week"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes"
payload = { "note": "Asked for a demo next week" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({note: 'Asked for a demo next week'})
};
fetch('https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"note\": \"Asked for a demo next week\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'note' => 'Asked for a demo next week'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}{
"_id": "act_j0NrG6rYEPP9TMmWC",
"teamId": "tea_8QvkOiBfPdb2ZRhHi",
"contactId": "ctc_XXBXpAxmxwg24IzBI",
"createdAt": "2026-09-28T09:12:00.653Z",
"note": "Asked for a demo next week",
"userId": "usr_ahfFktBBHUIxbVG5P"
}Contacts
Create Contact Note
Writes a note on a specific contact, as a note written in the lemlist app, pushed to your connected CRM.
POST
/
contacts
/
{idOrEmail}
/
notes
Create Contact Note
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"note": "Asked for a demo next week"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes"
payload = { "note": "Asked for a demo next week" }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({note: 'Asked for a demo next week'})
};
fetch('https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"note\": \"Asked for a demo next week\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lemlist.com/api/contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'note' => 'Asked for a demo next week'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}{
"_id": "act_j0NrG6rYEPP9TMmWC",
"teamId": "tea_8QvkOiBfPdb2ZRhHi",
"contactId": "ctc_XXBXpAxmxwg24IzBI",
"createdAt": "2026-09-28T09:12:00.653Z",
"note": "Asked for a demo next week",
"userId": "usr_ahfFktBBHUIxbVG5P"
}Authorizations
Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.
Path Parameters
The unique identifier (ctc_xxx) or email of the contact
Body
application/json
The note content. Plain text, at most 10000 characters; a < followed by a > is refused, a lone < is stored as <.
Maximum string length:
10000Response
Note created
A text note attached to a contact record, as returned by GET and POST /contacts/{idOrEmail}/notes.
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