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# Add a note to a contact

> Adds a note to the contact. Your team sees it on the contact in Blujay, newest first. Send an `Idempotency-Key` to retry safely.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /v1/contacts/{contact_id}/notes
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Blujay API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    The Blujay API lets you send and receive iMessage, RCS and SMS messages from
    your

    Blujay phone numbers, manage contacts, and receive real-time webhooks.


    Every response uses the same JSON envelope and carries a `trace_id` you can
    share

    with support. Authenticate with your workspace API key.
servers:
  - url: https://api.blujay.io
    description: Production
security:
  - PublicApiKey: []
tags:
  - name: Auth
    description: Check which workspace and credential a request is using.
  - name: Chats
    description: >-
      Direct and group conversations between your Blujay numbers and your
      contacts.
  - name: Messages
    description: Send, read, edit, unsend and react to messages.
  - name: Phone Numbers
    description: >-
      Your Blujay numbers, whether each can send right now, and their live
      sending limits.
  - name: Capability
    description: >-
      Check whether a phone number can be reached by iMessage, RCS or SMS before
      you send.
  - name: Contacts
    description: Create, find, update, tag, assign and opt out contacts.
  - name: vCards
    description: >-
      Saved contact cards that you can send in a message. Recipients get a
      native contact card over iMessage, SMS or RCS.
  - name: Team Members
    description: People in your workspace you can assign contacts to.
  - name: Workflows
    description: Enroll contacts in workflows you start manually.
  - name: Attachments
    description: >-
      Upload files once and reuse them in messages, or download files from
      messages.
  - name: Calls
    description: Download call recordings referenced by call webhooks.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Subscribe to events, inspect delivery attempts and verify signatures.
  - name: Partners
    description: >-
      For Blujay reseller partners. A partner runs many customer workspaces
      through one integration. Partner keys carry a role (`admin` or
      `messaging`) and name a customer in the `Blujay-Workspace` header.
paths:
  /v1/contacts/{contact_id}/notes:
    post:
      tags:
        - Contacts
      summary: Add a note to a contact
      description: >-
        Adds a note to the contact. Your team sees it on the contact in Blujay,
        newest first. Send an `Idempotency-Key` to retry safely.
      operationId: addPublicContactNote
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ContactId'
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IdempotencyKey'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddPublicContactNoteRequest'
            examples:
              addNote:
                summary: Add a note
                value:
                  text: 'SamCart purchase: Pro Coaching (annual)'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: The new note.
          headers:
            X-Trace-ID:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/XTraceID'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/SuccessEnvelope'
                  - type: object
                    required:
                      - data
                    properties:
                      data:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicContactNote'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/ValidationError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '409':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/IdempotencyConflict'
      security:
        - PublicApiKey: []
components:
  parameters:
    ContactId:
      name: contact_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactId'
    IdempotencyKey:
      name: Idempotency-Key
      in: header
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 1
        maxLength: 255
      description: >
        A unique value you choose (1–255 characters) that makes this request
        safe to retry. Send the same key with the same request and Blujay
        returns the original response instead of doing the work again. Use a new
        key for each new action.


        Blujay keeps keys for at least 24 hours. Keys are separate for each API
        key and each route family (for example every `POST
        /v1/chats/{chat_id}/messages` shares one). Reusing a key with a
        different request returns `409 IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_MISMATCH`. Sending it
        while the first request is still running returns `409
        IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS`; retry shortly.
  schemas:
    AddPublicContactNoteRequest:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - text
      properties:
        text:
          type: string
          description: The note. Leading and trailing spaces are trimmed.
          examples:
            - 'SamCart purchase: Pro Coaching (annual)'
          minLength: 1
          maxLength: 10000
    SuccessEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: Wraps every successful response. The result is in `data`.
      required:
        - status
        - trace_id
        - timestamp
      properties:
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
            - success
        trace_id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TraceId'
        timestamp:
          type: string
          examples:
            - '2026-10-14T17:01:00.000Z'
          format: date-time
        client_request_id:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Your `X-Request-ID` header value, echoed back when you send one. Not
            included on the send responses (`POST /v1/chats` and `POST
            /v1/chats/{chat_id}/messages`); keep your own mapping from your
            request ID to the returned message ID there.
    PublicContactNote:
      type: object
      additionalProperties: false
      required:
        - note_id
        - contact_id
        - text
        - source
        - team_member_id
        - created_at
        - updated_at
      properties:
        note_id:
          type: string
          examples:
            - note_AbC9xQ2nRk7vT1mZ
        contact_id:
          type: string
          examples:
            - contact_AbC9xQ2nRk7vT1mZ
        text:
          type: string
        source:
          type: string
          description: >-
            Where the note came from. `app` is a teammate in Blujay, `migrated`
            is the contact's notes from before notes were a list.
          enum:
            - app
            - api
            - zapier
            - make
            - migrated
        team_member_id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: >-
            The teammate who wrote it. For API notes, the teammate who created
            the API key.
          examples:
            - member_AbC9xQ2nRk7vT1mZ
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Later than `created_at` when a teammate edited the note.
    ContactId:
      type: string
      examples:
        - contact_abc123
      pattern: ^contact_[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$
    TraceId:
      type: string
      examples:
        - trc_8f2a1c0e4b7d
      pattern: ^trc_[A-Za-z0-9_-]+$
    ErrorEnvelope:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Wraps every error response. Branch on `error.code`, and include
        `trace_id` when you contact support.
      required:
        - status
        - error
        - trace_id
        - timestamp
      properties:
        status:
          const: error
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PublicError'
        trace_id:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/TraceId'
        timestamp:
          type: string
          examples:
            - '2026-10-14T17:01:00.000Z'
          format: date-time
        client_request_id:
          type: string
          description: Your `X-Request-ID` header value, echoed back when you send one.
    PublicError:
      type: object
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - type
        - http_status
        - retryable
        - doc_url
        - details
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Stable, machine-readable error code. Branch on this value.
          examples:
            - RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
            - QUEUE_UNAVAILABLE
            - FEATURE_NOT_ENABLED
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation. It can change, so don't parse it.
        type:
          type: string
          description: Broad error category.
          examples:
            - validation
            - auth
            - idempotency
            - rate_limit
            - queue
            - feature_gate
        http_status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code of the response.
          enum:
            - 400
            - 401
            - 403
            - 404
            - 409
            - 413
            - 415
            - 422
            - 429
            - 500
            - 502
            - 503
        retryable:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether sending the same request again later can succeed.
        doc_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Link to documentation for this error code.
        details:
          type: array
          description: >-
            Extra structured context, such as the fields that failed validation
            or the limit you hit.
          items:
            type: object
            additionalProperties: true
        retry_after:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          description: >-
            Seconds to wait before retrying. Also sent as the `Retry-After`
            header.
        reset_at:
          type: string
          examples:
            - '2026-10-14T17:01:00.000Z'
          format: date-time
          description: When the limit you hit resets.
  headers:
    XTraceID:
      description: >-
        Unique ID for this request. It matches `trace_id` in the body. Include
        it when you contact Blujay support.
      schema:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/TraceId'
  responses:
    ValidationError:
      description: The request is invalid. `details` lists the fields that failed.
      headers:
        X-Trace-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XTraceID'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          examples:
            invalidInput:
              value:
                status: error
                error:
                  code: VALIDATION_ERROR
                  message: Request validation failed
                  type: validation
                  http_status: 400
                  retryable: false
                  doc_url: https://docs.blujay.io/errors/validation-error
                  details: []
                trace_id: trc_8f2a1c0e4b7d
                timestamp: '2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z'
    Unauthorized:
      description: >-
        The API key is missing or invalid (`UNAUTHORIZED`), revoked
        (`API_KEY_REVOKED`) or expired (`API_KEY_EXPIRED`).
      headers:
        X-Trace-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XTraceID'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    NotFound:
      description: The resource doesn't exist or isn't in your workspace.
      headers:
        X-Trace-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XTraceID'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
    IdempotencyConflict:
      description: >
        The `Idempotency-Key` conflicts with an earlier request:

        - `IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_MISMATCH`: the key was already used for a
        different request.

        - `IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_MISMATCH`: on sends, the `Idempotency-Key` header and
        `message.idempotency_key` don't match.

        - `IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS`: a request with this key is still running.
        Retry shortly.
      headers:
        X-Trace-ID:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/XTraceID'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope'
          examples:
            mismatch:
              value:
                status: error
                error:
                  code: IDEMPOTENCY_REQUEST_MISMATCH
                  message: Idempotency key was reused with a different request shape
                  type: idempotency
                  http_status: 409
                  retryable: false
                  doc_url: https://docs.blujay.io/errors/idempotency-request-mismatch
                  details: []
                trace_id: trc_8f2a1c0e4b7d
                timestamp: '2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z'
            keyMismatch:
              value:
                status: error
                error:
                  code: IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_MISMATCH
                  message: Idempotency key header and body value do not match
                  type: idempotency
                  http_status: 409
                  retryable: false
                  doc_url: https://docs.blujay.io/errors/idempotency-key-mismatch
                  details: []
                trace_id: trc_8f2a1c0e4b7d
                timestamp: '2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z'
            inProgress:
              value:
                status: error
                error:
                  code: IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS
                  message: An idempotent request with this key is already in progress
                  type: idempotency
                  http_status: 409
                  retryable: true
                  doc_url: https://docs.blujay.io/errors/idempotency-in-progress
                  details: []
                trace_id: trc_8f2a1c0e4b7d
                timestamp: '2026-10-14T00:00:00.000Z'
  securitySchemes:
    PublicApiKey:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: blu_...
      description: >
        Your workspace API key, sent as `Authorization: Bearer blu_...`.
        Workspace admins can find it in the Blujay app under **API**.


        An API key has full access to your workspace and works on every
        endpoint. There is no test mode: every key sends real messages and
        changes real data, so keep it secret and use it only from your server.


        Each API key can make 600 read requests and 120 write requests per
        minute, plus 60 attachment requests per minute. Over a limit you get
        `429 RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED` with `Retry-After`.


        **Reseller partner keys.** A partner key acts for one of the partner's
        customers when the request names it in the `Blujay-Workspace` header
        (the customer's `workspace_` ID). Without the header it reaches only
        `/v1/partner/*` and `/v1/me`. Each customer gets the limits above for
        each partner key, and all of a partner's requests together get ten times
        those limits; a `429` says which in `error.details[0].scope`
        (`partner_customer` or `partner`). A `messaging` key can read anything
        for a customer and change chats, messages, contacts, attachments and
        vCards; everything else needs an `admin` key (`403
        PARTNER_ROLE_FORBIDDEN`). Paused or closing customers can be read but
        not changed (`409 CUSTOMER_PAUSED` or `CUSTOMER_CLOSING`). Any other
        workspace ID in the header returns `404 NOT_FOUND`; using the header
        with any other credential returns `400 WORKSPACE_HEADER_NOT_ALLOWED`.

````

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