Create contact custom field

curl --request POST \
  --url https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "field_name": "Partner Tier",
  "field_key": "partner_tier",
  "field_type": "dropdown",
  "options": [
    "Registered",
    "Certified",
    "Premier"
  ],
  "is_required": false
}
'

import requests

url = "https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields"

payload = {
    "field_name": "Partner Tier",
    "field_key": "partner_tier",
    "field_type": "dropdown",
    "options": ["Registered", "Certified", "Premier"],
    "is_required": False
}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    field_name: 'Partner Tier',
    field_key: 'partner_tier',
    field_type: 'dropdown',
    options: ['Registered', 'Certified', 'Premier'],
    is_required: false
  })
};

fetch('https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields",
  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([
    'field_name' => 'Partner Tier',
    'field_key' => 'partner_tier',
    'field_type' => 'dropdown',
    'options' => [
        'Registered',
        'Certified',
        'Premier'
    ],
    'is_required' => false
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"field_name\": \"Partner Tier\",\n  \"field_key\": \"partner_tier\",\n  \"field_type\": \"dropdown\",\n  \"options\": [\n    \"Registered\",\n    \"Certified\",\n    \"Premier\"\n  ],\n  \"is_required\": false\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"field_name\": \"Partner Tier\",\n  \"field_key\": \"partner_tier\",\n  \"field_type\": \"dropdown\",\n  \"options\": [\n    \"Registered\",\n    \"Certified\",\n    \"Premier\"\n  ],\n  \"is_required\": false\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://crm-api.automatebusiness.com/api/v1/integrations-public/contacts/custom-fields")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"field_name\": \"Partner Tier\",\n  \"field_key\": \"partner_tier\",\n  \"field_type\": \"dropdown\",\n  \"options\": [\n    \"Registered\",\n    \"Certified\",\n    \"Premier\"\n  ],\n  \"is_required\": false\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "cf_55102a",
    "entity_type": "lead",
    "field_name": "Expected Close Date",
    "field_key": "expected_close_date",
    "field_type": "date",
    "options": [
      "Bronze",
      "Silver",
      "Gold",
      "Platinum"
    ],
    "is_required": false,
    "created_at": "2026-10-26T06:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-10-26T06:00:00.000Z"
  },
  "error": null
}

{
  "success": false,
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "message": "Validation failed",
    "details": [
      {
        "message": "Required",
        "field": "email",
        "code": "invalid_type"
      }
    ]
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "message": "Invalid or missing API key."
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "data": null,
  "error": {
    "message": "Forbidden: insufficient permissions for this operation."
  }
}