Contacts
The people who message your business. Sync them into your CRM or enrich them from your own systems.
Base URL
https://api.jawbly.com/v1GET
/contactsList contacts
Page through your contacts, filterable by tag or search term.
Requires scope contacts:read
Parameters
searchstring · query
Match on name or phone number.
tagstring · query
Filter by a contact tag.
curl -X GET "https://api.jawbly.com/v1/contacts" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer jwb_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"200 response
{
"data": [
{
"id": "ct_5m…",
"name": "Sara K.",
"phone": "+14155550123",
"tags": [
"vip"
],
"createdAt": "2026-06-30T09:00:00Z"
}
],
"nextCursor": null
}POST
/contactsCreate or update a contact
Upsert a contact by phone number, attaching your own metadata and tags.
Requires scope contacts:write
Parameters
phonerequiredstring (E.164) · body
Unique key for the contact.
namestring · body
Display name.
metadataobject · body
Arbitrary JSON you can read back later.
curl -X POST "https://api.jawbly.com/v1/contacts" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer jwb_live_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"phone": "+14155550123",
"name": "Sara K.",
"metadata": {
"crmId": "A-2201"
}
}'200 response
{
"id": "ct_5m…",
"phone": "+14155550123",
"name": "Sara K.",
"metadata": {
"crmId": "A-2201"
}
}