GoHighLevel Contacts API

Create Note

POST/contacts/:contactId/notes

POST /contacts/:contactId/notes Create a note on a contact. Notes hold free-text context — call summaries, internal comments — and can be pinned or colour-coded. It takes 1 path parameter and 5 body fields, requires the contacts.write scope and authenticates with a sub-account (location) token.

Request and authentication

Method: POST
Full URL: https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/contacts/:contactId/notes
Scopes: contacts.write
Token type: Sub-account (location) token
Accepted auth: OAuth Access Token, Private Integration Token
API version header: Version: 2021-07-28
Schema verified: 22 June 2026

Path parameters

Substituted into the URL. Required by definition.

Name	Type	Description
`contactId`required	`string`	Example: `sx6wyHhbFdRXh302LLNR`

Request body

JSON body fields. Nested objects are shown indented under their parent.

Name	Type	Description
`userId`	`string`	Example: `GCs5KuzPqTls7vWclkEV`
`body`required	`string`	Example: `lorem ipsum`
`title`	`string`	Example: `Follow-up summary`
`color`	`string`	Example: `#FFAA00`
`pinned`	`boolean`	Example: `false`

Response fields

Top-level fields returned on a successful call.

Name	Type	Description
`note`	`object`	—
`└id`	`string`	Example: `HGPcayliwcdoUFzvbTok`
`└body`	`string`	Example: `lorem ipsum`
`└userId`	`string`	Example: `TUcmRxWrjqzJS8EjkxNK`
`└dateAdded`	`string`	Example: `2021-07-08T12:02:11.285Z`
`└contactId`	`string`	Example: `TUcmRxWrjqzJS8EjkxNK`
`└title`	`string`	Example: `Follow-up summary`
`└color`	`string`	Example: `#FFAA00`
`└pinned`	`boolean`	Example: `false`

Example request

Copy-paste ready. Swap YOUR_TOKEN for your access token or Private Integration Token, and the sample ID for your own.

curl -X POST 'https://services.leadconnectorhq.com/contacts/sx6wyHhbFdRXh302LLNR/notes' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN' \
  -H 'Version: 2021-07-28' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "body": "lorem ipsum"
  }'

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