Create a Contact Reference
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"contactId": "<integer>",
"referenceSource": "<string>",
"referenceId": "<string>"
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({contactId: '<integer>', referenceSource: '<string>', referenceId: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference"
payload = {
"contactId": "<integer>",
"referenceSource": "<string>",
"referenceId": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"contactId\": \"<integer>\",\n \"referenceSource\": \"<string>\",\n \"referenceId\": \"<string>\"\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference",
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([
'contactId' => '<integer>',
'referenceSource' => '<string>',
'referenceId' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"contactId\": \"<integer>\",\n \"referenceSource\": \"<string>\",\n \"referenceId\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"contactId\": \"<integer>\",\n \"referenceSource\": \"<string>\",\n \"referenceId\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst url = 'https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference';
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({contactId: '<integer>', referenceSource: '<string>', referenceId: '<string>'})
};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
}{
"message": "You do not have permission to perform this action."
}{
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
}Contacts and Individuals
Create a Contact Reference
Links a contact to its record in an external system by storing a referenceSource and referenceId pair on it. Once set, you can look the contact up with the Get a Contact by Reference Source endpoint and de-duplicate imports against it.
POST
/
api
/
ContactReference
Create a Contact Reference
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"contactId": "<integer>",
"referenceSource": "<string>",
"referenceId": "<string>"
}
'const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({contactId: '<integer>', referenceSource: '<string>', referenceId: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference"
payload = {
"contactId": "<integer>",
"referenceSource": "<string>",
"referenceId": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)using RestSharp;
var options = new RestClientOptions("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference");
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddJsonBody("{\n \"contactId\": \"<integer>\",\n \"referenceSource\": \"<string>\",\n \"referenceId\": \"<string>\"\n}", false);
var response = await client.PostAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine("{0}", response.Content);
<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference",
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([
'contactId' => '<integer>',
'referenceSource' => '<string>',
'referenceId' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"contactId\": \"<integer>\",\n \"referenceSource\": \"<string>\",\n \"referenceId\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"contactId\": \"<integer>\",\n \"referenceSource\": \"<string>\",\n \"referenceId\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyconst url = 'https://api.virtuoussoftware.com/api/ContactReference';
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({contactId: '<integer>', referenceSource: '<string>', referenceId: '<string>'})
};
fetch(url, options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(json => console.log(json))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"message": "Authorization has been denied for this request."
}{
"message": "You do not have permission to perform this action."
}{
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Try again later."
}Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
application/json
Response
OK
Last modified on August 11, 2026
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