Create a person

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "phone": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "email": "jsmith@example.com",
    "phone": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', email: 'jsmith@example.com', phone: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people', 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://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people",
  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([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'email' => 'jsmith@example.com',
    'phone' => '<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;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"phone\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"phone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people")

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  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"phone\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "phone": "<string>",
  "source_id": "<string>",
  "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "payment_url": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "errors": {}
}

{
  "message": "Too Many Attempts."
}

POST

people

Create a person

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "phone": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "email": "jsmith@example.com",
    "phone": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', email: 'jsmith@example.com', phone: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people', 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://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people",
  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([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'email' => 'jsmith@example.com',
    'phone' => '<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;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"phone\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"phone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.clearpolicy.app/api/v1/people")

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  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"email\": \"jsmith@example.com\",\n  \"phone\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "phone": "<string>",
  "source_id": "<string>",
  "archived_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "error": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "payment_url": "<string>"
}

{
  "message": "<string>",
  "errors": {}
}

{
  "message": "Too Many Attempts."
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Bearer token created in ClearPolicy API settings with the api:use scope.

Body

application/json

name

string

required

The full name of the person.

Maximum string length: 255

string<email>

required

The email address. Must be unique within your organization.

Maximum string length: 255

phone

string

Phone number in international format (e.g. +12025550147).

Response

The created person.

string

required

The ULID of the person.

organization_id

string

required

The ULID of the organization.

name

string

required

The full name of the person.

string<email>

required

The email address of the person.

source

enum<string>

required

How the person was created.

Available options:

oauth,

web,

system,

planning_center

created_at

string<date-time>

required

When the person was created.

updated_at

string<date-time>

required

When the person was last updated.

phone

string | null

The phone number in international format, or null.

source_id

string | null

An external identifier from the originating system, or null.

archived_at

string<date-time> | null

When the person was archived, or null if active.

Last modified on August 4, 2026

Overview

Me

People

Documents

Groups

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Create a person

Authorizations

Body

Response