Add a Company to the Specified Contact crm.contact.company.add

Scope: crm

Who can execute the method: any user with "edit" access permission for contacts

The method crm.contact.company.add adds a company to the specified contact.

Method Parameters

Required parameters are marked with *

Name
type

Description

id*
integer

Identifier of the contact.

Can be obtained using the methods crm.contact.list or crm.contact.add

fields*
object

Object format:

{
            field_1: value_1,
            field_2: value_2,
            ...,
            field_n: value_n,
        }
        

where:

  • field_n — field name
  • value_n — field value

The list of available fields is described below.

Parameter fields

Required parameters are marked with *

Name
type

Description

COMPANY_ID*
crm_entity

Identifier of the company that will be linked to the contact.

The identifier can be obtained using the method crm.item.list with entityTypeId = 4

IS_PRIMARY
boolean

Indicates whether the link is primary. Possible values:

  • Y — yes
  • N — no

For the first added element, IS_PRIMARY is Y by default.

Passing IS_PRIMARY = Y for a new and not first link overrides the existing primary link

SORT
integer

Sort index.

By default, i + 10, where i is the maximum sort index of existing links for the current contact or 0 if there are none

Code Examples

How to Use Examples in Documentation

Example of adding a contact-company link, where:

  • contact identifier — 54
  • company identifier — 32
curl -X POST \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Accept: application/json" \
        -d '{"id":54,"fields":{"COMPANY_ID":32,"IS_PRIMARY":"Y","SORT":1000}}' \
        https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/**put_your_user_id_here**/**put_your_webhook_here**/crm.contact.company.add
        
curl -X POST \
        -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
        -H "Accept: application/json" \
        -d '{"id":54,"fields":{"COMPANY_ID":32,"IS_PRIMARY":"Y","SORT":1000},"auth":"**put_access_token_here**"}' \
        https://**put_your_bitrix24_address**/rest/crm.contact.company.add
        
try
        {
        	const response = await $b24.callMethod(
        		'crm.contact.company.add',
        		{
        			id: 54,
        			fields: {
        				COMPANY_ID: 32,
        				IS_PRIMARY: "Y",
        				SORT: 1000,
        			},
        		}
        	);
        	
        	const result = response.getData().result;
        	result.error()
        		? console.error(result.error())
        		: console.info(result)
        	;
        }
        catch( error )
        {
        	console.error('Error:', error);
        }
        
try {
            $response = $b24Service
                ->core
                ->call(
                    'crm.contact.company.add',
                    [
                        'id' => 54,
                        'fields' => [
                            'COMPANY_ID' => 32,
                            'IS_PRIMARY' => 'Y',
                            'SORT' => 1000,
                        ],
                    ]
                );
        
            $result = $response
                ->getResponseData()
                ->getResult();
        
            if ($result->error()) {
                echo 'Error: ' . $result->error();
            } else {
                echo 'Data: ' . print_r($result->data(), true);
            }
        
        } catch (Throwable $e) {
            error_log($e->getMessage());
            echo 'Error adding contact company: ' . $e->getMessage();
        }
        
BX24.callMethod(
            'crm.contact.company.add',
            {
                id: 54,
                fields: {
                    COMPANY_ID: 32,
                    IS_PRIMARY: "Y",
                    SORT: 1000,
                },
            },
            (result) => {
                result.error()
                    ? console.error(result.error())
                    : console.info(result.data())
                ;
            },
        );
        
require_once('crest.php');
        
        $result = CRest::call(
            'crm.contact.company.add',
            [
                'id' => 54,
                'fields' => [
                    'COMPANY_ID' => 32,
                    'IS_PRIMARY' => 'Y',
                    'SORT' => 1000,
                ]
            ]
        );
        
        echo '<PRE>';
        print_r($result);
        echo '</PRE>';
        

Response Handling

HTTP status: 200

{
            "result": true,
            "time": {
                "start": 1724068028.331234,
                "finish": 1724068028.726591,
                "duration": 0.3953571319580078,
                "processing": 0.13033390045166016,
                "date_start": "2024-08-19T13:47:08+02:00",
                "date_finish": "2024-08-19T13:47:08+02:00"
            }
        }
        

Returned Data

Name
type

Description

result
boolean

Root element of the response. Contains:

  • true — on success
  • false — on failure (most likely the company you are trying to add is already linked)

time
time

Information about the execution time of the request

Error Handling

HTTP status: 400

{
            "error": "",
            "error_description": "The parameter 'ownerEntityID' is invalid or not defined."
        }
        

Name
type

Description

error
string

String error code. It may consist of digits, Latin letters, and underscores

error_description
error_description

Textual description of the error. The description is not intended to be shown to the end user in its raw form

Possible Error Codes

Code

Description

Value

-

The parameter 'ownerEntityID' is invalid or not defined

The id is less than 0 or not provided at all

-

The parameter 'fields' must be array

The fields is not an object

ACCESS_DENIED

Access denied!

The user does not have permission to edit contacts

-

Not found

Contact with the provided id not found

-

The parameter 'fields' is not valid

Can occur for several reasons:

  • if the required parameter fields.COMPANY_ID is not provided
  • if the provided parameter fields.COMPANY_ID is less than or equal to 0

Statuses and System Error Codes

HTTP Status: 20x, 40x, 50x

The errors described below may occur when calling any method.

Status

Code
Error Message

Description

500

INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR
Internal server error

An internal server error has occurred, please contact the server administrator or Bitrix24 technical support

500

ERROR_UNEXPECTED_ANSWER
Server returned an unexpected response

An internal server error has occurred, please contact the server administrator or Bitrix24 technical support

503

QUERY_LIMIT_EXCEEDED
Too many requests

The request intensity limit has been exceeded

405

ERROR_BATCH_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED
Method is not allowed for batch usage

The current method is not allowed to be called using batch

400

ERROR_BATCH_LENGTH_EXCEEDED
Max batch length exceeded

The maximum length of parameters passed to the batch method has been exceeded

401

NO_AUTH_FOUND
Wrong authorization data

Invalid access token or webhook code

400

INVALID_REQUEST
Https required

The methods must be called using the HTTPS protocol

503

OVERLOAD_LIMIT
REST API is blocked due to overload

The REST API is blocked due to overload. This is a manual individual block, to remove it you need to contact Bitrix24 technical support

403

ACCESS_DENIED
REST API is available only on commercial plans

The REST API is available only on commercial plans

403

INVALID_CREDENTIALS
Invalid request credentials

The user whose access token or webhook was used to call the method lacks permissions

404

ERROR_MANIFEST_IS_NOT_AVAILABLE
Manifest is not available

The manifest is not available

403

insufficient_scope
The request requires higher privileges than provided by the webhook token

The request requires higher privileges than those provided by the webhook token

401

expired_token
The access token provided has expired

The provided access token has expired

403

user_access_error
The user does not have access to the application

The user does not have access to the application. This means that the application is installed, but the account administrator has allowed access to this application only for specific users

500

PORTAL_DELETED
Portal was deleted

The public part of the site is closed. To open the public part of the site on an on-premise installation, disable the option "Temporary closure of the public part of the site". Path to the setting: Desktop > Settings > Product Settings > Module Settings > Main Module > Temporary closure of the public part of the site

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