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# Create a lead

> Create a lead in Customers & Leads. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/method-crm/create_lead

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Create a lead in Customers & Leads.

Method CRM API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/method-crm.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/method-crm/leads`

Access: write.

Returns the new contact ID. A lead is not synced to QuickBooks until it becomes a customer, and the call sends nothing to anyone, so it does not wait for your OK. A wrong lead is removed by hand in Method.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | string | yes | Name in QuickBooks, the name the customer gets after conversion. |
| `email` | string | no | Contact email. |
| `phone` | string | no | Contact phone. |
| `assigned_to` | string | no | Method user responsible for the lead. |
| `source` | string | no | A lead source from your account. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/method-crm/leads \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Jane Doe"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("method-crm", "create_lead", {"name":"Jane Doe"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('method-crm', 'create_lead', {"name":"Jane Doe"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call method-crm create_lead --data '{"name":"Jane Doe"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "contact_id": "C-2090",
  "name": "Lopez Fencing",
  "type": "lead",
  "synced_to_quickbooks": false
}
```

Previous: [List activities](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/method-crm/list_activities.md)
Next: [Convert a lead to a customer](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/method-crm/convert_lead_to_customer.md)

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