# Add tags while creating new contact

**URL:** <https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-tags-while-creating-new-contact/6577>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [November 18, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-tags-while-creating-new-contact/6577 "2016-11-18T13:44:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![rahulw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rahulw](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rahulw)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-tags-while-creating-new-contact/6577/1 "2016-11-18T13:44:01Z")

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Hey Mautic Team,  
  
  
  
Can we add tags to contact while adding new contact with Mautic API?  
  
  
  
thank you.

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**Author:** ![rahulw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3d9bf3/32.png) [@rahulw](https://forum.mautic.org/u/rahulw)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-tags-while-creating-new-contact/6577/2 "2016-11-18T13:44:01Z")

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Hey Mautic Team,

Can we add tags to contact while adding new contact with Mautic API?

thank you.

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**Author:** ![catliaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a5b964/32.png) [@catliaw](https://forum.mautic.org/u/catliaw)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2017, 11:40pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-tags-while-creating-new-contact/6577/3 "2017-04-25T23:40:58Z")

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Hi Mautic community,

I am also interested in how to add tags to a contact while creating/editing a contact’s information using the Mautic API. It doesn’t seem like you can do that using the /contacts/ID/edit endpoint.

Is there a way to add a tag to a contact using the Mautic API?

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**Author:** ![Omer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/omer/32/661_2.png) [@Omer](https://forum.mautic.org/u/Omer)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 10:13am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/add-tags-while-creating-new-contact/6577/4 "2019-12-04T10:13:46Z")

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> <https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52569103/add-a-tag-to-an-existing-contact-using-the-mautic-api>