# Import ExternalContact in batch **URL:** \ **Category:** Phone\ **Created:** [April 25, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/import-externalcontact-in-batch/68059 "2022-04-25T11:14:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![johnniew](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/johnniew/32/33803_2.png) [@johnniew](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/johnniew)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2022, 11:14am UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/import-externalcontact-in-batch/68059/1 "2022-04-25T11:14:30Z")
Is there an alternative to [this API call](https://marketplace.zoom.us/docs/api-reference/phone/methods/#operation/addExternalContact) that allows batch upload / import of external contacts similar to the ‘import csv’ function in ExternalContact of the web portal? The addExternalContact API call currently only allows 1 user at a time, and any attempt to parse in a list of contacts (valid json format) returns the error “Request Body should be a valid JSON object.”, Example of a JSON string in the payload which is valid afaik [{“email”: “someemail”, “name”: “john”, “phone\_numbers”: ["+447548468458"]}, {“email”: “anotheremail”, “name”: “jane”, “phone\_numbers”: ["+447548468458"]}] ---
**Author:** ![elisa.zoom](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/devforum.zoom.us/elisa.zoom/32/47836_2.png) [@elisa.zoom](https://devforum.zoom.us/u/elisa.zoom)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2022, 10:27pm UTC](https://devforum.zoom.us/t/import-externalcontact-in-batch/68059/2 "2022-04-27T22:27:07Z")
Hi @johnniew Thanks for reaching out to the Zoom Developer Forum, and welcome to our community! I am happy to help here! Currently we do not have an endpoint that supports importing External Contacts in batch. Feel free to add a feature request here: > **[Feature Requests](https://devforum.zoom.us/c/feature-requests/23)** > > Have an API or SDK feature request? Share it here! Cheers, Elisa