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HubSpot: Create Contact

This function creates a new contact in HubSpot. The function returns the ID of newly created contact.

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INPUT VARIABLES
{
userEmail
}
Email of your user
{
hubspotApiToken
}
The API Key of your HubSpot account. You can find it in the settings of your private app.
{
userFirstName
}
First name of your user
{
}
{
}
{
}
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OUTPUT VARIABLES
{
contactId
}
ID of the contact
{
}
{
}
{
}
{
}
{
}
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PATHS
{
success
}
Success
{
error
}
Error
{
}
{
}
{
}
{
}

Function Walkthrough

Function Code Snippet

 
export default async function main(args) {
  // Validate input variables from args - find the "validateInputs" function below
  const invalidFieldTrace = validateInputs(args)

  if (invalidFieldTrace) return invalidFieldTrace;

  // Extract input variables from args (destructuring)
  const {
    userFirstName,
    userEmail,
    hubspotApiToken,
  } = args.inputVars;

  /**
   * Build the payload for creating a new contact in HubSpot with your own data
   *
   * Check HubSpot documentation to learn what properties are available
   *
   * - https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/contacts
   */
  const payload = {
    properties: {
      email: userEmail,
      firstname: userFirstName,
    }
  };

  /**
   * Define the URL for HubSpot REST operations
   */
  const endpointUrl = `https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts`;

  /**
   * Configure the fetch request
   *
   * Get your HubSpot API Token from the settings in Integration > Private apps
   *
   * https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/private-apps
   */
  const config = {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${hubspotApiToken}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(payload)
  };

  try {
    // Make the API call
    const response = await fetch(endpointUrl, config);

    // Check if the response status is OK
    if (!response.ok) {
      throw new Error(`HTTP status code ${response.status}`);
    }

    // Extract the JSON body from the response
    const responseBody = response.json;

    // Validate the responseBody structure as expected
    if (!responseBody || typeof responseBody !== 'object') {
      throw new Error("Invalid or missing response body");
    }

    // Extract data from the response
    const contactId = responseBody.id;

    // Create the success return trace with extracted data
    return {
      outputVars: {
        contactId,
      },
      next: {
        path: 'success'
      },
      trace: [
        { 
          type: "debug", 
          payload: {
            message: 'HubSpot API call successful'
          }
        },
        { 
          type: "debug", 
          payload: {
            message: `Contact created - ID: ${contactId}`
          }
        },
      ]
    };
  } catch (error) {
    return {
      next: {
        path: 'error'
      },
      trace: [{
        type: "debug",
        payload: {
          message: `HubSpot API call error: ${error.message}`
        }
      }]
    };
  }

  /**
   * Here we validate all the inputs of the Voiceflow function
   *
   * The function can be used in the first lines of the code
   * because of a Javascript concept called hoisting
   *
   * Read more: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/Hoisting
   */
  function validateInputs(args) {
    // Extract input variables from args (destructuring)
    const {
      userFirstName,
      userEmail,
      hubspotApiToken,
    } = args.inputVars;
  
    // Validate that userFirstName variable is provided
    if (!userFirstName) {
      return {
        next: { path: 'error' },
        trace: [{ type: "debug", payload: { message: "Missing required input variable: userFirstName" } }]
      };
    }
  
    // Validate that userEmail variable is provided
    if (!userEmail) {
      return {
        next: { path: 'error' },
        trace: [{ type: "debug", payload: { message: "Missing required input variable: userEmail" } }]
      };
    }
  
    // Validate that hubspotApiToken variable is provided
    if (!hubspotApiToken) {
      return {
        next: { path: 'error' },
        trace: [{ type: "debug", payload: { message: "Missing required input variable: hubspotApiToken" } }]
      };
    }

    return null
  }
}
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