Create New Member

Use Popl APIs to create a new member

This API will create a new Popl account by email. If an account with a particular email already exists, this API will update that account instead of creating.

Don't forget to authenticate before calling this API.

• Create Member: Create a new member and have the option to assign the member to a team or send an email invite

POST https://api.popl.co/api/pub/members/inviteMember

{
  "shouldSendInvites": true, // OPTIONAL: defaults to true
  "payload": [
    {
      "email": "[e-mail]", // REQUIRED
      "jobTitle": "Software Engineer",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "bio": "Experienced software engineer.",
      "company": "Tech Corp",
      "photo": "http://example.com/photo.jpg",
      "location": "New York",
      "subteam": "Development",
      "subteamIds": [1, 2],
      "importType": "manual",
      "isPro": 1,
      "leadCaptureMode": 0,
      "links": [
        {
          "id": 123,
          "title": "LinkedIn",
          "value": "http://linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
          "icon": "linkedin",
          "updateExisting": true,
          "desc": "John's LinkedIn profile",
          "help_title": "LinkedIn Profile"
        }
      ],
      "msID": "MS123456",
      "department": "Engineering"
    }
  ],
  "teamId": 10
}

The parameters shown above are optional except "email" which is the only required parameter to create a new member. See descriptions for each parameter below:

• email (string) required

  • The login email for the new member

• jobTitle (string)

  • The job title for the new member

• name (string)

  • The name for the new member

• bio (string)

  • The bio for the new member

• company (string)

  • The company name for the new member

• subteam (string)

  • The subteam id that the new member should be added to.

• photo (array)

  • The profile photo link for the new member.

  • This can be any link that is publicly accessible

• location (string)

  • The location/address for the new member

• leadCaptureMode (string)

  • This parameter will set lead capture mode on or off for the new member

  • This value must be either "0" or "1", default is "0" (disabled)

• links (array)

  • This parameter will create links that appear on the member's digital card.

  • Links can be any piece of content that Popl has available ranging from phone numbers, emails, websites, embedded videos and more.

  • Link Parameters:

    • id (integer)

      • The id of the specific link that is being used. Email link = 9, phone number (call) = 31, text message = 8, LinkedIn = 7, contact us for a full list of link ids
    • title (string)

      • The title that will be shown for this particular link. This value is optional and will use the default title if not provided.

    • icon (string)

      • The icon link for the new piece of content. This value is optional and will use the default icon if not provided.

    • value (string)

      • The actual link content value. So for example, if this was an email link, the value would be "[e-mail]"

    • updateExisting (boolean)

      • Whether this new link being added should replace an existing one if it exists, or create a new one. The default is to create a new link, even if one with the same value already exists.

• templateId (integer)

  • The id of the template that should be applied to the new member. If a template id is provided that does not exist, a template will not be added to the member. This value is optional.

• shouldSendInvites (boolean)

  • Should the API send this new member an email invite to claim their new digital business card. The default is true.

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