Create new profile via API with phone number only

Question

Hi there,

I have a website that I’m looking to add a custom styled SMS sign-up form too.

We currently have an email only sign-up that captures users emails, but now want to offer an SMS only sign-up as well.

I’ve updated from v1 API to the latest for the email form and that works fine.

However creating a new subscriber with only the phone_number field and no email seems to silently fail. I get a success response, yet no data in SMS list within Klaviyo.

If i test with a hardcoded email attached then it goes straight through.

Is it possible to create a new subscriber with phone_number only?

Or is an email mandatory when posting to the subscription endpoint using ajax - https://a.klaviyo.com/client/subscriptions/?company_id=XXXXXXX

Here is the reference doc I have been referring too:
https://developers.klaviyo.com/en/reference/create_client_subscription

I have Single opt-in enabled too.

Thanks in advance.

laurtondigital · Accepted Answer

Thanks @MaxbuzzI don’t think that reference was what i was looking for - I believe that is more to do with tracking.I ended up getting it to work with this reference in the end which is suited to client-side.https://developers.klaviyo.com/en/reference/create_client_profileAppreciate your assistance and pushing me in the right direction - thank you!

Maxbuzz · Answer

Hello @laurtondigital Yes, You can create a profile with Phone Number only.

You can use the API from here https://developers.klaviyo.com/en/reference/create_profile

And the Payload would be

{
	"data": {
		"type": "profile",
		"attributes": {		 
			"phone_number": ""			
		}
	}
}

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