MadelineProtoDocs/old_docs/API_docs_v104/methods/contacts.addContact.md
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---
title: contacts.addContact
description: Add an existing telegram user as contact
image: https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/favicons/android-chrome-256x256.png
---
# Method: contacts.addContact
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Add an existing telegram user as contact
### Parameters:
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|----------|---------------|-------------|----------|
|add\_phone\_privacy\_exception|[Bool](../types/Bool.md) | Allow the other user to see our phone number? | Optional|
|id|[Username, chat ID, Update, Message or InputUser](../types/InputUser.md) | Telegram ID of the other user | Optional|
|first\_name|[string](../types/string.md) | First name | Yes|
|last\_name|[string](../types/string.md) | Last name | Yes|
|phone|[string](../types/string.md) | User's phone number | Yes|
### Return type: [Updates](../types/Updates.md)
### Can bots use this method: **NO**
### MadelineProto Example ([now async for huge speed and parallelism!](https://docs.madelineproto.xyz/docs/ASYNC.html)):
```php
if (!file_exists('madeline.php')) {
copy('https://phar.madelineproto.xyz/madeline.php', 'madeline.php');
}
include 'madeline.php';
$MadelineProto = new \danog\MadelineProto\API('session.madeline');
$MadelineProto->start();
$Updates = $MadelineProto->contacts->addContact(['add_phone_privacy_exception' => Bool, 'id' => InputUser, 'first_name' => 'string', 'last_name' => 'string', 'phone' => 'string', ]);
```
Or, if you're into Lua:
```lua
Updates = contacts.addContact({add_phone_privacy_exception=Bool, id=InputUser, first_name='string', last_name='string', phone='string', })
```
### Errors
| Code | Type | Description |
|------|----------|---------------|
|400|CONTACT_ID_INVALID|The provided contact ID is invalid|
|400|CONTACT_NAME_EMPTY|Contact name empty|