# CreateEmailContact
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Creates an email contact for the provided email address.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /2022-09-19/emailcontacts HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "emailAddress": "string",
   "name": "string",
   "tags": { 
      "string" : "string" 
   }
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [emailAddress](#API_CreateEmailContact_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="notificationscontacts-CreateEmailContact-request-emailAddress"></a>
The email address this email contact points to. The activation email and any subscribed emails are sent here.  
This email address can't receive emails until it's activated.
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 6. Maximum length of 254.  
Pattern: `(.+)@(.+)`   
Required: Yes

 ** [name](#API_CreateEmailContact_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="notificationscontacts-CreateEmailContact-request-name"></a>
The name of the email contact.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 64.  
Pattern: `.*[\w-.~]+.*`   
Required: Yes

 ** [tags](#API_CreateEmailContact_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="notificationscontacts-CreateEmailContact-request-tags"></a>
A map of tags assigned to a resource. A tag is a string-to-string map of key-value pairs.  
Type: String to string map  
Map Entries: Minimum number of 0 items. Maximum number of 200 items.  
Key Pattern: `(?!aws:).{1,128}`   
Value Length Constraints: Minimum length of 0. Maximum length of 256.  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 201
Content-type: application/json

{
   "arn": "string"
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 201 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [arn](#API_CreateEmailContact_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="notificationscontacts-CreateEmailContact-response-arn"></a>
The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the resource.  
Type: String  
Pattern: `arn:[a-z-]{3,10}:notifications-contacts::[0-9]{12}:emailcontact/[a-z0-9]{27}` 

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
Updating or deleting a resource can cause an inconsistent state.    
 ** resourceId **   
The resource ID that prompted the conflict error.  
 ** resourceType **   
The resource type that prompted the conflict error.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
Unexpected error during processing of request.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ServiceQuotaExceededException **   
 Request would cause a service quota to be exceeded.    
 ** quotaCode **   
The code for the service quota in [Service Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html).  
 ** resourceId **   
The ID of the resource that exceeds the service quota.  
 ** resourceType **   
The type of the resource that exceeds the service quota.  
 ** serviceCode **   
The code for the service quota exceeded in [Service Quotas](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/servicequotas/latest/userguide/intro.html).
HTTP Status Code: 402

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.    
 ** quotaCode **   
Identifies the quota that is being throttled.  
 ** retryAfterSeconds **   
The number of seconds a client should wait before retrying the request.  
 ** serviceCode **   
Identifies the service being throttled.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by an AWS service.    
 ** fieldList **   
The list of input fields that are invalid.  
 ** reason **   
The reason why your input is considered invalid.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/notificationscontacts-2018-05-10/CreateEmailContact)