# town.delve.contact.importContacts

> Published by [delve.town](https://lexicon.garden/identity/did:plc:qzqct2rrq4u2gmy5g3mjxske)

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## Links

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- [Examples](https://lexicon.garden/lexicon/did:plc:qzqct2rrq4u2gmy5g3mjxske/town.delve.contact.importContacts/examples)

## Definitions

### `town.delve.contact.importContacts`

**Type**: `procedure`

Import contacts for securely matching with other users. This follows the protocol explained in https://docs.bsky.app/blog/contact-import-rfc. Requires authentication.

#### Input

**Encoding**: `application/json`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `contacts` | `array` | Yes | List of phone numbers in global E.164 format (e.g., '+12125550123'). Phone numbers that cannot be normalized into a valid phone number will be discarded. Should not repeat the 'phone' input used in `app.bsky.contact.verifyPhone`. |
| `token` | `string` | Yes | JWT to authenticate the call. Use the JWT received as a response to the call to `app.bsky.contact.verifyPhone`. |

#### Output

**Encoding**: `application/json`

| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `matchesAndContactIndexes` | `array` | Yes | The users that matched during import and their indexes on the input contacts, so the client can correlate with its local list. |

#### Errors

- **InvalidDid**
- **InvalidContacts**
- **TooManyContacts**
- **InvalidToken**
- **InternalError**

## Raw Schema

```json
{
  "$type": "com.atproto.lexicon.schema",
  "defs": {
    "main": {
      "description": "Import contacts for securely matching with other users. This follows the protocol explained in https://docs.bsky.app/blog/contact-import-rfc. Requires authentication.",
      "errors": [
        {
          "name": "InvalidDid"
        },
        {
          "name": "InvalidContacts"
        },
        {
          "name": "TooManyContacts"
        },
        {
          "name": "InvalidToken"
        },
        {
          "name": "InternalError"
        }
      ],
      "input": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "properties": {
            "contacts": {
              "description": "List of phone numbers in global E.164 format (e.g., '+12125550123'). Phone numbers that cannot be normalized into a valid phone number will be discarded. Should not repeat the 'phone' input used in `app.bsky.contact.verifyPhone`.",
              "items": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "maxLength": 1000,
              "minLength": 1,
              "type": "array"
            },
            "token": {
              "description": "JWT to authenticate the call. Use the JWT received as a response to the call to `app.bsky.contact.verifyPhone`.",
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "token",
            "contacts"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "output": {
        "encoding": "application/json",
        "schema": {
          "properties": {
            "matchesAndContactIndexes": {
              "description": "The users that matched during import and their indexes on the input contacts, so the client can correlate with its local list.",
              "items": {
                "ref": "town.delve.contact.defs#matchAndContactIndex",
                "type": "ref"
              },
              "type": "array"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "matchesAndContactIndexes"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        }
      },
      "type": "procedure"
    }
  },
  "id": "town.delve.contact.importContacts",
  "lexicon": 1
}
```