Leads

Leads are potential deals stored in Leads Inbox before they are archived or converted to a deal. Each lead needs to be named (using the title field) and be linked to a person or an organization. In addition to that, a lead can contain most of the fields a deal can (such as value or expected_close_date).

Get all leads

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Returns multiple leads. Leads are sorted by the time they were created, from oldest to newest. Pagination can be controlled using limit and start query parameters. If a lead contains custom fields, the fields' values will be included in the response in the same format as with the Deals endpoints. If a custom field's value hasn't been set for the lead, it won't appear in the response. Please note that leads do not have a separate set of custom fields, instead they inherit the custom fields' structure from deals.

API v1
Request
GET

/v1/leads

Query parameters

limit

integer

For pagination, the limit of entries to be returned. If not provided, 100 items will be returned.

start

integer

For pagination, the position that represents the first result for the page

archived_status

string

Filtering based on the archived status of a lead. If not provided, All is used.

Values

archived

not_archived

all

owner_id

integer

If supplied, only leads matching the given user will be returned. However, filter_id takes precedence over owner_id when supplied.

person_id

integer

If supplied, only leads matching the given person will be returned. However, filter_id takes precedence over person_id when supplied.

organization_id

integer

If supplied, only leads matching the given organization will be returned. However, filter_id takes precedence over organization_id when supplied.

filter_id

integer

The ID of the filter to use

sort

string

The field names and sorting mode separated by a comma (field_name_1 ASC, field_name_2 DESC). Only first-level field keys are supported (no nested keys).

Values

id

title

owner_id

creator_id

was_seen

expected_close_date

next_activity_id

add_time

update_time

Response
200

OK

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    Get one lead

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    Returns details of a specific lead. If a lead contains custom fields, the fields' values will be included in the response in the same format as with the Deals endpoints. If a custom field's value hasn't been set for the lead, it won't appear in the response. Please note that leads do not have a separate set of custom fields, instead they inherit the custom fields’ structure from deals.

    API v1
    Request
    GET

    /v1/leads/{id}

    Path parameters

    id

    string

    required

    The ID of the lead

    Format

    uuid

    Response
    200

    OK

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      List permitted users

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      Lists the users permitted to access a lead.

      API v1
      Request
      GET

      /v1/leads/{id}/permittedUsers

      Path parameters

      id

      string

      required

      The ID of the lead

      Response
      200

      OK

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        Search leads

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        Searches all leads by title, notes and/or custom fields. This endpoint is a wrapper of /v1/itemSearch with a narrower OAuth scope. Found leads can be filtered by the person ID and the organization ID.

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        API v2

        Endpoint is in beta

        Request
        GET

        /api/v2/leads/search

        Query parameters

        term

        string

        required

        The search term to look for. Minimum 2 characters (or 1 if using exact_match). Please note that the search term has to be URL encoded.

        fields

        string

        A comma-separated string array. The fields to perform the search from. Defaults to all of them.

        Values

        custom_fields

        notes

        title

        exact_match

        boolean

        When enabled, only full exact matches against the given term are returned. It is not case sensitive.

        person_id

        integer

        Will filter leads by the provided person ID. The upper limit of found leads associated with the person is 2000.

        organization_id

        integer

        Will filter leads by the provided organization ID. The upper limit of found leads associated with the organization is 2000.

        include_fields

        string

        Supports including optional fields in the results which are not provided by default

        Values

        lead.was_seen

        limit

        integer

        For pagination, the limit of entries to be returned. If not provided, 100 items will be returned. Please note that a maximum value of 500 is allowed.

        cursor

        string

        For pagination, the marker (an opaque string value) representing the first item on the next page

        Response
        200

        OK

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            Add a lead

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            Creates a lead. A lead always has to be linked to a person or an organization or both. All leads created through the Pipedrive API will have a lead source and origin set to API. Here's the tutorial for adding a lead. If a lead contains custom fields, the fields' values will be included in the response in the same format as with the Deals endpoints. If a custom field's value hasn't been set for the lead, it won't appear in the response. Please note that leads do not have a separate set of custom fields, instead they inherit the custom fields' structure from deals. See an example given in the updating custom fields' values tutorial.

            API v1
            Request
            POST

            /v1/leads

            Body parameters

            application/json

            title

            string

            required

            The name of the lead

            owner_id

            integer

            The ID of the user which will be the owner of the created lead. If not provided, the user making the request will be used.

            label_ids

            array

            The IDs of the lead labels which will be associated with the lead

            person_id

            integer

            The ID of a person which this lead will be linked to. If the person does not exist yet, it needs to be created first. This property is required unless organization_id is specified.

            organization_id

            integer

            The ID of an organization which this lead will be linked to. If the organization does not exist yet, it needs to be created first. This property is required unless person_id is specified.

            value

            object

            The potential value of the lead represented by a JSON object: { "amount": 200, "currency": "EUR" }. Both amount and currency are required.

            expected_close_date

            string

            The date of when the deal which will be created from the lead is expected to be closed. In ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD.

            Format

            date

            visible_to

            string

            The visibility of the lead. If omitted, the visibility will be set to the default visibility setting of this item type for the authorized user. Read more about visibility groups here.

            Essential / Advanced plan

            ValueDescription
            1Owner & followers
            3Entire company

            Professional / Enterprise plan

            ValueDescription
            1Owner only
            3Owner's visibility group
            5Owner's visibility group and sub-groups
            7Entire company

            Values

            1

            3

            5

            7

            was_seen

            boolean

            A flag indicating whether the lead was seen by someone in the Pipedrive UI

            origin_id

            string

            The optional ID to further distinguish the origin of the lead - e.g. Which API integration created this lead. If omitted, origin_id will be set to null.

            channel

            integer

            The ID of Marketing channel this lead was created from. Provided value must be one of the channels configured for your company. You can fetch allowed values with GET /v1/dealFields. If omitted, channel will be set to null.

            channel_id

            string

            The optional ID to further distinguish the Marketing channel. If omitted, channel_id will be set to null.

            Response
            201

            Created

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              Update a lead

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              Updates one or more properties of a lead. Only properties included in the request will be updated. Send null to unset a property (applicable for example for value, person_id or organization_id). If a lead contains custom fields, the fields' values will be included in the response in the same format as with the Deals endpoints. If a custom field's value hasn't been set for the lead, it won't appear in the response. Please note that leads do not have a separate set of custom fields, instead they inherit the custom fields’ structure from deals. See an example given in the updating custom fields’ values tutorial.

              API v1
              Request
              PATCH

              /v1/leads/{id}

              Path parameters

              id

              string

              required

              The ID of the lead

              Format

              uuid

              Body parameters

              application/json

              title

              string

              The name of the lead

              owner_id

              integer

              The ID of the user which will be the owner of the created lead. If not provided, the user making the request will be used.

              label_ids

              array

              The IDs of the lead labels which will be associated with the lead

              person_id

              integer

              The ID of a person which this lead will be linked to. If the person does not exist yet, it needs to be created first. A lead always has to be linked to a person or organization or both.

              organization_id

              integer

              The ID of an organization which this lead will be linked to. If the organization does not exist yet, it needs to be created first. A lead always has to be linked to a person or organization or both.

              is_archived

              boolean

              A flag indicating whether the lead is archived or not

              value

              object

              The potential value of the lead represented by a JSON object: { "amount": 200, "currency": "EUR" }. Both amount and currency are required.

              expected_close_date

              string

              The date of when the deal which will be created from the lead is expected to be closed. In ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DD.

              Format

              date

              visible_to

              string

              The visibility of the lead. If omitted, the visibility will be set to the default visibility setting of this item type for the authorized user. Read more about visibility groups here.

              Essential / Advanced plan

              ValueDescription
              1Owner & followers
              3Entire company

              Professional / Enterprise plan

              ValueDescription
              1Owner only
              3Owner's visibility group
              5Owner's visibility group and sub-groups
              7Entire company

              Values

              1

              3

              5

              7

              was_seen

              boolean

              A flag indicating whether the lead was seen by someone in the Pipedrive UI

              channel

              integer

              The ID of Marketing channel this lead was created from. Provided value must be one of the channels configured for your company which you can fetch with GET /v1/dealFields.

              channel_id

              string

              The optional ID to further distinguish the Marketing channel.

              Response
              200

              OK

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                Delete a lead

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                Deletes a specific lead.

                API v1
                Request
                DELETE

                /v1/leads/{id}

                Path parameters

                id

                string

                required

                The ID of the lead

                Format

                uuid

                Response
                200

                OK

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