# Can we associate the notes in custom objects to contacts?

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/can-we-associate-the-notes-in-custom-objects-to-contacts/67894>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Created:** [October 26, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/can-we-associate-the-notes-in-custom-objects-to-contacts/67894 "2022-10-26T03:50:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Creativesoul](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/creativesoul/32/30191_2.png) [@Creativesoul](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Creativesoul)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 3:50am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/can-we-associate-the-notes-in-custom-objects-to-contacts/67894/1 "2022-10-26T03:50:33Z")

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We created the custom objects via API but we are wanting all notes in the custom objects to show up in the associated contacts.

How can this be accomplished.

I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can muster.

Kind Regards,

Casey

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**Author:** ![Teun](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/teun/32/28739_2.png) [@Teun](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Teun)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/can-we-associate-the-notes-in-custom-objects-to-contacts/67894/2 "2022-10-26T06:29:20Z")

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Hi @Creativesoul ,

You can use the [Note Engagements API](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/notes#associate-notes-with-records) to associate the notes to a contact.  
First, make an [API call](https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/crm-custom-objects) (check out the ‘List associations of an object by type’ endpoint in the objects tab) to retrieve all associated notes from the custom objects, this will return the IDs of the associated notes. You can then use those IDs to associate the notes with the contacts.

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**Author:** ![Creativesoul](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/creativesoul/32/30191_2.png) [@Creativesoul](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Creativesoul)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2022, 1:18pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/can-we-associate-the-notes-in-custom-objects-to-contacts/67894/3 "2022-10-26T13:18:52Z")

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Awesome. I will check that out. Really appreciate your help.

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**Author:** ![Creativesoul](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/creativesoul/32/30191_2.png) [@Creativesoul](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Creativesoul)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/can-we-associate-the-notes-in-custom-objects-to-contacts/67894/4 "2022-11-10T19:25:19Z")

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So that means every time someone creates a note in a custom object, it will show up automatically in the contacts activity?