# Create contacts without email using batch\_create\_or\_update endpoint

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-contacts-without-email-using-batch-create-or-update-endpoint/40011>\
**Category:** APIs & Integrations\
**Tags:** contacts\
**Created:** [June 30, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-contacts-without-email-using-batch-create-or-update-endpoint/40011 "2021-06-30T18:44:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![CSupport8](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/csupport8/32/98997_2.png) [@CSupport8](https://community.hubspot.com/u/CSupport8)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2021, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-contacts-without-email-using-batch-create-or-update-endpoint/40011/1 "2021-06-30T18:44:18Z")

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Is it possible to create a group of contacts including those having email addresses and those having empty email addresses via batch\_create\_or\_update API endpoint?

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**Author:** ![system](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/system/32/124_2.png) [@system](https://community.hubspot.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2021, 8:23am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/create-contacts-without-email-using-batch-create-or-update-endpoint/40011/2 "2021-07-01T08:23:08Z")

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Hi @CSupport8 ,

Email is the required field. We can’t skipped that.

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