Save a Note
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"focus": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"date": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes"
payload = {
"focus": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"date": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
focus: '<string>',
content: '<string>',
type: '<string>',
title: '<string>',
date: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'focus' => '<string>',
'content' => '<string>',
'type' => '<string>',
'title' => '<string>',
'date' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"focus\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"date\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"focus\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"date\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"focus\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"date\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyNotes
Save a Note
Attach a meeting brief, transcript, prep, or plain note to a contact’s record. Append-only and dated, so a contact builds a history across meetings.
POST
/
v2
/
notes
Save a Note
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"focus": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"date": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes"
payload = {
"focus": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"title": "<string>",
"date": "<string>"
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
focus: '<string>',
content: '<string>',
type: '<string>',
title: '<string>',
date: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'focus' => '<string>',
'content' => '<string>',
'type' => '<string>',
'title' => '<string>',
'date' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"focus\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"date\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"focus\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"date\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"focus\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"type\": \"<string>\",\n \"title\": \"<string>\",\n \"date\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodySaves a long-form artifact onto a person or company so it stays on their record. This is for documents you keep on a contact — a meeting brief, a transcript, pre-meeting prep, research, or a plain note — not for logging that an interaction happened. For “an email was sent / a meeting happened”, use
After a meeting, use both: record the meeting via
POST /v2/observations.
Notes are append-only and dated, so a contact accumulates a record across meetings. Retrieve the relevant passage later with POST /v2/notes/search.
Request
curl -X POST https://api.opennous.cloud/v2/notes \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"focus": "sarah@acme.com",
"type": "meeting_brief",
"title": "Pre-meeting brief — renewal",
"date": "2026-06-01",
"content": "Sarah is evaluating for Q3. Budget waiting on close. Proposal at $12k/yr — expect a discount ask. Maria (CFO) is the economic buyer."
}'
Body
string
required
Entity UUID, email, domain, or LinkedIn URL. Not a bare name — writes need a precise identifier so the entity can be created if it doesn’t exist yet.
string
required
The full note or document text — a short note or a complete brief/transcript. Kept whole for agents to read.
string
default:"note"
One of
note, meeting_brief, transcript, meeting_notes, pre_meeting, research.string
A short name, e.g.
Pre-meeting brief — renewal or Transcript — Jun 1. Shown in the UI.string
The relevant date (e.g. the meeting date), ISO or plain. Defaults to now.
Response
201 Created
{
"note": {
"id": "9f31c0a2-...",
"metadata": {
"doc_type": "meeting_brief",
"title": "Pre-meeting brief — renewal",
"date": "2026-06-01"
}
},
"entity_id": "a1b2c3d4-...",
"doc_type": "meeting_brief"
}
Notes vs observations
| Path | What it writes | When to use |
|---|---|---|
POST /v2/notes | A document kept on the contact (brief, transcript, note) | You produced something durable worth keeping for next time |
POST /v2/observations | An immutable event/state; Nous derives the claim | An interaction happened, or a fact changed |
/v2/observations, keep the notes via /v2/notes.
Errors
| Status | Error | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| 400 | focus_and_content_required | focus and a non-empty content are both required |
| 400 | invalid_focus | Provide an entity id, email, LinkedIn URL, or domain — not a bare name |
| 401 | unauthorized | API key missing or invalid |