# phone_number

* Is optional
* Type: `string`


A field used to identify a phone number for a contact within the payment object.

The `phone_number` field is a "soft" field. For more information, see [Soft fields](/products/payments-odl/api-docs/ripplenet/resources/standard-ripplenet-payment-object#soft-fields).

## JSON schema extract


```json

"phone_number": {
    "type": "string",
    "description": "Code allocated to identify a contact phone number."
}
```