Update an existing contact | Close | Developer API Documentation

curl -X PUT https://api.close.com/api/v1/contact/id/ \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -u "<CLOSE_API_KEY>:" \
     -d '{
  "name": "Johnny Smith"
}'

{
  "created_by": "user_N6KhMpzHRCYQHdn4gRNIFNN5JExnsrprKA6ekxM63XA",
  "date_created": "2013-03-07T23:23:21.495000+00:00",
  "date_updated": "2013-03-08T13:13:21.495000+00:00",
  "display_name": "Johnny Smith",
  "id": "cont_sNIdBgngvbdTTEN1mspKgUqKAWfbul4IITvnWoRw1T7",
  "name": "Johnny Smith",
  "organization_id": "orga_RbREgmiiwcr1w2b4cOnCMQaQPSIFxMqAD2Dh243uxcH",
  "title": "President",
  "updated_by": "user_N6KhMpzHRCYQHdn4gRNIFNN5JExnsrprKA6ekxM63XA",
  "emails": [
    {
      "email": "john@example.com",
      "is_unsubscribed": false,
      "type": "office"
    }
  ],
  "lead_id": "lead_QyNaWw4fdSwxl5Mc5daMFf3Y27PpIcH0awPbC9l7uyo",
  "phones": [
    {
      "phone": "+19045551234",
      "type": "mobile",
      "country": "US",
      "phone_formatted": "+1 904-555-1234"
    }
  ],
  "urls": [
    {
      "type": "url",
      "url": "http://twitter.com/google/"
    }
  ],
  "custom.cf_j0P7kHmgFTZZnYBFtyPSZ3uQw4dpW8xKcW7Krps8atj": "Sales Rep"
}

Update a contact’s information. If you’re trying to update a custom field and that custom field accepts multiple values, you can specify .add or .remove as part of the field key to add/remove a single value to/from a list of values, e.g.:

1 { "custom.cf_v6S011I6MqcbVvB2FA5Nk8dr5MkL8sWuCiG8cUleO9c.add": "Wednesday" }

adds “Wednesday” to the list of values which already exist on the given contact.

Update a contact's information. If you're trying to update a custom field and that custom field accepts multiple values, you can specify `.add` or `.remove` as part of the field key to add/remove a single value to/from a list of values, e.g.: ```json { "custom.cf_v6S011I6MqcbVvB2FA5Nk8dr5MkL8sWuCiG8cUleO9c.add": "Wednesday" } ``` adds "Wednesday" to the list of values which already exist on the given contact.

Authentication

AuthorizationBasic

Use your API key as the username and leave the password empty.

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Query parameters

_fieldsstringOptional

Comma-separated list of fields to include in the response.

Request

This endpoint expects any.

Response

Successful response

created_bystring or null

date_createddatetime

date_updateddatetime

display_namestring

idstring

namestring or null

organization_idstring

titlestring or null

updated_bystring or null

emailslist of objects

integration_linkslist of objects

lead_idstring or null

lead_suggestions_operation_idstring or null

phoneslist of objects

recent_callslist of objects

subscriptionslist of objects

timezonestring or null

timezone_sourcestring or null

urlslist of objects

Errors

400

Bad Request Error

401

Unauthorized Error

404

Not Found Error