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Update a contact

PUT
/contact/{identifier}
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.aelyst.ai/v1/contact/example \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "firstName": "Muhammad ", "lastName": "Mahin", "phone": "+60123456789", "email": "test@example.com", "language": "ms", "profilePic": "https://cdn.aelyst.ai/profile_avatar.png", "countryCode": "MY", "custom_fields": [ { "name": "Company Website", "value": "https://example.com" } ] }'

Updates an existing contact. Only the contact fields that are included in the body will be updated. The first contact will be updated when duplicate contacts with the defined identifier exist.

identifier
required
string

Identifier of the contact that can either be a phone number, email or contact ID. Examples: id:123 , email:abdc@gmail.com , phone:+60121233112

Media typeapplication/json
Any of:
object
firstName
required
string
Example
Muhammad
lastName
string
nullable
Example
Mahin
phone
string
nullable
Example
+60123456789
email
string
nullable
Example
test@example.com
language

Following the ISO 639-1 standard.

string
nullable
Example
ms
profilePic
string
nullable
Example
https://cdn.aelyst.ai/profile_avatar.png
countryCode

Following the ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 standard.

string
nullable
Example
MY
custom_fields
Array<object>
nullable
object
name
required
string
Example
Company Website
value

Formatting rules

  • Text: “string” (use quotation marks for the string value)
  • Number: Number (without any quotation marks)
  • Email: “email” (format: user@domain.com)
  • URL: “url” (format: www.website.com, https://www.website.com, website.com, http://website.com)
  • List: “string” (the string value must match one of the list options)
  • Date: “yyyy-mm-dd” (must follow this format)
  • Time: “HH:MM” (must follow 24H format, 1PM => 13:00)
  • Checkbox: “true/false” (must be true for checked, false for unchecked)
string
nullable
Example
https://example.com
Media typeapplication/json
object
contactId

ID of the contact on which the action was performed.

integer
Examplegenerated
{
"contactId": 1
}
Media typeapplication/json
object
code
integer
message
string
Example
{
"code": 400,
"message": "Validation error."
}
Media typeapplication/json
object
code
integer
message
string
Example
{
"code": 401,
"message": "UN_AUTHORIZED"
}
Media typeapplication/json
object
code
integer
message
string
Example
{
"code": 429,
"message": "Too Many Requests"
}
Retry-After
number
Example
1

Number of seconds until you can retry the request

X-RateLimit-Limit
number
Example
10

Number of request allowed for this end point

X-RateLimit-Remaining
number
Example
5

Number of request remaining for this end point

object
code
integer
message
string
Example
{
"code": 449,
"message": "Your request cannot be processed at the moment as it is currently in queue. Please try again in a few minutes."
}
Media typeapplication/json
object
code
integer
message
string
Example
{
"code": 500,
"message": "Unexpected error occurred"
}