/v2/contacts/{id}

POST

Update an existing contact. On success, returns the updated contact entity.

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API parameters

Required
NameInTypeDescriptionEnumFormat
X-Auth-Token header string Authentication token.
id path string Contact UUID.
Optional
NameInTypeDescriptionEnumFormat
first_name query string Contact first name.
last_name query string Contact last name.
email_address query string Email address.
your_reference query string User-generated reference code.
phone_number query string Phone number.
mobile_phone_number query string Mobile phone number.
login_id query string Currencycloud login ID.
status query string Contact status. enabled
not_enabled
locale query string Locale code ("en", "en-US", "fr-FR").
timezone query string Timezone ("Europe/London", "America/New_York").
date_of_birth query string Date of birth. ISO 8601 format YYYY-MM-DD. Required if account type is individual. date 
curl -X POST  --header "X-Auth-Token: XXXX-XXXXX-XXXX"  https://devapi.currencycloud.com/v2/contacts/{id}

Response

{
    "login_id": "[email protected]",
    "id": "a66ca63f-e668-47af-8bb9-74363240d781",
    "first_name": "Derik",
    "last_name": "Ford",
    "account_id": "72970a7c-7921-431c-b95f-3438724ba16f",
    "account_name": "Currency Cloud Dev Centre",
    "status": "enabled",
    "locale": "en",
    "timezone": "Europe\/London",
    "email_address": "[email protected]",
    "mobile_phone_number": null,
    "phone_number": null,
    "your_reference": null,
    "date_of_birth": null,
    "created_at": "2018-04-18T12:30:37.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2021-04-20T15:56:01.000Z"
}
Error Codes
HTTP Status Code Description Params
400 at_least_one_parameter At least one parameter should be present: first_name, last_name, email_address, phone_number, mobile_phone_number, login_id, locale, timezone, status
id_is_not_valid_uuid id should be in UUID format
first_name_is_too_short first_name can not be shorter than 1 character(s) { "minlength" => 1 }
first_name_is_too_long first_name can not be longer than 100 character(s) { "maxlength" => 100 }
last_name_is_too_short last_name can not be shorter than 1 character(s) { "minlength" => 1 }
last_name_is_too_long last_name can not be longer than 100 character(s) { "maxlength" => 100 }
email_address_is_too_short email_address can not be shorter than 1 character(s) { "minlength" => 1 }
email_address_is_too_long email_address can not be longer than 255 character(s) { "maxlength" => 255 }
email_address_is_in_invalid_format email_address is in invalid format
phone_number_is_too_short phone_number can not be shorter than 1 character(s) { "minlength" => 1 }
phone_number_is_too_long phone_number can not be longer than 100 character(s) { "maxlength" => 100 }
mobile_phone_number_is_too_short mobile_phone_number can not be shorter than 1 character(s) { "minlength" => 1 }
mobile_phone_number_is_too_long mobile_phone_number can not be longer than 100 character(s) { "maxlength" => 100 }
login_id_in_use login_id already in use: [email protected]
login_id_is_too_long login_id can not be longer than 50 character(s) { "maxlength" => 50 }
locale_is_too_short locale can not be shorter than 2 character(s) { "minlength" => 2 }
locale_is_too_long locale can not be longer than 5 character(s) { "maxlength" => 5 }
timezone_is_too_short timezone can not be shorter than 2 character(s) { "minlength" => 2 }
timezone_is_too_long timezone can not be longer than 5 character(s) { "maxlength" => 5 }
status_not_in_range status should be in range: enabled, not_enabled
date_of_birth_type_is_wrong date_of_birth should be of date type { "type" => "date" }
date_of_birth_is_required Date of Birth is a required field. Please provide date of birth (YYYY-MM-DD)
contact_not_found Contact was not found for this id
401 invalid_supplied_credentials Authentication failed with the supplied credentials
429 too_many_requests Too many requests have been made to the api. Please refer to the Developer Center for more information
500 internal_server_error Internal server error
503 service_unavailable Service is temporary unavailable
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