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Contact

Update a contact

contact.update(strid, ContactUpdateParams**kwargs) -> ContactUpdateResponse
POST/v1/contacts/{id}

Updates an existing contact by ID. Only included fields and relationships are modified.

Supports idempotency via the Idempotency-Key header.

Required scope: contacts:update

Rate limit category: Write

ParametersExpand Collapse
id: str

Unique identifier of the contact to update.

fields: Optional[Union[Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]]]

Field values to update — only provided fields are modified; omitted fields are left unchanged. System fields use a $ prefix (e.g. $email); custom attributes use their bare slug. Note: $name is an object { firstName, lastName }, not a plain string. Call the definitions endpoint for available fields and types. See Fields and relationships for value type details.

Accepts one of the following:
Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
SequenceNotStr[Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
Iterable[object]
Dict[str, object]
Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
Iterable[object]
Dict[str, object]
relationships: Optional[Union[Dict[str, RelationshipsUnionMember0RelationshipsUnionMember0Item]]]

Relationship operations to apply. System relationships use a $ prefix (e.g. $account). Each value is an operation object with add, remove, or replace.

Accepts one of the following:
Dict[str, RelationshipsUnionMember0RelationshipsUnionMember0Item]
add: Optional[Union[str, SequenceNotStr[str]]]

Entity ID(s) to add to the relationship.

Accepts one of the following:
str
SequenceNotStr[str]
remove: Optional[Union[str, SequenceNotStr[str]]]

Entity ID(s) to remove from the relationship.

Accepts one of the following:
str
SequenceNotStr[str]
replace: Optional[Union[str, SequenceNotStr[str]]]

Entity ID(s) to set as the entire relationship, replacing all existing associations.

Accepts one of the following:
str
SequenceNotStr[str]
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ContactUpdateResponse: …
id: str

Unique identifier for the entity.

created_at: str

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

fields: Dict[str, Fields]

Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with $ (e.g. $name, $email); custom attributes use their bare slug.

value: Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]

The field value, or null if unset.

Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Optional[object]]
Dict[str, object]
Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Optional[object]]
Dict[str, object]
value_type: Literal["ADDRESS", "CHECKBOX", "CURRENCY", 11 more]

The data type of the field.

Accepts one of the following:
"ADDRESS"
"CHECKBOX"
"CURRENCY"
"DATETIME"
"EMAIL"
"FULL_NAME"
"MARKDOWN"
"MULTI_SELECT"
"NUMBER"
"SINGLE_SELECT"
"SOCIAL_HANDLE"
"TELEPHONE"
"TEXT"
"URL"
relationships: Dict[str, Relationships]

Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with $ (e.g. $owner, $contact).

cardinality: str

Whether the relationship is has_one or has_many.

object_type: str

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

values: List[str]

IDs of the related entities.

Update a contact

from lightfield import Lightfield

client = Lightfield(
    api_key="My API Key",
)
contact_update_response = client.contact.update(
    id="id",
)
print(contact_update_response.id)
{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  }
}