Update Contact Information

PUT

/api/v1/{subdomain}/contacts/{id}

Modify an existing contact's details with full validation and group management.
This endpoint allows you to update any contact field while maintaining data integrity.

Key Features:

Update any contact field individually or in bulk

Automatic validation with unique email/phone checks

Group assignment with auto-creation

Contact type conversion (lead to customer)

Maintains audit trail with timestamps

Business Rules:

Email must remain unique within the tenant (if changed)

Phone must remain unique within the tenant (if changed)

Groups will be auto-created if they don't exist

Original contact ID and tenant cannot be changed

Request

Authorization

Path Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Responses

🟢200

application/json

contact updated successfully

Body

🟠400

🟠401

🟠404

🟠422

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --request PUT 'https://whatsapp.qtap.chat/api/v1//contacts/' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "firstname": "John",
    "lastname": "Doe",
    "company": "Corbital Technologies LLP",
    "type": "customer",
    "email": "john.doe@acmecorp.com",
    "phone": "+919925119284",
    "source_id": 2,
    "status_id": 3,
    "description": "Updated client status after successful meeting, moved to active customer",
    "country_id": 101,
    "groups": "Active Customers,Premium Support,Monthly Newsletter"
}'

Response Example

200 - Example 1

{
    "status": "success",
    "message": "Contact updated successfully",
    "data": {
        "id": 25,
        "tenant_id": 13,
        "firstname": "John",
        "lastname": "Doe",
        "company": "Corbital Technologies LLP",
        "type": "customer",
        "email": "john.doe@acmecorp.com",
        "phone": "+919925119284",
        "source_id": 2,
        "status_id": 3,
        "description": "Updated client status after successful meeting, moved to active customer",
        "country_id": 101,
        "group_id": [
            1,
            2,
            3
        ],
        "addedfrom": 15,
        "created_at": "2024-02-08T14:30:25.000000Z",
        "updated_at": "2024-02-08T16:45:30.000000Z"
    }
}

Get Contact Details

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