Update a contact - Reply API Documentation

Update a contact

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "firstName": "Jane",
  "company": "New Company Inc",
  "ownerUserId": 55,
  "customFields": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "value": "Updated Value"
    },
    {
      "name": "leadSource",
      "value": "Referral"
    }
  ]
}
'

{
  "id": 12345,
  "email": "john.doe@company.com",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "title": "Senior Product Manager",
  "company": "Tech Solutions Inc",
  "domain": "company.com",
  "companySize": "oneThousand",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "country": "United States",
  "timeZoneId": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "phone": "+1-415-555-0123",
  "phoneStatus": "valid",
  "linkedInUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
  "linkedInSalesNavigatorUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/profile/123456",
  "linkedInRecruiterUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/recruiter/profile/789012",
  "industry": "Software & Technology",
  "notes": "Met at SaaS Conference 2024",
  "ownerUserId": 42,
  "accountId": 100,
  "isOptedOut": false,
  "callStatus": "toCall",
  "meetingStatus": "none",
  "addingDate": "2024-03-08T10:00:00+00:00",
  "createdAt": "2024-03-08T10:00:00",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2024-03-10T15:30:00",
  "customFields": [
    {
      "key": "leadSource",
      "value": "Conference"
    },
    {
      "key": "budget",
      "value": "100k-250k"
    }
  ],
  "sequences": [
    {
      "sequenceId": 100,
      "sequenceName": "Sales Outreach",
      "status": "active",
      "currentStep": 2,
      "addingDate": "2024-03-08T10:00:00+00:00",
      "emailAccountId": 101,
      "linkedInAccountId": null
    }
  ],
  "lists": [
    {
      "listId": 10,
      "listName": "Hot Leads",
      "isShared": false
    }
  ]
}

PATCH

contacts

{id}

Update a contact

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "firstName": "Jane",
  "company": "New Company Inc",
  "ownerUserId": 55,
  "customFields": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "value": "Updated Value"
    },
    {
      "name": "leadSource",
      "value": "Referral"
    }
  ]
}
'

{
  "id": 12345,
  "email": "john.doe@company.com",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "title": "Senior Product Manager",
  "company": "Tech Solutions Inc",
  "domain": "company.com",
  "companySize": "oneThousand",
  "city": "San Francisco",
  "state": "CA",
  "country": "United States",
  "timeZoneId": "America/Los_Angeles",
  "phone": "+1-415-555-0123",
  "phoneStatus": "valid",
  "linkedInUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
  "linkedInSalesNavigatorUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/sales/profile/123456",
  "linkedInRecruiterUrl": "https://www.linkedin.com/recruiter/profile/789012",
  "industry": "Software & Technology",
  "notes": "Met at SaaS Conference 2024",
  "ownerUserId": 42,
  "accountId": 100,
  "isOptedOut": false,
  "callStatus": "toCall",
  "meetingStatus": "none",
  "addingDate": "2024-03-08T10:00:00+00:00",
  "createdAt": "2024-03-08T10:00:00",
  "lastModifiedAt": "2024-03-10T15:30:00",
  "customFields": [
    {
      "key": "leadSource",
      "value": "Conference"
    },
    {
      "key": "budget",
      "value": "100k-250k"
    }
  ],
  "sequences": [
    {
      "sequenceId": 100,
      "sequenceName": "Sales Outreach",
      "status": "active",
      "currentStep": 2,
      "addingDate": "2024-03-08T10:00:00+00:00",
      "emailAccountId": 101,
      "linkedInAccountId": null
    }
  ],
  "lists": [
    {
      "listId": 10,
      "listName": "Hot Leads",
      "isShared": false
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

Authenticate every request with a Bearer token. Pass your Reply API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>

Get your API key from the Reply dashboard: Settings → API Key.

Path Parameters

integer

required

Contact ID

Body

application/json

Request model for updating an existing contact. All fields are optional — only include the fields you want to change (PATCH semantics).

string<email>

Primary email address

firstName

string

First name

lastName

string

Last name

phone

string

Phone number

phone2

string

Secondary phone number

title

string

Job title

company

string

Organization name

companySize

enum<string>

Organization employee count range

Available options:

Empty,

SelfEmployed,

Ten,

Fifty,

TwoHundred,

FiveHundred,

OneThousand,

FiveThousand,

TenThousand,

OverTenThousand

industry

string

Business sector

city

string

City of residence

state

string

State/province

country

string

Country

timeZoneId

string

Timezone identifier

linkedInUrl

string<uri>

LinkedIn profile URL

linkedInSalesNavigatorUrl

string<uri>

Sales Navigator URL

linkedInRecruiterUrl

string<uri>

Recruiter URL

notes

string

Additional information

isOptedOut

boolean | null

Set or clear the contact's opted-out flag (suppresses all communications when true).

callStatus

enum<string>

Contact-level call status. Pass none to clear.

Available options:

none,

toCall,

called

meetingStatus

enum<string>

Contact-level meeting status. Pass none to clear.

Available options:

none,

meetingBooked

ownerUserId

integer | null

Change the owner of this contact. The new owner must be a member of the caller's team; otherwise the request fails with 404.

accountId

integer | null

ID of the contact account to link this contact to

customFields

object[]

Custom fields to update. Fields can be identified by id or name. Unlike the response model which uses key/value, the patch model accepts id, name, and value.

Show child attributes

Response

Contact updated successfully

Contact response model

integer

read-only

Unique ID

string<email>

Primary email address

domain

string

read-only

Email domain (derived from email)

firstName

string

First name

lastName

string

Last name

phone

string

Phone number

title

string

Job title

company

string

Organization name

companySize

enum<string>

Organization employee count range

Available options:

empty,

selfEmployed,

ten,

fifty,

twoHundred,

fiveHundred,

oneThousand,

fiveThousand,

tenThousand,

overTenThousand

industry

string

Business sector

city

string

City of residence

state

string

State/province

country

string

Country

timeZoneId

string

Timezone identifier

linkedInUrl

string<uri>

LinkedIn profile URL

linkedInSalesNavigatorUrl

string<uri>

Sales Navigator URL

linkedInRecruiterUrl

string<uri>

Recruiter URL

phoneStatus

enum<string>

Phone validation status

Available options:

pending,

invalid,

valid,

validationFailed,

notValidated

notes

string

Additional information

ownerUserId

integer

ID of the user who owns this contact

accountId

integer | null

ID of the contact account this contact belongs to

isOptedOut

boolean

read-only

Whether the contact has opted out of communications

callStatus

enum<string>

Contact-level call status

Available options:

none,

toCall,

called

meetingStatus

enum<string>

Contact-level meeting status

Available options:

none,

meetingBooked

addingDate

string<date-time> | null

read-only

Date the contact was added

createdAt

string<date-time> | null

read-only

Creation timestamp

lastModifiedAt

string<date-time> | null

read-only

Last modification timestamp

customFields

object[]

User-defined fields

Show child attributes

sequences

object[]

read-only

Sequences the contact is enrolled in

Show child attributes

lists

object[]

read-only

Lists the contact belongs to

Show child attributes

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Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response