Update a contact

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"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}"

payload = {
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "company": "New Company Inc",
    "ownerUserId": 55,
    "customFields": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "value": "Updated Value"
        },
        {
            "name": "leadSource",
            "value": "Referral"
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    firstName: 'Jane',
    company: 'New Company Inc',
    ownerUserId: 55,
    customFields: [{id: 1, value: 'Updated Value'}, {name: 'leadSource', value: 'Referral'}]
  })
};

fetch('https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'firstName' => 'Jane',
    'company' => 'New Company Inc',
    'ownerUserId' => 55,
    'customFields' => [
        [
                'id' => 1,
                'value' => 'Updated Value'
        ],
        [
                'name' => 'leadSource',
                'value' => 'Referral'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"firstName\": \"Jane\",\n  \"company\": \"New Company Inc\",\n  \"ownerUserId\": 55,\n  \"customFields\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"value\": \"Updated Value\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"leadSource\",\n      \"value\": \"Referral\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"firstName\": \"Jane\",\n  \"company\": \"New Company Inc\",\n  \"ownerUserId\": 55,\n  \"customFields\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"value\": \"Updated Value\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"leadSource\",\n      \"value\": \"Referral\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"firstName\": \"Jane\",\n  \"company\": \"New Company Inc\",\n  \"ownerUserId\": 55,\n  \"customFields\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"value\": \"Updated Value\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"leadSource\",\n      \"value\": \"Referral\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "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"
    }
  ]
}

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"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}"

payload = {
    "firstName": "Jane",
    "company": "New Company Inc",
    "ownerUserId": 55,
    "customFields": [
        {
            "id": 1,
            "value": "Updated Value"
        },
        {
            "name": "leadSource",
            "value": "Referral"
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    firstName: 'Jane',
    company: 'New Company Inc',
    ownerUserId: 55,
    customFields: [{id: 1, value: 'Updated Value'}, {name: 'leadSource', value: 'Referral'}]
  })
};

fetch('https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'firstName' => 'Jane',
    'company' => 'New Company Inc',
    'ownerUserId' => 55,
    'customFields' => [
        [
                'id' => 1,
                'value' => 'Updated Value'
        ],
        [
                'name' => 'leadSource',
                'value' => 'Referral'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"firstName\": \"Jane\",\n  \"company\": \"New Company Inc\",\n  \"ownerUserId\": 55,\n  \"customFields\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"value\": \"Updated Value\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"leadSource\",\n      \"value\": \"Referral\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"firstName\": \"Jane\",\n  \"company\": \"New Company Inc\",\n  \"ownerUserId\": 55,\n  \"customFields\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"value\": \"Updated Value\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"leadSource\",\n      \"value\": \"Referral\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.reply.io/v3/contacts/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"firstName\": \"Jane\",\n  \"company\": \"New Company Inc\",\n  \"ownerUserId\": 55,\n  \"customFields\": [\n    {\n      \"id\": 1,\n      \"value\": \"Updated Value\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"name\": \"leadSource\",\n      \"value\": \"Referral\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "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"
    }
  ]
}

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> | null

Contact-level call status. Pass none to clear.

Available options:

none,

toCall,

called

meetingStatus

enum<string> | null

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

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Getting started

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API Documentation

Schemas

Webhooks

Machine-readable

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response