UPDATE CONTACTS

Updates existing contacts

This operation updates existing contacts by providing a unique id identification and the information you want to update.

You can update many contacts at once by providing an array of contacts.

REQUEST PARAMETERS

Parameter	Data Type	Demo Value	Description
UpdateContacts	object		Update Contacts using attached info
Contact	object		Info about the people you want to contact. Any info needed can be stored under Contact as an extra attribute.
lastName	string	Doe	Last name
externalId	string	nb-1010	id of contact defined by external system (NATION_BUILDER, GOOGLE_GROUPS, etc...)
mobilePhone	PhoneNumber	18185551414	E.164 11 digit number
firstName	string	John	First name
externalSystem	string	NATION_BUILDER	System where externalId was generated from (NATION_BUILDER, GOOGLE_GROUPS, etc...)
homePhone	PhoneNumber	18185551212	E.164 11 digit number
workPhone	PhoneNumber	18185551313	E.164 11 digit number
zipcode	string	98154	5 digit zipcode
Id	long	123	Unique ID of Contact

Example

using RestSharp;
namespace [your-namespace]
{
    public class [your-class]
    {
        public string UpdateContact()
        {
            var client = new RestClient("https://www.callfire.com/api/1.1/rest/");
            client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("YourLoginId", "password");

            var request = new RestRequest("contact", Method.PUT);
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][id]", "18185551212");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][firstName]", "John"); 
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][lastName]", "Doe");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][zipcode]", "98033");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][homePhone]", "4056054533");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][workPhone]", "3309232823");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][mobilePhone]", "3309232823");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][externalId]", "1234567890");
            request.AddParameter("Contact[0][externalSystem]", "ExternalSystemName");

            var response = client.Execute(request);
            string content = response.Content;
            return content;
        }
    }
}

The response code returned is:

204

Which means that the contact has been deleted successfully.