# Update contact

PATCH https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/{contact_id}
Content-Type: application/json

Updates a single workspace contact. Requires the `contacts:write` scope.

Reference: https://docs.askelephant.ai/api-reference/contacts/update-contact

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: AskElephant Public API
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /v2/contacts/{contact_id}:
    patch:
      operationId: update-contact
      summary: Update contact
      description: Updates a single workspace contact. Requires the `contacts:write` scope.
      tags:
        - subpackage_contacts
      parameters:
        - name: contact_id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: Bearer authentication
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated contact response.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/contact'
        '401':
          description: Authentication is missing or invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        '403':
          description: Authenticated but missing required scope.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        '404':
          description: The requested resource does not exist.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        '409':
          description: The request conflicts with an existing active resource.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        '422':
          description: Request body validation failed.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        '500':
          description: Unexpected server error.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/contact_update_request'
servers:
  - url: https://app.askelephant.ai/api
  - url: https://app-staging.askelephant.ai/api
components:
  schemas:
    ContactUpdateRequestEmailsItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
        is_primary:
          type: boolean
      required:
        - email
      title: ContactUpdateRequestEmailsItems
    ContactUpdateRequestPhoneNumbersItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        phone_number:
          type: string
        is_primary:
          type: boolean
      required:
        - phone_number
      title: ContactUpdateRequestPhoneNumbersItems
    contact_update_request:
      type: object
      properties:
        first_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        last_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        description:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        company_id:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactUpdateRequestEmailsItems'
        phone_numbers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactUpdateRequestPhoneNumbersItems'
        time_zone:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
      description: Request payload for updating a contact.
      title: contact_update_request
    ContactObject:
      type: string
      enum:
        - contact
      description: Resource discriminator for contact payloads.
      title: ContactObject
    resource_ref:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        object:
          type: string
      required:
        - id
        - object
      title: resource_ref
    ContactEmailsItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: Contact email address.
        is_primary:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether this is the primary email address.
      required:
        - email
        - is_primary
      title: ContactEmailsItems
    ContactPhoneNumbersItems:
      type: object
      properties:
        phone_number:
          type: string
          description: Contact phone number in the source-system format.
        is_primary:
          type: boolean
          description: Indicates whether this is the primary phone number.
      required:
        - phone_number
        - is_primary
      title: ContactPhoneNumbersItems
    crm_association:
      type: object
      properties:
        object_type:
          type: string
          description: CRM object type.
        crm_object_id:
          type: string
          description: The record ID in the source CRM system.
        source:
          type: string
          description: CRM source system.
      required:
        - object_type
        - crm_object_id
        - source
      title: crm_association
    contact:
      type: object
      properties:
        object:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactObject'
          description: Resource discriminator for contact payloads.
        id:
          type: string
          description: Stable AskElephant contact identifier.
        first_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Contact given name.
        last_name:
          type:
            - string
            - 'null'
          description: Contact family name.
        description:
          type: string
          description: Free-form contact summary or notes visible through the public API.
        company:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/resource_ref'
          description: >-
            Lightweight reference to the contact's associated company when one
            exists.
        emails:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactEmailsItems'
          description: Email addresses associated with the contact.
        phone_numbers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContactPhoneNumbersItems'
          description: Phone numbers associated with the contact.
        crm_association:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/crm_association'
          description: >-
            CRM record linked to this contact. Present when the contact has been
            matched to a CRM record via integration or API.
        time_zone:
          type: string
          description: IANA time zone identifier for the contact.
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp when the contact was first created in AskElephant.
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp when the contact was most recently updated in AskElephant.
      required:
        - object
        - id
        - created_at
        - updated_at
      description: Public representation of a workspace contact.
      title: contact
    error_item:
      type: object
      properties:
        field:
          type: string
          description: Request field or parameter associated with the error.
        code:
          type: string
          description: Stable machine-readable error code.
        message:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation of the error.
      required:
        - code
        - message
      description: Structured validation or field-level error detail.
      title: error_item
    error:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Stable URI identifying the error category.
        title:
          type: string
          description: Short human-readable summary of the error.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code for this error response.
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation specific to this request.
        request_id:
          type: string
          description: Correlation identifier for support and debugging.
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/error_item'
          description: Optional field-level validation errors.
      required:
        - type
        - title
        - status
        - detail
        - request_id
      description: RFC 9457 problem details response returned for client-visible failures.
      title: error
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

```

## SDK Code Examples

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	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(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_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 = "{}"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.askelephant.ai/api/v2/contacts/contact_id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```