Update a single contact by ID or email

PATCH/contacts/{id}Update a single contact by ID or email

Parameters

idstringpathrequired

The Contact ID or email address.

Request body

application/json

objectUpdateContactOptions

emailstring

Email address of the contact.

first_namestring

First name of the contact.

last_namestring

Last name of the contact.

propertiesobject

A map of custom property keys and values to update.

unsubscribedboolean

The Contact's global subscription status. If set to true, the contact will be unsubscribed from all Broadcasts.

Example request

{
  "email": "steve.wozniak@gmail.com",
  "first_name": "Steve",
  "last_name": "Wozniak",
  "properties": {
    "additionalProp1": null
  },
  "unsubscribed": false
}

Responses

objectUpdateContactResponseSuccess

idstring

Unique identifier for the updated contact.

objectstring

Type of the response object.

Example response

{
  "id": "479e3145-dd38-476b-932c-529ceb705947",
  "object": "contact"
}

Examples

idrequiredpath parameter

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.resend.com/contacts/string' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"email":"steve.wozniak@gmail.com","first_name":"Steve","last_name":"Wozniak","properties":{"additionalProp1":null},"unsubscribed":false}'

const response = await fetch('https://api.resend.com/contacts/string', {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' },
  body: JSON.stringify({"email":"steve.wozniak@gmail.com","first_name":"Steve","last_name":"Wozniak","properties":{"additionalProp1":null},"unsubscribed":false}),
});
const data = await response.json();

const response = await fetch('https://api.resend.com/contacts/string', { method: 'PATCH', headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: "{\"email\":\"steve.wozniak@gmail.com\",\"first_name\":\"Steve\",\"last_name\":\"Wozniak\",\"properties\":{\"additionalProp1\":null},\"unsubscribed\":false}" });
console.log(await response.json());

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "PATCH",
    "https://api.resend.com/contacts/string",
    headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"},
    data='{"email":"steve.wozniak@gmail.com","first_name":"Steve","last_name":"Wozniak","properties":{"additionalProp1":null},"unsubscribed":false}',
)
print(response.json())

package main

import (
	"context"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	ctx := context.Background()
	body := strings.NewReader(`{"email":"steve.wozniak@gmail.com","first_name":"Steve","last_name":"Wozniak","properties":{"additionalProp1":null},"unsubscribed":false}`)
	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "PATCH", "https://api.resend.com/contacts/string", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer resp.Body.Close()
}

<?php
$request = curl_init("https://api.resend.com/contacts/string");
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "PATCH");
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\"email\":\"steve.wozniak@gmail.com\",\"first_name\":\"Steve\",\"last_name\":\"Wozniak\",\"properties\":{\"additionalProp1\":null},\"unsubscribed\":false}");
curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['Content-Type: application/json']);
$response = curl_exec($request);
curl_close($request);

var request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.resend.com/contacts/string"))
    .method("PATCH", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("PATCH", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"email\":\"steve.wozniak@gmail.com\",\"first_name\":\"Steve\",\"last_name\":\"Wozniak\",\"properties\":{\"additionalProp1\":null},\"unsubscribed\":false}"))
    .build();
var response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

require 'net/http'

uri = URI("https://api.resend.com/contacts/string")
request = Net::HTTPGenericRequest.new("PATCH", true, true, uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\"email\":\"steve.wozniak@gmail.com\",\"first_name\":\"Steve\",\"last_name\":\"Wozniak\",\"properties\":{\"additionalProp1\":null},\"unsubscribed\":false}"
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(request) }

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Patch, "https://api.resend.com/contacts/string");
request.Content = new StringContent("{\"email\":\"steve.wozniak@gmail.com\",\"first_name\":\"Steve\",\"last_name\":\"Wozniak\",\"properties\":{\"additionalProp1\":null},\"unsubscribed\":false}", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);

{
  "id": "479e3145-dd38-476b-932c-529ceb705947",
  "object": "contact"
}

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