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# Update Contact

PATCH https://api.agentphone.ai/v1/contacts/{contact_id}
Content-Type: application/json

Update a contact's fields.

If phoneNumber is updated, it's re-normalized and checked for uniqueness (409 on conflict).

Reference: https://docs.agentphone.ai/api-reference/contacts/update-contact-v-1-contacts-contact-id-patch

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `contact_id` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an UpdateContactRequest.

- `phoneNumber` (string, optional, nullable)
- `name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `email` (string, optional, nullable)
- `notes` (string, optional, nullable)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `id` (string, required)
- `phoneNumber` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `createdAt` (datetime, required)
- `updatedAt` (datetime, required)
- `email` (string, optional, nullable)
- `notes` (string, optional, nullable)

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "c3f1a9e2-8b4d-4f7a-9d3e-2a1b5f6c7d8e",
  "phoneNumber": "+14155552671",
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "email": "jane.doe@example.com",
  "notes": "Met at the conference in 2023."
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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://api.agentphone.ai/v1/contacts/contact_id', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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://api.agentphone.ai/v1/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()
```