Update Contact

Update an existing contact.

HTTP Request

PATCH/api/contacts/:id

Authorization

Authorization

• Required: Yes
• Permission: Staff or Admin
• Authentication: Token-based (Authorization: Token <your_api_key>)

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	Integer	Yes	Unique ID of the contact to update

Request Body

Field	Type	Required	Description
subject	String	No	The subject of the contact.
message	String	No	The message content of the contact.
first_name	String	No	The first name of the contact.
last_name	String	No	The last name of the contact.
email	String	No	The email address of the contact.
mobile_number	String	No	Mobile number associated with the contact.

Example Requests

🐍 Python

1import requests
2
3api = requests.Session()
4api.headers.update({'Authorization': 'Token <your_api_key>'})
5response = api.patch('http://www.example.com/api/contacts/<ID>', json={
6  'subject': 'New Subject',
7  'message': 'Updated message content.',
8  'first_name': 'John',
9  'last_name': 'Doe',
10  'email': 'john.doe@example.com',
11  'mobile_number': '123-456-7890'
12})
13print(response.json())

🌐 Curl

1curl "http://www.example.com/api/contacts/<ID>"   -X PATCH   -H "Content-Type: application/json"   -d '{
2      "subject": "New Subject",
3      "message": "Updated message content.",
4      "first_name": "John",
5      "last_name": "Doe",
6      "email": "john.doe@example.com",
7      "mobile_number": "123-456-7890"
8  }'

Status Codes

Code	Description
200	Contact updated successfully
400	Bad request — invalid input
401	Unauthorized — authentication required
403	Forbidden — insufficient permissions
404	Contact not found
500	Internal server error

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
id	Integer	Unique ID of the contact
subject	String	The subject of the contact
message	String	The message content of the contact
first_name	String	The first name of the contact
last_name	String	The last name of the contact
email	String	The email address of the contact
mobile_number	String	Mobile number associated with the contact
viewed	Boolean	Whether the contact has been viewed
viewed_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the contact was viewed
created_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the contact was created
updated_at	String (ISO 8601)	Timestamp when the contact was last updated