curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"contact_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"first_name": "<string>",
"last_name": "<string>",
"phone_number": "<string>",
"contact_details": {},
"salutation": "<string>",
"email": "[email protected]",
"timezone": "<string>",
"external_contact_id": "<string>",
"external_url": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact"
payload = {
"contact_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"first_name": "<string>",
"last_name": "<string>",
"phone_number": "<string>",
"contact_details": {},
"salutation": "<string>",
"email": "[email protected]",
"timezone": "<string>",
"external_contact_id": "<string>",
"external_url": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
contact_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
first_name: '<string>',
last_name: '<string>',
phone_number: '<string>',
contact_details: {},
salutation: '<string>',
email: '[email protected]',
timezone: '<string>',
external_contact_id: '<string>',
external_url: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'contact_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'first_name' => '<string>',
'last_name' => '<string>',
'phone_number' => '<string>',
'contact_details' => [
],
'salutation' => '<string>',
'email' => '[email protected]',
'timezone' => '<string>',
'external_contact_id' => '<string>',
'external_url' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"contact_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"phone_number\": \"<string>\",\n \"contact_details\": {},\n \"salutation\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"timezone\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_contact_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"contact_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"phone_number\": \"<string>\",\n \"contact_details\": {},\n \"salutation\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"timezone\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_contact_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"contact_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"phone_number\": \"<string>\",\n \"contact_details\": {},\n \"salutation\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"timezone\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_contact_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_url\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"contact_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}Update Contact
Updates an existing contact. Only provided fields will be updated, others remain unchanged.
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"contact_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"first_name": "<string>",
"last_name": "<string>",
"phone_number": "<string>",
"contact_details": {},
"salutation": "<string>",
"email": "[email protected]",
"timezone": "<string>",
"external_contact_id": "<string>",
"external_url": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact"
payload = {
"contact_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"first_name": "<string>",
"last_name": "<string>",
"phone_number": "<string>",
"contact_details": {},
"salutation": "<string>",
"email": "[email protected]",
"timezone": "<string>",
"external_contact_id": "<string>",
"external_url": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
contact_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
first_name: '<string>',
last_name: '<string>',
phone_number: '<string>',
contact_details: {},
salutation: '<string>',
email: '[email protected]',
timezone: '<string>',
external_contact_id: '<string>',
external_url: '<string>'
})
};
fetch('https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'contact_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'first_name' => '<string>',
'last_name' => '<string>',
'phone_number' => '<string>',
'contact_details' => [
],
'salutation' => '<string>',
'email' => '[email protected]',
'timezone' => '<string>',
'external_contact_id' => '<string>',
'external_url' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"contact_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"phone_number\": \"<string>\",\n \"contact_details\": {},\n \"salutation\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"timezone\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_contact_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"contact_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"phone_number\": \"<string>\",\n \"contact_details\": {},\n \"salutation\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"timezone\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_contact_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.telli.com/v1/update-contact")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"contact_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n \"phone_number\": \"<string>\",\n \"contact_details\": {},\n \"salutation\": \"<string>\",\n \"email\": \"[email protected]\",\n \"timezone\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_contact_id\": \"<string>\",\n \"external_url\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"contact_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
}{
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
API key must be provided as: Bearer <api_key>
Body
The telli contact ID received when creating the contact
First name of the contact
Last name of the contact
Contact's phone number in E.164 format (e.g. +4917642048466)
Custom variables passed to the AI agent. The entire object will be overwritten. This used to be called dynamic_variables, which still works but is deprecated and should be replaced with contact_details.
Formal title or greeting (e.g. 'Mr.', 'Ms.', 'Herr', 'Frau')
Contact's email address
IANA timezone identifier (e.g. Europe/Berlin)
Your unique internal identifier for the contact
External URL linking to the contact in your CRM or external system
Response
Contact updated successfully
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