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Update Contact Request Pa...

Update Contact Request Payload

You can update a contact

rolestring

The role of the contact.

external_idstring

A unique identifier for the contact which is given to Intercom

emailstring

The contacts email

Example:"jdoe@example.com"
phonestring or null

The contacts phone

Example:"+353871234567"
namestring or null

The contacts name

Example:"John Doe"
avatarstring or null

An image URL containing the avatar of a contact

Example:"https://www.example.com/avatar_image.jpg"
signed_up_atinteger or null, (date-time)

(Unix timestamp in seconds) The time specified for when a contact signed up.

Example:1571672154
last_seen_atinteger or null, (date-time)

(Unix timestamp in seconds) The time when the contact was last seen (either where the Intercom Messenger was installed or when specified manually).

Example:1571672154
owner_idinteger or null

The id of an admin that has been assigned account ownership of the contact

Example:123
unsubscribed_from_emailsboolean or null

Whether the contact is unsubscribed from emails

Example:true
custom_attributesobject or null

The custom attributes which are set for the contact

{
  "role": "string",
  "external_id": "string",
  "email": "jdoe@example.com",
  "phone": "+353871234567",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "avatar": "https://www.example.com/avatar_image.jpg",
  "signed_up_at": 1571672154,
  "last_seen_at": 1571672154,
  "owner_id": 123,
  "unsubscribed_from_emails": true,
  "custom_attributes": {}
}