Set-Contact

Summary

Updates an existing contact.

Set-Contact
    -Entry
    -BypassCustomFieldValidation

Returns a contact object.

Parameters

Examples

Updates an existing contact

# Update an existing contact

# A common flow for updating existing data is to first retrieve the data using the GET
# command, update specific fields, and then provide the modified data back using the SET command.

$entry = Get-Contact -Id 79

# Update the "EmailAddress" system field:
$entry.EmailAddress = "danielle.herman@company.com"

# Update a basic text custom field named "Office Location" to "Los Angeles"
$officeLocationField = $entry.Fields | Where-Object { $_.Label -eq "Office Location" }

# This is a safety check to make sure that a value exists. For example, the value object may
# not exist on a field because the custom field was added after the entry already existed.
if ($null -eq $officeLocationField.Value) {
  $officeLocationField.Value = @{}
}

# Here, we update the 'ValueAsString' property of the value because our custom field is a text-
# based field. If this was a whole number, you would use 'ValueAsNumber', a decimal would be
# 'ValueAsDecimal', a yes/no field would be 'ValueAsBoolean', and a date field would be 'ValueAsDate'
$officeLocationField.Value.ValueAsString = "Los Angeles"

# We want to update a reference custom field named "Skills" to "Document Review"
$skillsField = $entry.Fields | Where-Object { $_.Label -eq "Skills" }

if ($null -eq $skillsField.Value) {
  $skillsField.Value = @{}
}

if ($null -eq $skillsField.Value.ReferenceObject) {
  $skillsField.Value.ReferenceObject = @{}
}

$skillsField.Value.ReferenceObject.Values = @(
  @{
    KeyAsInteger = 1
    Value = "Document Review"
  }
)

# Save the modified contact
$data = Set-Contact -Entry $entry

# Output some information to help indicate that the client was updated
Write-Output "Contact $($data.ContactId) ($($data.NameAndEmailAddress)) was updated"

# For debug purposes, convert the data to output as JSON so we can see all the fields
Write-Output ""
Write-Output "JSON Results:"

$jsonOutput = $data | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10

# Output the data
Write-Output $jsonOutput

Execution results:

Contact 79 (Danielle Herman <danielle.herman@company.com>) was updated

JSON Results:
{
  "ContactId": 79,
  "FirstName": "Danielle",
  "LastName": "Herman",
  "FullName": "Danielle Herman",
  "EmailAddress": "danielle.herman@company.com",
  "NameAndEmailAddress": "Danielle Herman <danielle.herman@company.com>",
  "PhoneNumber": null,
  "TimeZoneIdentifier": null,
  "EnableNotifications": false,
  "AllowPortalAccess": false,
  "IsFavorite": false,
  "NumberOfProjects": 0,
  "CreatedByFullName": "Max Miller",
  "CreatedById": "25a34a2f-e3d8-4690-88f5-6b399cf88c4c",
  "CreatedOn": "2024-04-17T15:06:19.2753792+00:00",
  "CreatedBy": null,
  "LastUpdatedByFullName": "Max Miller",
  "LastUpdatedById": "25a34a2f-e3d8-4690-88f5-6b399cf88c4c",
  "LastUpdatedOn": "2024-04-18T11:21:18.841203+00:00",
  "LastUpdatedBy": null,
  "Fields": [
    {
      "FieldId": 50,
      "ObjectId": 7,
      "DataTypeId": 10,
      "DataTypeName": "Reference",
      "Label": "Skills",
      "IsRequired": false,
      "Position": 0,
      "Guid": 7413322756636,
      "IsSystemField": false,
      "IsReferenceValue": false,
      "DefaultValue": null,
      "CopyPreviousValueOnSaveAndNew": false,
      "Value": {
        "ObjectFieldValueId": 2178,
        "ObjectFieldId": 50,
        "ObjectId": 7,
        "PrimaryKeyId": 79,
        "ValueAsString": null,
        "ValueAsBoolean": null,
        "ValueAsNumber": null,
        "ValueAsDecimal": null,
        "ValueAsDate": null,
        "ReferenceObject": {
          "ObjectFieldReferenceObjectInstanceId": 326,
          "ObjectFieldValueId": 2178,
          "ObjectId": 16,
          "Object": null,
          "PrimaryObjectId": 7,
          "PrimaryKeyId": 79,
          "KeyType": "Int32",
          "DisplayFormat": "%Name%",
          "IsSystemObject": false,
          "Name": null,
          "NumberOfValues": 1,
          "Values": [
            {
              "ObjectFieldReferenceObjectInstanceValueId": 244,
              "ObjectFieldReferenceObjectInstanceId": 326,
              "KeyAsString": null,
              "KeyAsInteger": 1,
              "KeyAsLong": null,
              "Value": "Document Review"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
      "ReferenceObject": null
    },
    {
      "FieldId": 67,
      "ObjectId": 7,
      "DataTypeId": 1,
      "DataTypeName": "Basic Text",
      "Label": "Office Location",
      "IsRequired": false,
      "Position": 1,
      "Guid": 1756477664260,
      "IsSystemField": false,
      "IsReferenceValue": false,
      "DefaultValue": null,
      "CopyPreviousValueOnSaveAndNew": false,
      "Value": {
        "ObjectFieldValueId": 2179,
        "ObjectFieldId": 67,
        "ObjectId": 7,
        "PrimaryKeyId": 79,
        "ValueAsString": "Los Angeles",
        "ValueAsBoolean": null,
        "ValueAsNumber": null,
        "ValueAsDecimal": null,
        "ValueAsDate": null,
        "ReferenceObject": null
      },
      "ReferenceObject": null
    }
  ]
}