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Interact with the Resend Email API

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Contact → Update

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Summary

Update a contact's details in a specified audience by identifying the contact either by Contact ID or email address and providing the fields to modify.

Inputs

  • Audience (required) — The audience that contains the contact to update, selectable from a searchable list or by specifying its ID.
  • Lookup By (required) — Method to identify the contact to update, either by Contact ID or by Email.
  • Contact (when Lookup By is Contact ID) (required) — The contact to update, selectable from a searchable list within the audience or by specifying its contact ID.
  • Email (when Lookup By is Email) (required) — The email address of the contact to update.
  • Update Fields — The contact properties to update, such as first name, last name, and unsubscribe status.

Output shape

a single record representing the updated contact details returned by the API

The updated contact data is returned after a successful API call. Errors are returned if the contact or audience cannot be found or update fails.

Examples

Example 1: Update a contact by Contact ID

Set Audience from list, Lookup By to 'Contact ID', choose the contact, and specify update fields like First Name or Unsubscribed.

Example 2: Update a contact by Email

Set Audience from list, Lookup By to 'Email', enter contact email, and specify update fields to modify.

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