Actions16
Contact → Update
AI-generatedSummary
Updates an existing contact in Zoho Books by contact ID and organization ID.
Inputs
- organizationIdContact (required) — The Zoho Books organization ID.
- contactId (required) — The ID of the contact to update.
- bodyContact — Raw contact payload formatted as a JSON object string.
- extraFieldsContact — Custom key-value pairs to merge into the request body payload.
- mappedFieldsContact — Predefined contact attributes to update, such as name, email, phone, or address fields.
- customFieldsContact — Custom field definitions as key-value pairs matching label names in Zoho Books.
Output shape
a single record
Returns the API response object from Zoho Books including status code, message, and the full contact record.
Examples
Example 1: Update contact name and email
Set Organization ID to '123456789', Contact ID to '987654321', and add mapped fields for Display Name and Email.
Example 2: Update contact using raw JSON body
Set Organization ID to '123456789', Contact ID to '987654321', and pass '{"company_name": "Acme Corp"}' in Body (JSON).