Update First name & Last name on the Contact

API Q&A
1

I was trying to update the first name and last name for a contact using the updatePropertiesOnContact

I tried the parameter as follows:

  1. “first_name”
  2. “FirstName” - as per Table Schema Documentation
    No luck I keep getting the error “Unrecognized property: first_name”

To test my connectivity and API call, I tried to update “middle_name” for a contact and it perfectly updated the middle name for that contact.

Would love to know is there a restriction to update a contact’s first name? or can you guys please let me know how to update using API?

Thanks and really appreciate all the help.

Thanks

2

There’s no restrictions on the name fields at all. Which api are you using? (REST or XML-RPC)?

3

Thanks @John_Borelli Yes, I use REST API.

I used the API endpoint as mentioned here:
https://developer.infusionsoft.com/docs/rest/#!/Contact/updatePropertiesOnContactUsingPATCH_1

Thanks John.

4

Can you post the json body? It’s likely somehow become mal-formed.