Is it possible to append to a field for a contact?

deanashby at September 15th, 2014 17:39 — #1

Hi,

I can successfully replace the value of the background field for a contact via the API. But is it possible to append a value to this field, or custom fields without having to fetch the value first and append it at the client end before writing it back?

Thanks,

Dean

pete_onepagecrm at September 16th, 2014 03:58 — #2

Hi Dean, thanks for getting in touch. What kind of integration are you working on?
I'm afraid it's not possible to append a field - you will have to GET the value and then PUT the updated value.
If it's just the background field you are getting, you can make the GET request like this to just limit it to the background field:

contacts/541004afaa762007d3000009.json?fields=background

Then your PUT would look something like this:

contacts/541004afaa762007d3000009.json?partial=true

With your background field in the body of the request.

Let me know if you have any other questions or if there's anything else we can do to help.