Update a contact field
const url = 'https://api.getsitecontrol.com/v1/sites/1/contact-fields/example';const options = { method: 'PATCH', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"name":"example"}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request PATCH \ --url https://api.getsitecontrol.com/v1/sites/1/contact-fields/example \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "name": "example" }'Changes the name of the field and returns it. Only the name changes; the id and the values of contacts stay. Changing the case of the field’s own name is allowed.
The name needs at least three latin letters or digits, and the id made from it must fit 100 characters. It must differ, without case, from the names of the other fields of the site, system fields such as “Email” or “First name” included.
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”Field id from list_contact_fields
Field id from list_contact_fields
Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”object
The new name; the id stays
{ "name": "example"}Responses
Section titled “Responses”object
Derived from the name on creation; kept on rename
Display name
Type of the values contacts hold
Null for fields created before the date was recorded
{ "type": "text"}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
Authentication scheme: Bearer
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
field_not_found: no custom field with this id on the site; system fields are not found here
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
field_name_taken: another field of the site has this name, compared without case
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
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object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
field_name_invalid: the name has fewer than three latin letters or digits, or the id made from it is too long. validation_failed: the body is invalid
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds
Seconds until the bucket refills
The documented shape of every error body on the versioned surface.
object
object
{ "type": "example", "title": "example", "status": 1, "detail": "example", "instance": "example", "reason": "example", "next": "example", "request_id": "example", "errors": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example" } ], "metadata": {}}Headers
Section titled “Headers”API version the response was produced for
Request id, echoed from the request when valid
Limit of the tightest bucket
Requests left in its window
End of its window, epoch seconds