# Update Contact — Quo

> Update one or more fields on an existing contact. Only the fields you provide are changed; omitted fields are left as-is. Run List Contacts to find a contactId. Example: call with contactId from List Contacts and company="Acme Corp" →…

- Key: `openphone-update-contact`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.0.6
- App: Quo (`openphone`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/openphone.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/openphone/actions/update-contact
- Hints: open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/openphone/actions/update-contact/update-contact.mjs

## Description

Update one or more fields on an existing contact. Only the fields you provide are changed; omitted fields are left as-is. Run **List Contacts** to find a contactId. Example: call with contactId from **List Contacts** and company="Acme Corp" → updates just the company field and returns the updated contact record. [See the documentation](https://www.openphone.com/docs/api-reference/contacts/update-a-contact-by-id)

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `contactId` | `string` | Yes | The unique identifier of the contact. Run the List Contacts action to find contact IDs. |
| `firstName` | `string` | No | The contact's first name |
| `lastName` | `string` | No | The contact's last name |
| `company` | `string` | No | The contact's company name |
| `role` | `string` | No | The contact's role |
| `emails` | `string[]` | No | Array of objects of contact's emails. Example: {"name": "Company Email", "value": "abc@example.com"} |
| `phoneNumbers` | `string[]` | No | Array of objects of contact's phone numbers. Example: {"name": "Company Phone", "value": "+12345678901"} |
| `customFields` | `string[]` | No | Array of objects of custom fields for the contact. Example: {"key": "inbound-lead", "value": ["option1", "option2"]} |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "openphone",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "openphone-update-contact",
  arguments: {
    contactId: "Contact ID",
    firstName: "First Name",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "openphone-update-contact",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    openphone: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    contactId: "Contact ID",
    firstName: "First Name",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "openphone-update-contact",
    "configured_props": {
      "openphone": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "contactId": "Contact ID",
      "firstName": "First Name"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/openphone.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps