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import { PeriskopeApi } from '@periskope/periskope-client';

const client = new PeriskopeApi({
  authToken: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
  phone: 'YOUR_PHONE_NUMBER', // e.g., '919876543210'
});

async function updateContact() {
  const response = await client.contact.update({
    contact_id: '919537851844',
    contact_name: 'Periskope test'
  });

  console.log(response);
}

updateContact();
{
  "chat_ids": [
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]",
    "[email protected]"
  ],
  "contact_color": "#FA6533",
  "contact_id": "[email protected]",
  "contact_image": "https://storage.googleapis.com/periskope-images/2997dd64-89bf-48d3-9a22-b314fca017e5%2F919537851844%40c.us.jpg?timestamp=1737445692504",
  "contact_name": "BK Local1",
  "contact_type": "user",
  "is_imported": null,
  "is_internal": false,
  "is_my_contact": null,
  "is_wa_contact": false,
  "label_ids": {
    "label-ukjqhqngnakncalm": true,
    "label-wwfrdqogccexahnv": true
  },
  "labels": [
    "label1",
    "label2"
  ],
  "org_id": "2997dd64-89bf-48d3-9a22-b314fca017e5",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-22T05:41:15.303874+00:00"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
contact_id
string
required
  • The unique identifier of the contact
  • Must be formatted as country_code + number (e.g., 918527184400). Do not include special characters
Example:

"919537851844"

Body

application/json
​
contact_name
string

Update the contact name. Note that this name will only be updated on Periskope (not on the phone)

Example:

"BK Local1"

​
is_internal
boolean

Mark the contact as internal. Messages from internal contacts are not flagged

Example:

false

​
labels
string
  • A comma-separated list of labels to be assigned to the contacts. All labels are case-insensitive.
  • If any label currently does not exist, it will be created
Example:

"label1,label2"

Response

200 OK

The response is a contact object. Refer to the contact object here