Hey,
We had previously added a few links to contacts in our Front instance. However, we wish to remove them now.
The API explains how that can be done with lists, but doesn’t really go into contact links.
How can we achieve this?
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How to remove links from contacts via the Front API?
+2Best answer by clemente_ortuzar
The 'links' for a contact are always completely overwritten when you update them. The update doesn't add to the existing links; it replaces them.
For example, if your contact had links: [“123”], then:
- Updating with
[](empty) results in no links. - Updating with
["456"]results in only link["456"]. - To add
456and keep123, you must update with["123", "456"].
+8If you’re using the Update Contact API endpoint, the value passed in the links array is what you’re setting that Contact’s Links to.
So, if you pass an empty links array - you’ll clear their list of links;
PATCH /contacts/crd_12345
{
"links": []
}
+2But if I give it an updated list of links, it will not delete the ones not present in the new list, right?
The 'links' for a contact are always completely overwritten when you update them. The update doesn't add to the existing links; it replaces them.
For example, if your contact had links: [“123”], then:
- Updating with
[](empty) results in no links. - Updating with
["456"]results in only link["456"]. - To add
456and keep123, you must update with["123", "456"].
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