topic Re: contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier in APIs & Integrations

contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier

Bmacuser — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 10:44:09 GMT

Hi guys

I saw in Zapier 2 options to select from my contact property.

1. id

2. hs_object_id

Since both is the same number who knows the difference of both data fields for a contact?

Thanks

Bjorn

Re: contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier

natsumimori — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 08:25:43 GMT

Hi @Bmacuser ,

Thank you for sharing your query in the HubSpot Community.

I wanted to tag in some subject matter experts: @lynton and @malcolm1 , would you be able to share some advice for @Bmacuser ?

Re: contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier

WendyGoh — Wed, 28 Oct 2020 13:43:51 GMT

Hey @Bmacuser,

I checked this with the internal team and we would suggest using the ID field.

This is because, hs_* field is something internal for Hubspot and there might be a possibility that it changed without any notice. Hence, using the ID field guarantee expected behavior.

Re: contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier

Bmacuser — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 18:07:43 GMT

Thanks Wendy for your feedback. I have updated all my zaps to the ID only.

Have a great day

Bjorn

Re: contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier

MVukusic — Sun, 20 Jun 2021 20:59:51 GMT

Sorry to bump this up again, but can you reconfirm this is still the case? I'm doing custom integration via API and going through field customizations to get proper identifiers. There, "Contact ID" identifier is specified as "hs_object_id". There is no other ID to be found. Also, there is hs_languaage. It doesn't make much sense that those fields can change in future. It would break all API integrations.

Or am I getting something wrong.

Re: contact ID vs hs_object_id in Zapier

Bmacuser — Tue, 22 Jun 2021 21:01:10 GMT

Hi

I setup everything as mentioned with Zapier and its still working.

Cheers
Björn