Archive contact by email

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Is it possible to archive a contact by email?

Referring to:

CRM API | Contacts (hubspot.com)

DELETE/crm/v3/objects/contacts/{contactId}

This works in Ruby for an update:

api_client.crm.contacts.basic_api.update(id_property: 'email', contact_id: "email@example.com, body: body)

But does not work for archiving:

api_client.crm.contacts.basic_api.archive(id_property: 'email', contact_id: "email@example.com")

Error response from HubSpot API is

Response body: {"status":"error","message":"Object not found. objectId are usually numeric.","correlationId":"a1f1f96d-9d1a-496e-a962-93aea9d0598b","context":{"id":["email@example.com"]},"category":"OBJECT_NOT_FOUND"}

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Hi, @SCalderwood :waving_hand: I can confirm this isn’t a feature. I tried using the v1 and v3 endpoints with no success. I also tried including the email and idProperty=email as a query param, but that did not work either.

Postman example of my request:

DELETE https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts/jaycee3+test@gmail.com?archived=false&idProperty=email

Response

{
 "status": "error",
 "message": "Object not found. objectId are usually numeric.",
 "correlationId": "14449d10-99ef-4efd-9ee9-250bf6a70f0a",
 "context": {
 "id": [
 "jaycee3+test@gmail.com"
 ]
 },
 "category": "OBJECT_NOT_FOUND"
}

If you have a moment, adding your suggestion to the Ideas Community and getting some upvotes will be very helpful in getting your suggestion in front of the Product team. If you add a link back to your Idea post, I’ll be sure to give it an upvote to help get the ball rolling.

Best,

Jaycee

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Thanks, Jaycee! Here ya go: HubSpot Community - Allow Archiving Contact By Email - HubSpot Community