Hi there, We’re trying to update the contact marketing status for existing contacts in HubSpot via APi (that integrations is…

Hi @dsecareanu , You are trying to edit an internal field, you can’t edit it, you can only read it.

@quentin_lamamy Nope. this one is read only. Workflows is the best solution now. I brought this up recently. @TimMunro also…

- Create a form in the HubSpot backend. Make sure it is set to create marketing contacts. - Use this endpoint to submit the …

Thank you @quentin_lamamy - question though: how can the marketable status pe updated for contacts except the standard config…

If we want to change a contact’s marketable status (i.e. if it’s a marketable or non-marketable contact) how do we go about i…

You just can’t edit this field message": "hs_marketable_status is a read only property its value cannot be set." @denniseds…

I understand that the field is not editable, but contacts can be toggled into marketing or non-marketing contacts through API…

I’ve created the idea here, so please upvote it: https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Please-allow-marketing-conta…

I haven’t tested it but this article actually said we can change that via workflow. So while indirect we can have 2 simple wo…

Yes, why can’t we simply edit this field in a list upload? (FYI we use a 3rd party dedupe/data hygiene tool Insycle to import…

is there any update on this? THe only want to do this is to indirectly submit a form through API??

What works for my case is to go to Settings → Account Setup → Integrations → Marketing Contacts and enable my connected app …

Cannot set a contact's marketing status via API

quentin_lamamy January 19, 2021, 7:49am 4

I’m not sure to understand your question

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