Error when posting to multiple checkbox contact field via Properties API

[IParsons]

I'm attempting to post to two multiple checkbox fields using the Properties API (see my previous question here).

When I run the below script as part of my full contacts update script, I am getting a validation error. The option I am trying to save to the multiple checkbox does not exist: "message":"b0e3726b-7fed-4e61-8e66-702a45416813 was not one of the allowed options.

I'm pretty sure I'm missing something obvious 🙂 

<?php



$allTeamGuids = array();


function addTeamGUIDtoGUIDProperties($guids){

    //update properties
    //PUT /properties/v1/contacts/properties/named/:property_name

    $properties = array('active_team_guids', 'allteamguids');

    foreach($properties as $property){

        $update_property_url = 'https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/properties/contacts/'.$property.'?hapikey=' . HS_API_KEY;

        $ch = curl_init();


        $update_property_json = array(

            "name" => $property,
            "groupName" => "app_data",
            "description" => "",
            "fieldType" => "checkbox",
            "formField" => false,
            "type" => "enumeration",
            "displayOrder" => '',
            "label" => $property,
            'options' => array(
            )
        );

        foreach($guids as $guid) {

            array_push($update_property_json['options'], $guid);
        }

        $update_property_json = json_encode($update_property_json);

        /* echo '<pre>';
        print_r( $update_property_json );
        echo '</pre>'; */

        curl_setopt_array($ch, array(
            CURLOPT_URL => $update_property_url,
            CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
            CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
            CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
            CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
            CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
            CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
            CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $update_property_json,
            CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Content-Length: ' . strlen($update_property_json)),
          ));

          $response = curl_exec($ch);
          $err = curl_error($ch);
          
          curl_close($ch);
          
          if ($err) {
            echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
          } else {
            echo $response;
          }


    }

    

}

$ch = curl_init();

$url = $base_url.'/Analytics/Teams?FromDate='.$fromDate;

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json','X-API-KEY: '.$client_api_key));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'GET');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

try{

    $response = curl_exec($ch);

    /* echo '<pre>';
    print_r( json_decode($response, true));
    echo '</pre>'; */

    $teams = json_decode($response, true);
    foreach((array) $teams as $team){
        $guid = array();
        $guid['label'] = $team['guid'];
        $guid['value'] = $team['guid'];
            
        array_push($allTeamGuids, $guid);
    }

    addTeamGUIDtoGUIDProperties($allTeamGuids);

} catch(Exception $e){
	die('Error');
}

[MichaelC · Accepted solution]

@IParsons 

Have you tried using PATCH instead of PUT when updating a property?

See documentation here: https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/api/crm/properties

[IParsons]

Thanks, @MichaelC, my script ran perfectly - 200s all the way. 

[dennisedson]

@IParsons 👋

Throwing @MichaelC at this.  He is a pretty smart fellow 😀