How to set dropdown select custom property on contact via API

[NAhmed4]

Hi

Im using this endpoint to create a contact 

endpoint = 'https://api.hubapi.com/contacts/v1/contact/'.

 {

                    "property": "lastname",

                    "value": "myemail"

                },

                {

                    "property": "drop_down_property",

                    "value": "Public "

                }]

This doesnt set the value for the drop_down_property

The property exists on the contact but how do i set its value

[SPfeiffer8]

Hi Jaycee, how would you do that for multiple values? e.g. you want red and green to be selected

[SPfeiffer8 · Accepted solution]

I've figured it out - just separate the values with a semicolon

[Jaycee_Lewis]

Thank you for coming back and sharing your solution! — Jaycee

[Jaycee_Lewis]

Hey, @NAhmed4 👋 Thanks for reaching out. Here are examples using the v1 and v3 versions of this endpoint.

Steps taken for both:

• Created a custom contact property — dropdown select
• Grabbed the internal value to use in my API request
  

Update an existing contact — POST /contacts/v1/contact/vid/:vid/profile

• My request URL and body
  

  POST https://api.hubapi.com/contacts/v1/contact/vid/901/profile​
  
  {
      "properties": [
          {
              "property": "new_mexico_chile",
              "value": "Green"
          }
      ]
  }

• I received a 204 No Content response which indicates a successful update
  
• From the documentation — “Response details – Returns a 204 with no response body when a contact is updated successfully.”

For the v3 version — Update a Contact:

• Update a contact — PATCH/crm/v3/objects/contacts/{contactId}
• Request 
  

  curl --request PATCH \
    --url https://api.hubapi.com/crm/v3/objects/contacts/901 \
    --header 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
    --header 'content-type: application/json' \
    --data '{
    "properties": {
      "new_mexico_chile": "Red"
    }
  }'​

• Response
  

  HTTP 200
  
  {
    "id": "901",
    "properties": {
      "createdate": "2022-11-03T21:42:31.255Z",
      "hs_lifecyclestage_lead_date": "2022-11-03T21:42:31.255Z",
      "hs_pipeline": "contacts-lifecycle-pipeline",
      "lastmodifieddate": "2022-12-14T20:30:50.877Z",
      "lifecyclestage": "lead",
      "new_mexico_chile": "Red"
    },
    "createdAt": "2022-11-03T21:42:31.255Z",
    "updatedAt": "2022-12-14T20:30:50.877Z",
    "archived": false
  }​

  

Have fun building! — Jaycee