Update contacts

[tallior]

Hi there,

I'm trying to sync with our eCommerce process (WooCommerce) and our free Hubspot account. I have 2 questions-

1. We need to update contacts and I don't see an example of php code for updates - http://prntscr.com/pe8p55 Do you have some example to share with me?

2. The second question is about custom fields for contacts: We need to update for each contact product name, quantity, and date. How I can create custom fields for contacts in an account and use these custom fields for API requests?

[WendyGoh]

Hi @tallior,

Let's walk through your question one by one here:

1. When looking to update contacts using PHP, you can check out this PHP wrapper: https://github.com/ryanwinchester/hubspot-php and the following forum that discussed on this similar topic:

https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/Update-contact-batch/td-p/237134

https://community.hubspot.com/t5/APIs-Integrations/Unable-to-update-contact-property-using-PHP/td-p/...

2. You can create custom properties either within your HubSpot portal by following through this useful documentation: Create custom properties or using this endpoint: Create a contact property API.

Custom properties are being referred on API requests using their internal name.

[tallior]

it helped yes. but the category is still called "Lead" while it should be changed to "online purchase". is it possible to change the category filled? how? 

many thanks! 

Tal

[WendyGoh]

Hi @tallior,

Where are you seeing the category? Is that from a custom property? If so, can you share with me the custom property name and the portal ID in question?

[tallior]

Hey,  I'm referring to the Lifecycle, under "Contacts" - instead of being registered as a "lead", i need to change it to be "online purchase"

can i change the lifecycle name so that visitors that started the purchase process on our website will be listed differently then a lead?

plus - i didn't see that a deal was listed in the contact's card. why is that and how can i make sure that for every purchase online a deal will be recognized? 

many thanks!!!

[WendyGoh]

Hey @tallior,

Thanks for the further clarification. Currently the default HubSpot lifecycle stage property is non editable. That said, you can follow through this forum post: HubSpot Community - Quick Tip: How to create a custom Lifecycle Stage to create your own custom lifecycle stage. 

To your second question, when looking to associate a deal to a contact, you can check out the CRM associations endpoint; where you can use this endpoint: Associate CRM objects and set the definitionId to 3 (deal to contact) or 4 (contact to deal).