Contacts

Merge contacts

Merge two or more duplicate contacts into a single contact record. The primary contact is kept and enriched with data from the secondary contacts, which are then deleted.

POST /v1/contacts/merge

Request body

Content-Type: application/json

contactIds

array<array> required

Example

{
  "contactIds": [
    [
      "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
    ]
  ]
}

Responses

200 — Successful response

Content-Type: application/json

error

boolean required

data

object required

data.mergedContactIds

array<string (uuid)> required

Example

{
  "error": false,
  "data": {
    "mergedContactIds": [
      "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
    ]
  }
}

400 — Request body failed validation.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

401 — Missing or invalid API key.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

403 — Valid key, insufficient permission.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

404 — Resource does not exist.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

409 — Request conflicts with the current state of the resource.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

429 — Rate limit exceeded.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

500 — Unexpected server error.

Content-Type: application/json

(body)

any

Code samples

curl https://api.prod.getdex.com/v1/contacts/merge \
  --request POST \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "contactIds": [
    [
      "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
    ]
  ]
}'

fetch('https://api.prod.getdex.com/v1/contacts/merge', {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    contactIds: [
      {
        0: '00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000'
      }
    ]
  })
})

requests.post(
    "https://api.prod.getdex.com/v1/contacts/merge",
    headers={
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
      "contactIds": [
        [
          "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
        ]
      ]
    }
)

Search contacts

Search contacts by name, email, company, or other text fields. Returns contacts matching the search query, ranked by relevance.

Update a contact

Update a single contact by its ID. Only the fields included in the request body are modified; omitted fields remain unchanged.