## Update

`contacts.update(strphone_number, ContactUpdateParams**kwargs)  -> ContactUpdateResponse`

**put** `/api/v2/contacts/{phone_number}`

Update an existing contact

### Parameters

- `phone_number: str`

- `assigned_to_email: Optional[str]`

  Email of assigned user (preferred)

- `assigned_to_email: Optional[str]`

  Deprecated, use assigned_to_email

- `company_name: Optional[str]`

  Company name (preferred)

- `company_name: Optional[str]`

  Deprecated, use company_name

- `custom_variables: Optional[Dict[str, str]]`

  Custom key-value pairs. Merged with existing variables (not replaced).

- `first_name: Optional[str]`

  Contact's first name (preferred)

- `first_name: Optional[str]`

  Deprecated, use first_name

- `last_name: Optional[str]`

  Contact's last name (preferred)

- `last_name: Optional[str]`

  Deprecated, use last_name

- `sendblue_number: Optional[str]`

  Associated Sendblue phone number (preferred)

- `sendblue_number: Optional[str]`

  Deprecated, use sendblue_number

- `tags: Optional[SequenceNotStr[str]]`

### Returns

- `class ContactUpdateResponse: …`

  - `contact: Optional[Contact]`

    - `assigned_to_email: Optional[str]`

      Email of assigned user

    - `company_name: Optional[str]`

      Company name

    - `created_at: Optional[datetime]`

      When the contact was created

    - `custom_variables: Optional[Dict[str, str]]`

      Custom key-value pairs stored on the contact. Keys are human-readable labels.

    - `first_name: Optional[str]`

      First name

    - `last_name: Optional[str]`

      Last name

    - `phone: Optional[str]`

      Phone number in E.164 format

    - `sendblue_number: Optional[str]`

      Associated Sendblue phone number

    - `tags: Optional[List[str]]`

      Tags associated with the contact

    - `verified: Optional[bool]`

      Whether the contact is verified

  - `status: Optional[str]`

### Example

```python
import os
from sendblue_api import SendblueAPI

client = SendblueAPI(
    api_key=os.environ.get("SENDBLUE_API_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
    api_secret=os.environ.get("SENDBLUE_API_API_SECRET"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
contact = client.contacts.update(
    phone_number="+1234567890",
)
print(contact.contact)
```