Leads
Update Lead
Update an existing lead in your campaigns
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Update a lead by providing the lead ID and the fields you want to modify. Only the fields provided in the request will be updated.
Path Parameters
idintegerrequired
The ID of the lead to update
Body Parameters
campaign_idinteger
The ID of the campaign to assign the lead to
phone_numberstring
The phone number of the lead (will be formatted to E164)
statusstring
The status of the lead. Must be one of: created, completed, reached-max-retries
variablesobject
Custom variables to merge with existing lead variables
Response
messagestring
Success message indicating the lead was updated
curl -X PUT "https://app.voxlink.ai/api/user/leads/123" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"campaign_id": 456,
"phone_number": "+1234567890",
"variables": {
"name": "John Doe",
"company": "Acme Corp"
}
}'
{
"message": "Lead updated successfully"
}
{
"message": "Lead not found"
}
{
"message": "Campaign not found"
}
{
"message": "Invalid phone number"
}
{
"message": "Validation failed",
"errors": {
"campaign_id": ["The selected campaign does not exist"],
"status": ["This status is assigned automatically and cannot be set manually"],
"variables": ["Variables must be an array"]
}
}
{
"message": "Invalid fields: invalid_field, another_invalid_field"
}
Notes
- The lead must belong to the authenticated user
- If updating the campaign, the new campaign must also belong to the authenticated user
- Phone numbers are automatically formatted and validated
- Variables are merged with existing variables (not replaced)
- Only allowed fields can be updated:
campaign_id,phone_number,status,variables - The
statusfield has restricted values for data integrity
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