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Merge

Merge two contacts

$ lightfield merge merge-contacts
POST/v1/contacts/merge

Merges two contacts into one. The primary contact retains its ID; the duplicate is soft-deleted.

Required scopes: contacts:update + contacts:delete

Rate limit category: Write

ParametersExpand Collapse
--duplicate-id: string

ID of the duplicate record to merge into the primary and then discard.

--primary-id: string

ID of the record to keep.

--field-resolutions: optional map["primary" or "duplicate" or object { value } ]

Per-field resolution overrides keyed by attribute slug.

--options: optional object { multiSelectUnion }
ReturnsExpand Collapse
merge_merge_contacts_response: object { merge, primary, summary }
merge: object { id, status }
id: string

Unique identifier for the merge operation.

status: string

Current status of the merge: cleanup_pending, done, or failed.

primary: object { id, createdAt, fields, 4 more }
id: string

Unique identifier for the entity.

createdAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

fields: map[object { value, valueType } ]

Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with $ (e.g. $name, $email); custom attributes use their bare slug.

value: string or number or boolean or 3 more

The field value, or null if unset.

union_member_0: string
union_member_1: number
union_member_2: boolean
union_member_3: array of string
Address: object { city, country, latitude, 5 more }
city: optional string

City name.

country: optional string

2-letter ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.

latitude: optional number

Latitude coordinate.

longitude: optional number

Longitude coordinate.

postalCode: optional string

Postal or ZIP code.

state: optional string

State or province.

street: optional string

Street address line 1.

street2: optional string

Street address line 2.

FullName: object { firstName, lastName }
firstName: optional string

The contact’s first name.

lastName: optional string

The contact’s last name.

valueType: "ADDRESS" or "CHECKBOX" or "CURRENCY" or 12 more

The data type of the field.

"ADDRESS"
"CHECKBOX"
"CURRENCY"
"DATETIME"
"EMAIL"
"FULL_NAME"
"MARKDOWN"
"MULTI_SELECT"
"NUMBER"
"SINGLE_SELECT"
"SOCIAL_HANDLE"
"TELEPHONE"
"TEXT"
"URL"
"HTML"
relationships: map[object { cardinality, objectType, values } ]

Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with $ (e.g. $owner, $contact).

cardinality: string

Whether the relationship is has_one or has_many.

objectType: string

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

values: array of string

IDs of the related entities.

updatedAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was last updated, or null.

externalId: optional string

External identifier for the entity, or null if unset.

summary: object { fieldWriteCount, syncRepointedCount, warnings }
fieldWriteCount: number

Number of attribute fields written onto the primary record.

syncRepointedCount: number

Number of related records re-pointed from the duplicate to the primary.

warnings: array of string

Non-fatal warnings from the merge (e.g. skipped transfers).

Merge two contacts

lightfield merge merge-contacts \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --duplicate-id duplicateId \
  --primary-id primaryId
{
  "merge": {
    "id": "id",
    "status": "status"
  },
  "primary": {
    "id": "id",
    "createdAt": "createdAt",
    "fields": {
      "foo": {
        "value": "string",
        "valueType": "ADDRESS"
      }
    },
    "httpLink": "httpLink",
    "relationships": {
      "foo": {
        "cardinality": "cardinality",
        "objectType": "objectType",
        "values": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    },
    "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
    "externalId": "externalId"
  },
  "summary": {
    "fieldWriteCount": -9007199254740991,
    "syncRepointedCount": -9007199254740991,
    "warnings": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "merge": {
    "id": "id",
    "status": "status"
  },
  "primary": {
    "id": "id",
    "createdAt": "createdAt",
    "fields": {
      "foo": {
        "value": "string",
        "valueType": "ADDRESS"
      }
    },
    "httpLink": "httpLink",
    "relationships": {
      "foo": {
        "cardinality": "cardinality",
        "objectType": "objectType",
        "values": [
          "string"
        ]
      }
    },
    "updatedAt": "updatedAt",
    "externalId": "externalId"
  },
  "summary": {
    "fieldWriteCount": -9007199254740991,
    "syncRepointedCount": -9007199254740991,
    "warnings": [
      "string"
    ]
  }
}