onContactUpdated( )

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An event that triggers when a contact is updated.

Description

The onContactUpdated() event handler runs when a contact is updated.

The received ContactUpdatedEvent object contains information about the contact that was updated. If a contact is updated as part of a merge, metadata.originatedFrom is sent as "merge". Otherwise, originatedFrom is omitted.

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Syntax

function wixCrm_onContactUpdated(event: ContactUpdated): void

onContactUpdated Parameters

NAME

TYPE

DESCRIPTION

event

Optional

ContactUpdated

Information about the contact that was updated and metadata for the event.

Returns

This function does not return anything.

Return Type:

void

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An event fired when a contact is updated

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1// Place this code in the events.js file
2// of your site's Backend section.
3// Add the file if it doesn't exist.
4
5export function  wixCrm_onContactUpdated(event) {
6  const eventId = event.metadata.id;
7  const entityId = event.entity._id;
8  const lastName = event.entity.info.name.last;
9}
10
11/* Full event object:
12 * {
13 *   "metadata": {
14 *     "id": "7bdca23b-a89c-48a1-be76-6dcf46fc4edb",
15 *     "entityId": "beeb8dc1-93d6-49f3-9389-18a9997f554f",
16 *     "eventTime": "2024-01-10T11:28:27.479909037Z",
17 *     "triggeredByAnonymizeRequest": false
18 *   },
19 *   "entity": {
20 *     "_id": "beeb8dc1-93d6-49f3-9389-18a9997f554f",
21 *     "revision": 2,
22 *     "source": {
23 *       "sourceType": "ADMIN"
24 *     },
25 *     "_createdDate": "2024-01-10T10:30:27.447Z",
26 *     "_updatedDate": "2024-01-10T11:28:27.447Z",
27 *     "primaryInfo": {
28 *       "email": "fforte@example.com",
29 *       "phone": "646-446-4789"
30 *     },
31 *     "lastActivity": {
32 *       "activityDate": "2024-01-10T11:28:27.446Z",
33 *       "activityType": "CONTACT_UPDATED"
34 *     },
35 *     "info": {
36 *       "name": {
37 *         "first": "Franky",
38 *         "last": "Forte"
39 *       },
40 *       "emails": [
41 *         {
42 *           "tag": "UNTAGGED",
43 *           "email": "fforte@example.com",
44 *           "primary": true,
45 *           "_id": "c27570d4-fc36-4391-aeb4-216b65ebb5e9"
46 *         }
47 *       ],
48 *       "phones": [
49 *         {
50 *           "tag": "MOBILE",
51 *           "countryCode": "US",
52 *           "phone": "646-446-4789",
53 *           "e164Phone": "+16464464789",
54 *           "formattedPhone": "+1 646-446-4789",
55 *           "primary": true,
56 *           "_id": "412ccdb6-b5de-441f-ad9f-a32637357c98"
57 *         },
58 *         {
59 *           "tag": "WORK",
60 *           "countryCode": "US",
61 *           "phone": "718-250-2680",
62 *           "e164Phone": "+17182502680",
63 *           "formattedPhone": "+1 718-250-2680",
64 *           "primary": false,
65 *           "_id": "90148d5d-4940-4761-9a30-6c677c92fa3e"
66 *         }
67 *       ],
68 *       "addresses": [
69 *         { 
70 *           "_id": "19d2ab15-0c8e-4f2c-894a-eddaba1088cf",
71 *           "tag": "BILLING",
72 *           "address": {
73 *             "formatted": "82 Howard Ave\nNew York, New York 11598\nUnited States",
74 *             "subdivision": "US-NY",
75 *             "city": "New York",
76 *             "country": "US",
77 *             "postalCode": "11598",
78 *             "addressLine1": "82 Howard Ave"
79 *           }
80 *         }
81 *       ],
82 *       "labelKeys": [
83 *         "contacts.customers"
84 *       ],
85 *       "extendedFields": {
86 *         "invoices.vatId": "",
87 *         "contacts.displayByFirstName": "Franky Forte",
88 *         "contacts.displayByLastName": "Forte Franky"
89 *       }
90 *     }
91 *   }
92 * }
93 */
94