Update guest

Endpoint

PUT /organizations/{org_id}/guests/{guest_email}

Updates the associated_members for an existing guest in your organization, identified by their email address.

Request

Replace {org_id} with your Organization ID and {guest_email} with the URL-encoded email address of the guest.

Headers

• Authorization: Bearer {your_access_token}
• Accept: application/json
• X-Tallyfy-Client: APIClient
• Content-Type: application/json

Body (JSON)

Field	Type	Required	Description
associated_members	array of integers	No	Array of organization member IDs to associate with this guest. Replaces the current list.

Limited updatable fields

This endpoint only updates the associated_members field on the organization-guest relationship. Fields like first_name, last_name, company_name, and phone_1 aren’t updatable through this endpoint — set those when creating the guest instead.

Example body:

{
  "associated_members": [1234, 5678]
}

Note

You can’t change a guest’s email address through this endpoint. To change a guest’s email, delete the old guest record and create a new one.

Code samples

Javascript

const accessToken = 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN';
const orgId = 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID';
const guestEmail = "guest.to.update@example.com";
const encodedEmail = encodeURIComponent(guestEmail);
const apiUrl = `https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/${orgId}/guests/${encodedEmail}`;

const updateData = {
  associated_members: [1234, 5678]
};

const headers = new Headers();
headers.append('Authorization', `Bearer ${accessToken}`);
headers.append('Accept', 'application/json');
headers.append('X-Tallyfy-Client', 'APIClient');
headers.append('Content-Type', 'application/json');

fetch(apiUrl, {
    method: 'PUT',
    headers: headers,
    body: JSON.stringify(updateData)
})
.then(response => {
    return response.json().then(data => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            console.error(`Failed to update guest ${guestEmail}:`, data);
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return data;
    });
})
.then(data => {
    console.log(`Successfully updated guest ${guestEmail}:`);
    console.log(JSON.stringify(data, null, 2));
})
.catch(error => {
    console.error(`Error updating guest ${guestEmail}:`, error.message);
});

Python

import requests
import json
import os
from urllib.parse import quote

access_token = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN', 'YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN')
org_id = os.environ.get('TALLYFY_ORG_ID', 'YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID')
guest_email = "guest.to.update@example.com"
encoded_email = quote(guest_email)
api_url = f'https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/{org_id}/guests/{encoded_email}'

headers = {
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {access_token}',
    'Accept': 'application/json',
    'X-Tallyfy-Client': 'APIClient',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

update_payload = {
    'associated_members': [1234, 5678]
}

response = None
try:
    response = requests.put(api_url, headers=headers, json=update_payload)
    response.raise_for_status()

    updated_guest = response.json()
    print(f'Successfully updated guest {guest_email}:')
    print(json.dumps(updated_guest, indent=4))

except requests.exceptions.HTTPError as http_err:
    print(f"HTTP error updating guest {guest_email}: {http_err}")
    if response is not None:
        print(f"Response Body: {response.text}")
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as req_err:
    print(f"Request failed updating guest {guest_email}: {req_err}")
except json.JSONDecodeError:
    print(f"Failed to decode JSON response for guest update {guest_email}")
    if response is not None:
        print(f"Response Text: {response.text}")

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class UpdateGuest {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        String accessToken = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN", "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN");
        String orgId = System.getenv().getOrDefault("TALLYFY_ORG_ID", "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID");
        String guestEmail = "guest.to.update@example.com";
        String encodedEmail = URLEncoder.encode(guestEmail, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
        String apiUrl = String.format("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/%s/guests/%s", orgId, encodedEmail);

        String jsonPayload = "{\"associated_members\": [1234, 5678]}";

        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
                .uri(URI.create(apiUrl))
                .header("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken)
                .header("Accept", "application/json")
                .header("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .PUT(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(jsonPayload))
                .build();

        try {
            HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

            if (response.statusCode() == 201) {
                System.out.println("Successfully updated guest " + guestEmail + ":");
                System.out.println(response.body());
            } else {
                System.err.println("Failed to update guest " + guestEmail + ". Status: " + response.statusCode());
                System.err.println("Response Body: " + response.body());
            }
        } catch (IOException | InterruptedException e) {
            System.err.println("Request failed: " + e.getMessage());
            Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
        }
    }
}

Go

package main

import (
  "bytes"
  "encoding/json"
  "fmt"
  "io/ioutil"
  "net/http"
  "net/url"
  "os"
  "time"
)

func main() {
  accessToken := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  if accessToken == "" { accessToken = "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN" }
  orgId := os.Getenv("TALLYFY_ORG_ID")
  if orgId == "" { orgId = "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID" }
  guestEmail := "guest.to.update@example.com"
  encodedEmail := url.PathEscape(guestEmail)
  apiUrl := fmt.Sprintf("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/%s/guests/%s", orgId, encodedEmail)

  updateData := map[string]interface{}{
    "associated_members": []int{1234, 5678},
  }

  jsonData, err := json.Marshal(updateData)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error marshalling JSON: %v\n", err)
    return
  }

  client := &http.Client{Timeout: 15 * time.Second}
  req, err := http.NewRequest(http.MethodPut, apiUrl, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error creating request for %s: %v\n", guestEmail, err)
    return
  }

  req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+accessToken)
  req.Header.Set("Accept", "application/json")
  req.Header.Set("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient")
  req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

  resp, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error executing request for %s: %v\n", guestEmail, err)
    return
  }
  defer resp.Body.Close()

  body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Printf("Error reading response body for %s: %v\n", guestEmail, err)
    return
  }

  if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusCreated {
    fmt.Printf("Failed to update guest %s. Status: %d\nBody: %s\n", guestEmail, resp.StatusCode, string(body))
    return
  }

  fmt.Printf("Successfully updated guest %s:\n", guestEmail)
  var prettyJSON bytes.Buffer
  if err := json.Indent(&prettyJSON, body, "", "  "); err == nil {
    fmt.Println(prettyJSON.String())
  } else {
    fmt.Println(string(body))
  }
}

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <string>
#include <cpprest/http_client.h>
#include <cpprest/json.h>

using namespace web;
using namespace web::http;
using namespace web::http::client;
using namespace web::json;

pplx::task<void> UpdateTallyfyGuest(const utility::string_t& guestEmail, const value& updatePayload)
{
    utility::string_t accessToken = U("YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    utility::string_t orgId = U("YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID");
    utility::string_t encodedEmail = uri::encode_uri(guestEmail, uri::components::path);
    utility::string_t apiUrl = U("https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/") + orgId + U("/guests/") + encodedEmail;

    http_client client(apiUrl);
    http_request request(methods::PUT);

    request.headers().add(U("Authorization"), U("Bearer ") + accessToken);
    request.headers().add(U("Accept"), U("application/json"));
    request.headers().add(U("X-Tallyfy-Client"), U("APIClient"));
    request.headers().set_content_type(U("application/json"));
    request.set_body(updatePayload);

    return client.request(request).then([guestEmail](http_response response)
    {
        utility::string_t emailW = guestEmail;
        return response.extract_json().then([response, emailW](pplx::task<value> task)
        {
            try {
                value const & body = task.get();
                if (response.status_code() == status_codes::Created) {
                    std::wcout << L"Successfully updated guest " << emailW << L":\n" << body.serialize() << std::endl;
                } else {
                    std::wcerr << L"Failed to update guest " << emailW << L". Status: " << response.status_code() << L"\nResponse: " << body.serialize() << std::endl;
                }
            } catch (const http_exception& e) {
                std::wcerr << L"HTTP exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
            } catch (const std::exception& e) {
                std::wcerr << L"Exception: " << e.what() << std::endl;
            }
        });
    });
}

int main() {
    try {
        value payload = value::object();
        value members = value::array();
        members[0] = value::number(1234);
        members[1] = value::number(5678);
        payload[U("associated_members")] = members;

        UpdateTallyfyGuest(U("guest.to.update@example.com"), payload).wait();
    } catch (const std::exception &e) {
        std::cerr << "Error: " << e.what() << std::endl;
    }
    return 0;
}
// Requires C++ REST SDK (Casablanca).

C#

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.Json;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using System.Web;

public class TallyfyGuestUpdater
{
    private static readonly HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

    public class GuestUpdatePayload
    {
        public List<int> AssociatedMembers { get; set; }
    }

    public static async Task UpdateGuestAsync(string guestEmail, GuestUpdatePayload payload)
    {
        var accessToken = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TALLYFY_ACCESS_TOKEN") ?? "YOUR_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN";
        var orgId = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("TALLYFY_ORG_ID") ?? "YOUR_ORGANIZATION_ID";
        var encodedEmail = HttpUtility.UrlPathEncode(guestEmail);
        var apiUrl = $"https://go.tallyfy.com/api/organizations/{orgId}/guests/{encodedEmail}";

        try
        {
            using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Put, apiUrl);
            request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", accessToken);
            request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
            request.Headers.Add("X-Tallyfy-Client", "APIClient");

            var options = new JsonSerializerOptions {
                DefaultIgnoreCondition = System.Text.Json.Serialization.JsonIgnoreCondition.WhenWritingNull
            };
            string jsonPayload = JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload, options);
            request.Content = new StringContent(jsonPayload, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);
            string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

            if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Created) // 201
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Successfully updated guest {guestEmail}:");
                try {
                    using var doc = JsonDocument.Parse(responseBody);
                    Console.WriteLine(JsonSerializer.Serialize(doc.RootElement, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true }));
                } catch (JsonException) {
                    Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
                }
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"Failed to update guest {guestEmail}. Status: {response.StatusCode}");
                Console.WriteLine($"Response: {responseBody}");
            }
        }
        catch (HttpRequestException e)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Request exception updating guest {guestEmail}: {e.Message}");
        }
        catch (JsonException jsonEx)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"JSON serialization error: {jsonEx.Message}");
        }
    }

    // Example usage:
    // static async Task Main(string[] args)
    // {
    //     var update = new GuestUpdatePayload {
    //         AssociatedMembers = new List<int> { 1234, 5678 }
    //     };
    //     await UpdateGuestAsync("guest.to.update@example.com", update);
    // }
}

Response

A successful request returns a 201 Created status and a JSON object with the full guest record after the update.

{
  "data": {
    "id": 1234,
    "email": "guest.to.update@example.com",
    "last_accessed_at": "2024-06-15T10:30:00Z",
    "last_known_ip": "203.0.113.42",
    "last_known_country": "US",
    "details": {
      "status": "active",
      "phone_1": "+15551234567",
      "phone_2": null,
      "timezone": "America/Chicago",
      "image_url": null,
      "contact_url": null,
      "company_url": null,
      "opportunity_url": null,
      "company_name": "Acme Corp",
      "opportunity_name": null,
      "external_sync_source": null,
      "external_date_creation": null,
      "cadence_days": null,
      "associated_members": [1234, 5678],
      "last_city": "Chicago",
      "last_country": "US",
      "last_accessed_at": "2024-06-15T10:30:00Z",
      "disabled_at": null,
      "disabled_by": null,
      "reactivated_at": null,
      "reactivated_by": null
    },
    "first_name": "Jane",
    "last_name": "Doe",
    "created_at": "2024-01-10T09:00:00Z",
    "deleted_at": null,
    "link": "https://go.tallyfy.com/..."
  }
}

If the guest email isn’t found, you’ll get a 404 error. Invalid payloads return 422.

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