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GetHarvest - Update Contact

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Updates the specific contact by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged. Returns a contact object and a 200 OK response code if the call succeeded.

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function chilkatExample() {

    var success = false;

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    var http = new chilkat.Http();

    // Implements the following CURL command:

    // curl "https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts/CONTACT_ID" \
    //   -H "Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN" \
    //   -H "Harvest-Account-Id: ACCOUNT_ID" \
    //   -H "User-Agent: MyApp (yourname@example.com)" \
    //   -X PATCH \
    //   -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    //   -d '{"title":"Owner"}'

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "title": "Owner"
    // }

    var json = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("title","Owner");

    http.SetRequestHeader("User-Agent","MyApp (yourname@example.com)");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Authorization","Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN");
    http.SetRequestHeader("Harvest-Account-Id","ACCOUNT_ID");

    var sbRequestBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody);

    var resp = new chilkat.HttpResponse();
    success = http.HttpSb("PATCH","https://api.harvestapp.com/v2/contacts/CONTACT_ID",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",resp);
    if (success == false) {
        console.log(http.LastErrorText);
        return;
    }

    var sbResponseBody = new chilkat.StringBuilder();
    resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody);
    var jResp = new chilkat.JsonObject();
    jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody);
    jResp.EmitCompact = false;

    console.log("Response Body:");
    console.log(jResp.Emit());

    var respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode;
    console.log("Response Status Code = " + respStatusCode);
    if (respStatusCode >= 400) {
        console.log("Response Header:");
        console.log(resp.Header);
        console.log("Failed.");
        return;
    }

    // Sample JSON response:

    // {
    //   "id": 4706510,
    //   "title": "Owner",
    //   "first_name": "George",
    //   "last_name": "Frank",
    //   "email": "georgefrank@example.com",
    //   "phone_office": "",
    //   "phone_mobile": "",
    //   "fax": "",
    //   "created_at": "2017-06-26T21:44:57Z",
    //   "updated_at": "2017-06-26T21:46:48Z",
    //   "client": {
    //     "id": 5735776,
    //     "name": "123 Industries"
    //   }
    // }

    // Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
    // Use the following online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON:
    // Generate Parsing Code from JSON

    var id;
    var title;
    var first_name;
    var last_name;
    var email;
    var phone_office;
    var phone_mobile;
    var fax;
    var created_at;
    var updated_at;
    var clientId;
    var clientName;

    id = jResp.IntOf("id");
    title = jResp.StringOf("title");
    first_name = jResp.StringOf("first_name");
    last_name = jResp.StringOf("last_name");
    email = jResp.StringOf("email");
    phone_office = jResp.StringOf("phone_office");
    phone_mobile = jResp.StringOf("phone_mobile");
    fax = jResp.StringOf("fax");
    created_at = jResp.StringOf("created_at");
    updated_at = jResp.StringOf("updated_at");
    clientId = jResp.IntOf("client.id");
    clientName = jResp.StringOf("client.name");

}

chilkatExample();