Add a Contact Parent

Link a Contact (child) to another Contact (parent). Both contacts must already exist to be able to use this webservice.

Query String Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Required
Action	String	ContactParentLink	Required
ContactId	Int	The unique identifier of the contact which can be retrieved using Contact List.	Required
ContactParentId	Int	The unique identifier of the parent contact which can be retrieved using Contact List.	Required
OverwriteIfExists	Bool	If the contact already has a parent contact – setting this to true will override the original parent contact.	Required

Response Codes

Code	Message	Information
0	Contact {contact.ContactName} is already linked to a parent contact: {contactParent.ContactName}.	Contact is already linked. Message includes the Contact Names for reference
0	Parent Contact: {contactParent.ContactName} has been linked to Contact Record: {contact.ContactName}.	Contact has been linked successfully. Message includes the Contact Names for reference
2	contactNoteId, contactNoteParentId or overwriteIfExists parameters required	Mandatory parameter was not supplied
2	Overwriteifexists requires value true or false	Boolean value is invalid or was not specified (when required)
2	Invalid contact id	Integer value is invalid or was not specified (when required)
2	No matching contact record	No data returned or set-up in BigChange
2	No matching parent record	No data returned or set-up in BigChange
2	misc_noRight	You do not have the permissions to create and update contacts.

Example

Request

Request URL

https://webservice.bigchange.com/v01/services.ashx??action=ContactParentLink&ContactId=27095183&ContactParentId=27095154&OverwriteIfExists=false

Response

Response Data

{
  "Code": 0,
  "Result": "Parent Contact: Joe Bloggs has been linked to Contact Record: Fred Smith."
}