Answers.Body: <p>The snippet looks correct to me, Can you try using 'contact_id' instead of 'id' as sometimes it did work for me. I am having hard time to recollect the scenario why i had to use 'contact_id' over 'id'.</p>
  
  <p>Cheers</p>
  
  <p>Pradeep</p>
  
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Answers.Text: That doesn't help unfortunately.
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Body: <p>I have a civicrm-application that gets updates trough an external rest-api call. But there's something odd happening. </p>
  
  <pre><code>Request:
  ```
  api_key=76d9f1d3h4c87c2465a8a305b6fe&amp;key=487e30c9219952143657f779&amp;json={"first_name":"Sebastian","last_name":"Vyaene","birth_date":"01-01-1992","gender_id":2,"custom_5":"B380-A003-G164-W878","custom_6":null,"custom_7":null,"preferred_language":"nl_NL","phone":"0477745678","custom_8":{},"custom_18":[],"contact_type":"Individual","sequential":1,"custom_14":0,"id":420564,"custom_10":0,"api.Address.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","street_address":" ","postal_code":"9000","city":null,"location_type_id":1,"id":396363},"api.Email.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","email":"sebastian@marlon.be","id":426290},"api.Phone.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","phone":"0477745678","id":101260},"api.Membership.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","membership_type_id":1,"join_date":"2017-10-16","start_date":"2017-10-16","end_date":"2018-10-16","source":{},"custom_17":"B380-A003-G164-W878","id":362337}}&amp;entity=Contact&amp;action=create
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>```
  this is an create action, but there's already an id present, so there should be an update. But as you can see in the response, the id is ignored and another contact is created, what is not the behaviour we want.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Response:
  
  ```
  
  {"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":481202,"values":[{"id":"481202","contact_type":"Individual","contact_sub_type":"","do_not_email":"0","do_not_phone":"0","do_not_mail":"0","do_not_sms":"0","do_not_trade":"0","is_opt_out":"0","legal_identifier":"","external_identifier":"","sort_name":"Vyaene, Sebastian","display_name":"Sebastian Vyaene","nick_name":"","legal_name":"","image_URL":"","preferred_communication_method":"","preferred_language":"nl_NL","preferred_mail_format":"Both","hash":"0326647eddd86831d8e1454926e8a2c5","api_key":"","first_name":"Sebastian","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vyaene","prefix_id":"","suffix_id":"","formal_title":"","communication_style_id":"","email_greeting_id":"1","email_greeting_custom":"","email_greeting_display":"","postal_greeting_id":"1","postal_greeting_custom":"","postal_greeting_display":"","addressee_id":"1","addressee_custom":"","addressee_display":"","job_title":"","gender_id":"2","birth_date":"1992-01-01","is_deceased":"0","deceased_date":"","household_name":"","primary_contact_id":"","organization_name":"","sic_code":"","user_unique_id":"","created_date":"2018-08-20 10:04:48","modified_date":"2018-08-20 10:04:48","api.Address.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":396363,"values":[{"id":"396363","contact_id":"481202","location_type_id":"1","is_primary":"1","is_billing":"0","street_address":" ","postal_code":"9000","manual_geo_code":"0"}]},"api.Email.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":426290,"values":[{"id":"426290","contact_id":"481202","location_type_id":"","email":"sebastian@marlon.be","is_primary":"","is_billing":"","on_hold":"","is_bulkmail":"","hold_date":"","reset_date":"","signature_text":"","signature_html":""}]},"api.Phone.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":101260,"values":[{"id":"101260","contact_id":"481202","location_type_id":"","is_primary":"","is_billing":"","mobile_provider_id":"","phone":"0477745678","phone_ext":"","phone_numeric":"","phone_type_id":""}]},"api.Membership.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":362337,"values":[{"id":"362337","contact_id":"481202","membership_type_id":"1","join_date":"2017-10-16","start_date":"2017-10-16","end_date":"2018-10-16","source":"Array","status_id":"2","is_override":"","owner_membership_id":"","max_related":"","is_test":"0","is_pay_later":"0","contribution_recur_id":"","campaign_id":""}]}}]}
  
  ``` 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Request Id:  420564
  Response Id: 481202 </p>
  
  <p>I've looked at the call for hours and i can't find the problem. Anyone else who can help?</p>
  
  <p>I'm currently on 4.6.36 and drupal 7.59. But as a test i upgraded to 5.2.1 and the same problem occures.</p>
  
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Comments.Text: The request string looks correct. Can you share a part of the code where you call the rest api?
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Title: Api doesn't update record vu creates new
ThreadText: # Api doesn't update record vu creates new
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-08-20)
  
  I have a civicrm-application that gets updates trough an external rest-api call. But there's something odd happening.
  
  ```
  Request:
  ```
  api_key=76d9f1d3h4c87c2465a8a305b6fe&key=487e30c9219952143657f779&json={"first_name":"Sebastian","last_name":"Vyaene","birth_date":"01-01-1992","gender_id":2,"custom_5":"B380-A003-G164-W878","custom_6":null,"custom_7":null,"preferred_language":"nl_NL","phone":"0477745678","custom_8":{},"custom_18":[],"contact_type":"Individual","sequential":1,"custom_14":0,"id":420564,"custom_10":0,"api.Address.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","street_address":" ","postal_code":"9000","city":null,"location_type_id":1,"id":396363},"api.Email.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","email":"sebastian@marlon.be","id":426290},"api.Phone.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","phone":"0477745678","id":101260},"api.Membership.create":{"contact_id":"$value.id","membership_type_id":1,"join_date":"2017-10-16","start_date":"2017-10-16","end_date":"2018-10-16","source":{},"custom_17":"B380-A003-G164-W878","id":362337}}&entity=Contact&action=create
  
  ```
  
  ```
  this is an create action, but there's already an id present, so there should be an update. But as you can see in the response, the id is ignored and another contact is created, what is not the behaviour we want.
  
  ```
  Response:
  
  ```
  
  {"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":481202,"values":[{"id":"481202","contact_type":"Individual","contact_sub_type":"","do_not_email":"0","do_not_phone":"0","do_not_mail":"0","do_not_sms":"0","do_not_trade":"0","is_opt_out":"0","legal_identifier":"","external_identifier":"","sort_name":"Vyaene, Sebastian","display_name":"Sebastian Vyaene","nick_name":"","legal_name":"","image_URL":"","preferred_communication_method":"","preferred_language":"nl_NL","preferred_mail_format":"Both","hash":"0326647eddd86831d8e1454926e8a2c5","api_key":"","first_name":"Sebastian","middle_name":"","last_name":"Vyaene","prefix_id":"","suffix_id":"","formal_title":"","communication_style_id":"","email_greeting_id":"1","email_greeting_custom":"","email_greeting_display":"","postal_greeting_id":"1","postal_greeting_custom":"","postal_greeting_display":"","addressee_id":"1","addressee_custom":"","addressee_display":"","job_title":"","gender_id":"2","birth_date":"1992-01-01","is_deceased":"0","deceased_date":"","household_name":"","primary_contact_id":"","organization_name":"","sic_code":"","user_unique_id":"","created_date":"2018-08-20 10:04:48","modified_date":"2018-08-20 10:04:48","api.Address.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":396363,"values":[{"id":"396363","contact_id":"481202","location_type_id":"1","is_primary":"1","is_billing":"0","street_address":" ","postal_code":"9000","manual_geo_code":"0"}]},"api.Email.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":426290,"values":[{"id":"426290","contact_id":"481202","location_type_id":"","email":"sebastian@marlon.be","is_primary":"","is_billing":"","on_hold":"","is_bulkmail":"","hold_date":"","reset_date":"","signature_text":"","signature_html":""}]},"api.Phone.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":101260,"values":[{"id":"101260","contact_id":"481202","location_type_id":"","is_primary":"","is_billing":"","mobile_provider_id":"","phone":"0477745678","phone_ext":"","phone_numeric":"","phone_type_id":""}]},"api.Membership.create":{"is_error":0,"version":3,"count":1,"id":362337,"values":[{"id":"362337","contact_id":"481202","membership_type_id":"1","join_date":"2017-10-16","start_date":"2017-10-16","end_date":"2018-10-16","source":"Array","status_id":"2","is_override":"","owner_membership_id":"","max_related":"","is_test":"0","is_pay_later":"0","contribution_recur_id":"","campaign_id":""}]}}]}
  
  ``` 
  
  ```
  
  Request Id: 420564
  Response Id: 481202
  
  I've looked at the call for hours and i can't find the problem. Anyone else who can help?
  
  I'm currently on 4.6.36 and drupal 7.59. But as a test i upgraded to 5.2.1 and the same problem occures.
  
  **Tags:** api, rest
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: The request string looks correct. Can you share a part of the code where you call the rest api?  
  
  ---
  
  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_2 on 2018-08-20. Score: 1
  
  The snippet looks correct to me, Can you try using 'contact\_id' instead of 'id' as sometimes it did work for me. I am having hard time to recollect the scenario why i had to use 'contact\_id' over 'id'.
  
  Cheers
  
  username_2
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: That doesn't help unfortunately.  
  
  ---
  
  