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Using REST API Push Lead to update leads with "updateOnly" created a new lead

  • March 25, 2024
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We have tested that when using the REST API to update a lead with the conditions:

action: "updateOnly",

lookupField: "id",

 

If the id is not found, a new lead is created with a new id. Why does this happen? If I am specifying updateOnly, shouldn't this prohibit any create actions?

 

 

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Best answer by SanfordWhiteman

The property is simply ignored for Push Lead. It would be better if we had JSON schema validation to discard the request immediately, but c’est la vie.

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SaurabhGoyal_GN
SaurabhGoyal_GN
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March 26, 2024

@jessica_swoogo - As Sandy mentioned, there is no action parameter in "push" lead endpoint. 

If you want to update leads using REST APIs, then you should use  this endpoint - "POST /rest/v1/leads.json" - This enpoint will respect the action parameter and will not create new record in to the system if you are using "updateOnly" as action. 

Here is the marketo doc link.

Thanks,
Saurabh

SanfordWhiteman
SanfordWhiteman
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March 26, 2024

N.B. You’d need to call Push Lead or Sync Program Member after seeing the result of of Sync Lead.

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March 25, 2024

The property is simply ignored for Push Lead. It would be better if we had JSON schema validation to discard the request immediately, but c’est la vie.

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