---
title: "Change the status of a specific contact"
description: "PUT /contacts/{contact_id}/change_status/{status_id} — Sets the contact's status. The status must be one of the account's configured statuses."
canonical_url: https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/contacts/put-contacts-contact_id-change_status-status_id/
source: Markdown mirror of https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/contacts/put-contacts-contact_id-change_status-status_id/
---

`PUT /contacts/{contact_id}/change_status/{status_id}`

Sets the contact's status. The status must be one of the account's configured statuses.

Resource: [Contacts](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/contacts/) · [API Reference](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/reference/)

## Request

```bash
curl -X PUT "https://app.onepagecrm.com/api/v3/contacts/{contact_id}/change_status/{status_id}" \
  -u $user_id:$api_key
```

Authentication is HTTP Basic — `user_id` as username, `api_key` as password.
See https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/authentication/.

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `contact_id` | string | Contact ID |
| `status_id` | string | Status ID |

## Responses

### 200

OK

```json
{
  "status": 0,
  "message": "OK",
  "timestamp": 1528373119,
  "data": {
    "contact": {
      "id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4",
      "title": "Mr",
      "first_name": "Joe",
      "last_name": "Bloggs",
      "job_title": "Engineer",
      "starred": true,
      "photo_url": "https://{foo.bar}/joe-bloggs.jpg",
      "company_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d5",
      "company_name": "Morgan's Forensic Lab",
      "urls": [
        {
          "type": "linkedin",
          "value": "https://www.linkedin.com/{joe.bloggs}"
        }
      ],
      "phones": [
        {
          "type": "work",
          "value": "(912) 644-1770"
        }
      ],
      "emails": [
        {
          "type": "work",
          "value": "joe.bloggs@example.com"
        }
      ],
      "address_list": [
        {
          "address": "Unit 5, Business Innovation Centre",
          "city": "Upper Newcastle",
          "state": "Galway",
          "zip_code": "H91 Y0T0",
          "country_code": "IE",
          "type": "delivery"
        }
      ],
      "status": "Prospect",
      "status_id": "5e31e030849d781e837b6ba1",
      "tags": [
        "Java",
        "Android",
        "iOS"
      ],
      "lead_source_id": "email_web",
      "lead_source": "Email or Web",
      "background": "I met Joe Bloggs at the annual Eco Conference in Florida. Her company currently provides solar panels (along with a lot of other stuff) to the State Government of California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Utah for capital building projects. Her current supplier is crazy expensive! I've asked to be able to tender for their next order.",
      "owner_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c92a5",
      "custom_fields": [
        {
          "custom_field": {
            "id": "5aad9b039007ba18c9ebad13",
            "name": "Favorite season",
            "type": "select_box",
            "position": 2,
            "choices": [
              "Spring",
              "Summer",
              "Autumn",
              "Winter"
            ]
          },
          "value": "Summer"
        }
      ],
      "letter": "b",
      "pending_deal": true,
      "total_pendings": 999.99,
      "total_deals_count": 3,
      "company_size": 1,
      "sales_closed_for": [
        "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7"
      ],
      "closed_sales": [
        {
          "user_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7",
          "closed_at": 1524818902,
          "comment": "Client is no longer interested"
        }
      ],
      "google_contacts_data": {
        "account_email": "jane.doe@example.com",
        "id": "342c5b5c08d4b0b2",
        "saved_at": 1522840153
      },
      "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
      "modified_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z"
    },
    "next_actions": [
      {
        "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9",
        "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7",
        "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4",
        "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization",
        "status": "date_time",
        "date": "2018-05-16",
        "exact_time": 1526472000,
        "position": 1,
        "done": false,
        "done_at": "2018-05-16",
        "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
        "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z"
      }
    ],
    "next_action": {
      "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9",
      "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7",
      "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4",
      "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization",
      "status": "date_time",
      "date": "2018-05-16",
      "exact_time": 1526472000,
      "position": 1,
      "done": false,
      "done_at": "2018-05-16",
      "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
      "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z"
    },
    "queued_actions": [
      {
        "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9",
        "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7",
        "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4",
        "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization",
        "status": "date_time",
        "date": "2018-05-16",
        "exact_time": 1526472000,
        "position": 1,
        "done": false,
        "done_at": "2018-05-16",
        "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
        "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z"
      }
    ],
    "next_action_conflicts": [],
    "company": {
      "id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c92ac",
      "image": "data:image/png;base64,iVBORw...",
      "name": "Crockett & Tubbs Security",
      "description": "For all your security needs",
      "phone": "(912) 644-1771",
      "photo_url": "https://example.com/someimage.png",
      "url": "https://{foo.bar}",
      "address": {
        "address": "Unit 5, Business Innovation Centre",
        "city": "Upper Newcastle",
        "state": "Galway",
        "zip_code": "H91 Y0T0",
        "country_code": "IE"
      },
      "company_fields": [
        {
          "company_field": {
            "id": "5aad9b039007ba28c9ebad56",
            "name": "Company size",
            "type": "select_box",
            "position": 2,
            "choices": [
              "Small",
              "Medium",
              "Large"
            ]
          },
          "value": "Large"
        }
      ],
      "syncing_status": true,
      "synced_status_id": "5aaa9b039007ba08c9ebaf0a",
      "syncing_tags": true,
      "synced_tags": [
        "Java",
        "Android",
        "iOS"
      ],
      "contacts_count": 3,
      "won_deals_count": 5,
      "total_won_amount": 999.99,
      "pending_deals_count": 1,
      "total_pending_amount": 99.99,
      "contacts": [
        {
          "contact": {
            "id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4",
            "title": "Mr",
            "first_name": "Joe",
            "last_name": "Bloggs",
            "job_title": "Engineer",
            "starred": true,
            "photo_url": "https://{foo.bar}/joe-bloggs.jpg",
            "company_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d5",
            "company_name": "Morgan's Forensic Lab",
            "urls": [],
            "phones": [],
            "emails": [],
            "address_list": [],
            "status": "Prospect",
            "status_id": "5e31e030849d781e837b6ba1",
            "tags": [
              "Java",
              "Android",
              "iOS"
            ],
            "lead_source_id": "email_web",
            "lead_source": "Email or Web",
            "background": "I met Joe Bloggs at the annual Eco Conference in Florida. Her company currently provides solar panels (along with a lot of other stuff) to the State Government of California, Nevada, Oregon, Arizona and Utah for capital building projects. Her current supplier is crazy expensive! I've asked to be able to tender for their next order.",
            "owner_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c92a5",
            "custom_fields": [],
            "letter": "b",
            "pending_deal": true,
            "total_pendings": 999.99,
            "total_deals_count": 3,
            "company_size": 1,
            "sales_closed_for": [
              "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7"
            ],
            "closed_sales": [],
            "google_contacts_data": {},
            "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
            "modified_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z"
          },
          "next_actions": [
            {}
          ],
          "next_action": {
            "id": "5aeac8789007ba56ffca92b9",
            "assignee_id": "5aaa9b009007ba08c9ebaef7",
            "contact_id": "5aba31ea9007ba0f570c92d4",
            "text": "#1 Email Jane introducing our organization",
            "status": "date_time",
            "date": "2018-05-16",
            "exact_time": 1526472000,
            "position": 1,
            "done": false,
            "done_at": "2018-05-16",
            "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
            "modified_at": "2018-05-16T12:52:09Z"
          },
          "queued_actions": [
            {}
          ],
          "next_action_conflicts": []
        }
      ],
      "pending_deals": [
        {
          "deal": {
            "id": "5aaa9b059007ba08c9ebaf58",
            "contact_id": "5aaa9b059007ba08c9ebaf58",
            "owner_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7",
            "pipeline_id": "5cfa87a4849d7873db082f98",
            "sales_pipeline_id": "5cfa87a4849d7873db082f98",
            "name": "Solar panels",
            "text": "Fingers crossed!",
            "stage": 50,
            "status": "pending",
            "expected_close_date": "2018-04-15",
            "close_date": "2018-04-15",
            "date": "2018-04-15",
            "amount": 99.99,
            "months": 1,
            "cost": 0,
            "margin": 99.99,
            "total_amount": 99.99,
            "total_cost": 0,
            "commission_base": "amount",
            "commission_type": "none",
            "commission": 0,
            "commission_percentage": 0,
            "reason_lost_id": "5aaa9b059007ba08c9ebaf58",
            "deal_fields": [],
            "has_deal_items": true,
            "deal_items": [],
            "author": "Jane D.",
            "has_related_notes": true,
            "attachments": [],
            "contact_info": {},
            "owner": {},
            "previous_pipeline_stages": {
              "5da7b67a849d78737812437c": 40
            },
            "created_at": "2018-03-15T16:10:45Z",
            "modified_at": "2018-03-15T16:10:45Z",
            "linked_contacts": [
              {
                "id": "68b5edd78b3ee61b685c8692",
                "contact_name": "Sajed Almorsy",
                "company": "OnePageCRM",
                "photo_url": ""
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z",
      "modified_at": "2018-05-16T11:52:09Z"
    }
  },
  "lead_sources": [
    {
      "id": "advertisement",
      "text": "Advertisement",
      "counts": 4,
      "total_count": 7,
      "action_stream_count": 2,
      "team_counts": [
        {
          "user_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7",
          "counts": 4
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "statuses": [
    {
      "status": {
        "id": "5aead4809007ba56ffca942e",
        "status": "prospect",
        "text": "Prospect",
        "description": "Actively selling to these people",
        "color": "f96600",
        "counts": 3,
        "total_count": 3,
        "action_stream_count": 2,
        "team_counts": [
          {
            "user_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7",
            "counts": 4
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ],
  "tags": {
    "tags": [
      {
        "name": "VIP",
        "counts": 2,
        "total_count": 4,
        "action_stream_count": 1
      }
    ],
    "system_tags": [
      {
        "name": "VIP",
        "counts": 2,
        "total_count": 4,
        "action_stream_count": 1
      }
    ]
  },
  "contacts_count": {
    "all": [
      {
        "1": 1,
        "a": 2,
        "b": 2,
        "c": 1,
        "d": 1,
        "e": 0,
        "f": 0,
        "g": 3,
        "h": 0,
        "i": 3,
        "j": 0,
        "k": 0,
        "l": 2,
        "m": 2,
        "n": 3,
        "o": 0,
        "p": 2,
        "q": 0,
        "r": 0,
        "s": 0,
        "t": 1,
        "u": 1,
        "v": 1,
        "w": 0,
        "x": 1,
        "y": 1,
        "z": 0,
        "total_count": 27
      }
    ],
    "users": [
      {
        "1": 1,
        "a": 2,
        "b": 2,
        "c": 1,
        "d": 1,
        "e": 0,
        "f": 0,
        "g": 3,
        "h": 0,
        "i": 3,
        "j": 0,
        "k": 0,
        "l": 2,
        "m": 2,
        "n": 3,
        "o": 0,
        "p": 2,
        "q": 0,
        "r": 0,
        "s": 0,
        "t": 1,
        "u": 1,
        "v": 1,
        "w": 0,
        "x": 1,
        "y": 1,
        "z": 0,
        "total_count": 27,
        "user_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7"
      }
    ]
  },
  "team_stream": {
    "all": 10,
    "users": [
      {
        "user_id": "5aba31e99007ba0f570c12f7",
        "counts": 5
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

Standard error responses: 400, 401, 403, 404, 409, 500 — shared across the API. See https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/errors/.

## Related guides

- [Authentication](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/authentication/)
- [Errors](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/errors/)
- [Rate limits](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/rate-limits/)
- [Partial updates](https://developer.onepagecrm.com/api/partial-updates/)
