Cannot convert value to data type for field clientContactID

[EricZer]

Request:

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POST /rest-services/79hhop/entity/ClientContact/7 HTTP/1.1
Host: rest99.bullhornstaffing.com
Accept: application/json
Accept-Encoding: gzip, deflate
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 33
BHRestToken: [token]

{
  "clientContactID": 1235
}

Response:

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HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
Content-Type: application/json;charset=UTF-8
X-RateLimit-Remaining-Minute: 2996
X-RateLimit-Limit-Minute: 3000
RateLimit-Remaining: 2996
RateLimit-Reset: 34
RateLimit-Limit: 3000
Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
X-Kong-Upstream-Latency: 60
X-Kong-Proxy-Latency: 1
Content-Length: 341
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2023 12:14:27 GMT
Connection: close

{"errorMessage":"error persisting an entity of type: ClientContact","errorMessageKey":"errors.cannotPersistEntity","errorCode":500,"errors":[{"detailMessage":"cannot convert value to data type for field clientContactID","propertyName":"clientContactID","severity":"ERROR","type":"IMPROPERLY_STRUCTURED_SCALAR"}],"entityName":"ClientContact"}

Receiving an error when trying to update the clientContactID field.
What causes this error? The metadata shows that clientContactId is an INTEGER data type.

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        {
            "name": "clientContactID",
            "type": "SCALAR",
            "dataType": "Integer",
            "confidential": false,
            "label": "Client Contact ID",
            "hideFromSearch": false
        },

Is this field not updatable? How can you tell if a field is or is not updatable?

[andrewalteri]

Hi EricZer,

Which entity are you attempting to update? You would not be able to update the clientContact ID of a ClientContact as those IDs are unique and read-only.

Here are the available fields for ClientContact:

https://bullhorn.github.io/rest-api-doc ... entcontact

[dossierstate]

Thanks for explaining it, problem solved.