# Edit Contact Through API without ID **URL:** \ **Category:** Product Support\ **Created:** [July 29, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/edit-contact-through-api-without-id/4681 "2016-07-29T21:56:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mingo3369](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mingo3369](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mingo3369)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/edit-contact-through-api-without-id/4681/1 "2016-07-29T21:56:44Z")
I have devised an API call to CREATE a contact in mautic when a contact is added in my CRM. My problem is that I cannot send an EDIT contact call when their information changes in my CRM unless I know the mautic ID. My CRM does not not know the mautic ID and their is no way i can see to call it. Some of the Automation systems I have seen allow you to make calls via another key identifier like my CRM’s contact ID but I don’t see a way to do that here. Anyone have an ideas? ---
**Author:** ![mingo3369](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mingo3369](https://forum.mautic.org/u/mingo3369)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/edit-contact-through-api-without-id/4681/2 "2016-07-29T21:56:44Z")
I have devised an API call to CREATE a contact in mautic when a contact is added in my CRM. My problem is that I cannot send an EDIT contact call when their information changes in my CRM unless I know the mautic ID. My CRM does not not know the mautic ID and their is no way i can see to call it. Some of the Automation systems I have seen allow you to make calls via another key identifier like my CRM’s contact ID but I don’t see a way to do that here. Anyone have an ideas? ---
**Author:** ![escopecz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.mautic.org/escopecz/32/370_2.png) [@escopecz](https://forum.mautic.org/u/escopecz)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2016, 10:42am UTC](https://forum.mautic.org/t/edit-contact-through-api-without-id/4681/3 "2016-08-01T10:42:55Z")
Edit a contact by another key would be really nice to have. But for now, it can be done by 2 API requests. Firstly you search for the contact, get the ID and then you can edit it.