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Update a recipient

Updates a recipient.

Checked 2026-09-28

Updates a recipient.

Path PATCH https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/recipients/recipient
Scope notify:write
Effect write — a successful call changes state.
Collection recipients
Query update_mask, allow_missing, validate_only

#Request

Field	Type	What it is
`recipient`	`Recipient`	The recipient to update; `name` identifies it. Required.
`update_mask`	`field_mask`	The fields to write; unset writes every populated field.
`allow_missing`	`bool`	Create the recipient when it does not exist (declarative upsert).
`validate_only`	`bool`	Validate and return the result without writing anything.

#Recipient

Field	Type	What it is
`name`	`string`	`orgs/{org}/projects/{project}/envs/{env}/recipients/{recipient}`.
`meta`	`ResourceMeta`	Resource metadata.
`external_key`	`string`	The customer's own id for this user, for example an Auth end user name.
`email_addresses`	`string[]`	Email addresses, first is preferred.
`phone_numbers`	`string[]`	E.164 phone numbers, first is preferred.
`devices`	`PushDevice[]`	Push devices.
`language_code`	`string`	BCP 47 language for templates; default the environment's.
`time_zone`	`string`	IANA time zone for quiet hours and digests.
`test`	`bool`	A test recipient: its messages are rendered and captured on the Message, never delivered. An email address whose local part carries `+sylphx_test` is a test address whatever this says.

#ResourceMeta

Field	Type	What it is
`labels`	`map<string, string>`	Caller-writable, indexed labels (AIP-122 label rules).
`annotations`	`map<string, string>`	Caller-writable, unindexed annotations.
`display_name`	`string`	Caller-writable human-readable name.

#PushDevice

Field	Type	What it is
`platform`	`PushPlatform`	The platform. Required. One of `apns`, `fcm`, `web_push`.
`device_token`	`string`	The device token; write-only. Required. Never returned again.
`sender`	`string`	The push Sender the token belongs to. Required.

#Response

Field	Type	What it is
`name`	`string`	`orgs/{org}/projects/{project}/envs/{env}/recipients/{recipient}`.
`uid`	`string`	`rcp_<cell><ulid>`; never reused. Output only.
`meta`	`ResourceMeta`	Resource metadata.
`external_key`	`string`	The customer's own id for this user, for example an Auth end user name.
`email_addresses`	`string[]`	Email addresses, first is preferred.
`phone_numbers`	`string[]`	E.164 phone numbers, first is preferred.
`devices`	`PushDevice[]`	Push devices.
`language_code`	`string`	BCP 47 language for templates; default the environment's.
`time_zone`	`string`	IANA time zone for quiet hours and digests.
`test`	`bool`	A test recipient: its messages are rendered and captured on the Message, never delivered. An email address whose local part carries `+sylphx_test` is a test address whatever this says.

#ResourceMeta

Field	Type	What it is
`generation`	`int64`	Increases by one on every change to `spec`. Output only.
`etag`	`string`	Strong ETag (AIP-154): changes on any change to spec, status, or metadata. Send it back as `If-Match` or `etag` to make Update and Delete conditional; a mismatch fails with ABORTED / 409 `ETAG_MISMATCH`. Output only.
`create_time`	`timestamp`	When the Resource was created. Output only.
`update_time`	`timestamp`	When the Resource last changed. Output only.
`delete_time`	`timestamp`	Set while the Resource is being deleted. Output only.
`labels`	`map<string, string>`	Caller-writable, indexed labels (AIP-122 label rules).
`annotations`	`map<string, string>`	Caller-writable, unindexed annotations.
`display_name`	`string`	Caller-writable human-readable name.
`creator`	`string`	The principal that created the Resource. Output only.

#PushDevice

Field	Type	What it is
`platform`	`PushPlatform`	The platform. Required. One of `apns`, `fcm`, `web_push`.
`device_token`	`string`	The device token; write-only. Required. Never returned again.
`token_last4`	`string`	The last four characters of the token, for display. Output only.
`sender`	`string`	The push Sender the token belongs to. Required.

#Errors

UNAUTHENTICATED — No valid key or token was presented.
PERMISSION_DENIED — The key lacks the method's permission.
RESOURCE_NOT_FOUND — The named Resource does not exist or is not visible.
UNKNOWN_FIELD — The request has a field the schema does not know.
INVALID_FIELD — A field failed validation.
ETAG_MISMATCH — The etag sent does not match the Resource's current etag.
IDEMPOTENCY_KEY_REUSED — An Idempotency-Key was reused with another body.
IDEMPOTENCY_IN_PROGRESS — The first call with this Idempotency-Key is still running.

Every error arrives in the body Errors describes.

#Examples

curl -X PATCH "https://api.sylphx.com/v1/orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/recipients/recipient" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SYLPHX_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"orgs/acme/projects/shop/envs/production/recipients/recipient"}'

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