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.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_ESSENTIAL\-CONTACTS_UPDATE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha essential\-contacts update \- update an essential contact



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha essential\-contacts update\fR \fICONTACT_ID\fR [\fB\-\-language\fR=\fILANGUAGE\fR] [\fB\-\-notification\-categories\fR=[\fINOTIFICATION_CATEGORIES\fR,...]] [\fB\-\-folder\fR=\fIFOLDER\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-organization\fR=\fIORGANIZATION\fR\ |\ \fB\-\-project\fR=\fIPROJECT\fR] [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To update the notification category subscriptions for the contact with id
\f5\fI123\fR\fR in the current project, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha essential\-contacts update 123 \e
\-\-notification\-categories=legal,suspension
.RE

To update the language preference for the contact with id \f5\fI123\fR\fR in the
folder with id \f5\fI456\fR\fR, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha essential\-contacts update 123 \-\-language=es \e
\-\-folder=456
.RE

To update the notification category subscriptions and language preference for
the contact with id \f5\fI123\fR\fR in the organization with id \f5\fI456\fR\fR,
run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha essential\-contacts update 123 \e
\-\-notification\-categories=legal \-\-language=en\-US \e
\-\-organization=456
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fICONTACT_ID\fR

id of contact


.RE
.sp

.SH "FLAGS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-language\fR=\fILANGUAGE\fR

preferred language of contact. Must be a valid ISO 639\-1 language code.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-notification\-categories\fR=[\fINOTIFICATION_CATEGORIES\fR,...]

list of notification categories contact is subscribed to.
\fINOTIFICATION_CATEGORIES\fR must be one of: \fBall\fR, \fBbilling\fR,
\fBlegal\fR, \fBnotification\-category\-unspecified\fR, \fBproduct\-updates\fR,
\fBsecurity\fR, \fBsuspension\fR, \fBtechnical\fR, \fBtechnical\-incidents\fR.

.TP 2m

At most one of these can be specified:


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fB\-\-folder\fR=\fIFOLDER\fR

folder number where contacts are set. If neither \-\-project, \-\-folder, nor
\-\-organization are provided then the config property [core/project] will be
used as the resource.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-organization\fR=\fIORGANIZATION\fR

organization number where contacts are set. If neither \-\-project, \-\-folder,
nor \-\-organization are provided then the config property [core/project] will
be used as the resource.

.TP 2m
\fB\-\-project\fR=\fIPROJECT\fR

project number or id where contacts are set. If neither \-\-project, \-\-folder,
nor \-\-organization are provided then the config property [core/project] will
be used as the resource.


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

These flags are available to all commands: \-\-access\-token\-file, \-\-account,
\-\-billing\-project, \-\-configuration, \-\-flags\-file, \-\-flatten,
\-\-format, \-\-help, \-\-impersonate\-service\-account, \-\-log\-http,
\-\-project, \-\-quiet, \-\-trace\-token, \-\-user\-output\-enabled,
\-\-verbosity.

Run \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation\-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud essential\-contacts update
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta essential\-contacts update
.RE