How to update a participant's bio and matchmaking message

Use this guide when you need to update a participant's biography/description or their matchmaking introduction message.

Prerequisites

Your API key
The participant's internal id, external_id, or email

Request

Bash

curl -X POST "https://your-event-domain.com/api/v2/account/set" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer your_api_key_here" \
  -F "event_id=7" \
  -F "id=12345" \
  -F "description=John is a product leader with 10 years of experience in SaaS and event technology." \
  -F "matchmaking_message=Looking to connect with technology vendors and event organisers."

Response

JSON

{
  "code": 200,
  "errors": null,
  "data": {
    "id": 12345,
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "status": "updated",
    "external_id": null,
    "info": ["Account match: id"],
    "errors": []
  },
  "response_id": "1700000000.12345"
}

Notes

description is the participant's public biography, displayed on their profile
matchmaking_message is shown to other participants during networking and meeting scheduling
Both fields accept any string value and can be updated independently