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# Set lead status

> Mark a lead won, lost or ignored, or open it again. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/mailshake/update_lead_status

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Mark a lead won, lost or ignored, or open it again.

Mailshake API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/mailshake.md

`PATCH https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/mailshake/leads/{lead_id}/status`

Access: write.

Sets the status of one lead. Won and lost close a lead you handled; ignored marks a lead not worth pursuing; open puts it back in the queue. Mailshake syncs these status events to HubSpot, Pipedrive or Salesforce if your team connected one. It reaches no one and one more call reverses it, so it does not wait for your OK.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `lead_id` | integer | yes | Lead ID from list_leads. |
| `status` | enum | yes | won, lost, ignored or open. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X PATCH https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/mailshake/leads/1/status \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"status":"won"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("mailshake", "update_lead_status", {"lead_id":1,"status":"won"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('mailshake', 'update_lead_status', {"lead_id":1,"status":"won"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call mailshake update_lead_status --data '{"lead_id":1,"status":"won"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "lead_id": 5531,
  "status": "ignored"
}
```

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## For AI agents: sign your user up

Is your user asking you to sign them up for Cotlet? You can do it for them, no account or key needed.

1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

One call creates the account and sends the access request; we email the user when access is granted.