# The membership object

A membership object is returned as part of the response body of each successful create, list, retrieve or update API call to the `/api/memberships` endpoint.

## Fields

| Field                                       | Type       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| ------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **`type`**                                  | `string`   | `memberships`                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| **`id`**                                    | `string`   | The membership unique identifier.                                                                                                                                                                   |
| links.**`self`**                            | `string`   | The membership endpoint URL.                                                                                                                                                                        |
| attributes.**`user_email`**                 | `string`   | The user email.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| attributes.**`user_first_name`**            | `string`   | The user first name.                                                                                                                                                                                |
| attributes.**`user_last_name`**             | `string`   | The user last name.                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| attributes.**`status`**                     | `string`   | The memberships status. One of `pending` (default), `active`.                                                                                                                                       |
| attributes.**`owner`**                      | `boolean`  | Indicates if the user it's the owner of the organization.                                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**`test_enabled`**               | `boolean`  | Reflects the organization's access scope, either test\_access or all\_access.                                                                                                                       |
| attributes.**`access_scope`**               | `string`   | The access scope for applications. One of `live_access` (default), `test_access`, `all_access`.                                                                                                     |
| attributes.**`created_at`**                 | `datetime` | Time at which the resource was created.                                                                                                                                                             |
| attributes.**`updated_at`**                 | `datetime` | Time at which the resource was last updated.                                                                                                                                                        |
| attributes.**`reference`**                  | `string`   | A string that you can use to add any external identifier to the resource. This can be useful for integrating the resource to an external system, like an ERP, a marketing tool, a CRM, or whatever. |
| attributes.**`reference_origin`**           | `string`   | Any identifier of the third party system that defines the reference code.                                                                                                                           |
| attributes.**`metadata`**                   | `object`   | Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to the resource. This can be useful for storing additional information about the resource in a structured format.                                        |
| relationships.**`organization`**            | `object`   | The organization associated to the membership.                                                                                                                                                      |
| relationships.**`role`**                    | `object`   | The role associated to the membership.                                                                                                                                                              |
| relationships.**`application_memberships`** | `array`    | The application memberships associated to the membership.                                                                                                                                           |
| relationships.**`membership_profile`**      | `object`   | The membership profile associated to the membership.                                                                                                                                                |
| relationships.**`versions`**                | `array`    | The associated changes.                                                                                                                                                                             |


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