Update the user

How to update an existing user via API

To update an existing user, send a PATCH request to the /api/user endpoint.

Here below the list of all the possible arguments that you can pass with the request body.

Request

PATCH https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/user

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.email	string	Optional
attributes.first_name	string	Optional
attributes.last_name	string	Optional
attributes.time_zone	string	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional

Example

Request

The following request updates the user identified by the ID "xYZkjABcde":

curl -g -X PATCH \
  'https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/user' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{your_access_token}}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "users",
    "attributes": {
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE"
    }
  }
}'

Response