Update the user

How to update an existing user via API

To update an existing user, send a PATCH request to the /api/user/:id endpoint, where id is the ID of the resource that you want to update.

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/:id

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
id	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/xYZkjABcde' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{your_access_token}}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "users",
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "attributes": {
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE"
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 200 OK status code, returning the updated resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "user",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/user/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "email": "[e-mail]",
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "time_zone": "UTC",
      "otp_required_for_login": false,
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
    }
  }
}