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 ParameterTypeRequired

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

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"
    }
  }
}'

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