HTTP - Management
Update a user
Created by s.yearsley, last updated 24 Sep 2020
Updating a user can be done by PUT'ing an updated version of the user profile resource.
PUT/api/security/users/{userIdentifier}
Parameters
| Name | Parameter type | Type | Format | Description | Example | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UserIdentifier | path | string | user identifier | For convenience, User resources can be referenced by using one of several identifiers - username, email address or Id. | "82f73a9b-2a13-4d63-bcc1-e8ee5047b01c" or "t.durden" or "t.durden@fightclub.com" | true |
| user | body | object | user | The user to create | true |
Example
PUT: /api/security/users/4b262379-5bbe-421e-a429-f6e2ab5a849b
{
"username": "tdurden",
"email": "t.turden@fightclub.com",
"firstname": "Tyler",
"lastname": "Durden",
"timezone": "America/New_York",
"language": "en-US",
"custom": {
"department": "Soap sales"
}
}Remarks
Only the current user and a member of the System Administrators group can update a user resource.