IMPORTANT: No additional bug fixes or documentation updates will be released for this version. For the latest information, see the current release documentation.

› › › ›

Updates an existing user

edit

Updates an existing user

edit

Updates an existing user.

Request

edit

PATCH /api/v1/users/{user_name}

Path parameters

edit

Name	Type	Required	Description
`user_name`	`string`	Y	Identifier for the user

Request body

edit

(string) (required) All changes in the specified object are applied to the user according to the JSON Merge Patch processing rules. Omitting existing fields causes the same values to be reapplied. Specifying a null value reverts the field to the default value, or removes the field when no default value exists.

Responses

edit

200

(User)

User successfully updated

400

(BasicFailedReply)

Some of the provided roles are invalid. (code: user.roles.invalid)
Some of the provided roles are forbidden. (code: user.roles.forbidden)
Trying to set a restricted field. (code: user.restricted_field)
External users cannot be modified. (code: user.cannot_modify_external)
Built-in users cannot be modified. (code: user.cannot_modify)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [user.roles.invalid, user.roles.forbidden, user.restricted_field, user.cannot_modify_external, user.cannot_modify]): The error codes associated with the response

404

(BasicFailedReply)

User not found. (code: user.not_found)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [user.not_found]): The error codes associated with the response

449

(BasicFailedReply)

Elevated permissions are required. (code: root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required)

Headers

x-cloud-error-codes (string; allowed values: [root.unauthorized.rbac.elevated_permissions_required]): The error codes associated with the response

Request example

edit

curl -XPATCH https://{{hostname}}/api/v1/users/{user_name} \
-H "Authorization: ApiKey $ECE_API_KEY" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json'

« Fetch a single user Definitions »