---
title: Update user
slug: content-recommendations/api/update-user
docTags:
createdAt: 2026-09-02T16:24:40.465Z
---
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"id": "d6p1c7hOIB9Y1Qb32YfBp",
"type": "api-oas-v2",
"data": {
"method": "PUT",
"url": "https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}",
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://{hostname}/1.0/users/{id}",
"description": "Primary API server",
"variables": {
"hostname": {
"default": "api.usea01.idio.episerver.net",
"enum": [
"api.apac01.idio.episerver.net",
"api.caea01.idio.episerver.net",
"api.emea01.idio.episerver.net",
"api.usea01.idio.episerver.net"
]
}
}
}
],
"name": "Update user",
"description": "Update an existing user. Only 'identifiers' and 'additional_info' fields are supported.
",
"contentType": "application/json",
"request": {
"pathParameters": [
{
"kind": "required",
"name": "id",
"type": "string",
"example": "email:john.doe@example.com",
"description": "User identifier (numeric ID or 'identifier
' format)."
}
],
"headerParameters": [
{
"name": "accept",
"type": "string",
"kind": "optional",
"description": "Generated from available response content types",
"enum": [
"application/json"
],
"default": "application/json"
}
],
"queryParameters": [],
"bodyDataParameters": [
{
"kind": "required",
"name": "body",
"type": "object",
"description": "A user",
"customType": "UserPartial",
"schema": [
{
"name": "first_name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "First name of the user.",
"example": "Jordan"
},
{
"name": "last_name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "Last name of the user.",
"example": "Lee"
},
{
"name": "email",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "User's email address.",
"example": "jordan.lee@example.com",
"format": "email"
},
{
"name": "service_credentials",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ServiceCredentials",
"customType": "ServiceCredentials",
"schema": [
{
"name": "service",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "The third-party service this credential belongs to.
",
"enum": [
"facebook",
"twitter",
"linkedin"
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "additional_info",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map",
"customType": "Map",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "identifiers",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map",
"customType": "Map",
"schema": []
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/UserPartial",
"complexItems": [
{
"name": "object",
"schema": [
{
"name": "first_name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "First name of the user.",
"example": "Jordan"
},
{
"name": "last_name",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": "Last name of the user.",
"example": "Lee"
},
{
"name": "email",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "User's email address.",
"example": "jordan.lee@example.com",
"format": "email"
},
{
"name": "service_credentials",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ServiceCredentials",
"customType": "ServiceCredentials",
"schema": [
{
"name": "service",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "The third-party service this credential belongs to.
",
"enum": [
"facebook",
"twitter",
"linkedin"
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "additional_info",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map",
"customType": "Map",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "identifiers",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Map",
"customType": "Map",
"schema": []
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/UserCore",
"customType": "UserCore"
},
{
"name": "object",
"schema": []
}
],
"complexType": "allOf",
"isExpanded": true
}
],
"formDataParameters": [],
"oAuthParameters": [
{
"id": "key",
"name": "key",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "apiKey",
"description": "API key required for authentication. Must be provided as a query parameter, for example, ?key=YOUR_API_KEY.
",
"in": "query"
}
],
"cookieParameters": []
},
"responses": [
{
"statusCode": "200",
"description": "User updated.",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true,
"schema": [
{
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"example": "{\"message\":\"User 1 updated successfully\"}",
"description": "Generic message response object returned by the API.",
"customType": "Message",
"schema": [
{
"name": "message",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": "The message content.",
"example": "User updated successfully."
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Message",
"isExpanded": true
}
]
},
{
"statusCode": "404",
"description": "User does not exist",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true
}
],
"hasXCodeSamples": false,
"examples": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "yW5egZcp22Hvvbo3W2yHr",
"language": "curl",
"label": "cURL",
"code": "curl --request PUT \\\n --url https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id} \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --data-raw '{\n \"email\": \"jordan.lee@example.com\",\n \"service_credentials\": [\n {\n \"service\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n }'"
},
{
"id": "leiHAIyDEpLfnVrCGBjm3",
"language": "javascript",
"label": "javascript",
"code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar raw = JSON.stringify({\n \"email\": \"jordan.lee@example.com\",\n \"service_credentials\": [\n {\n \"service\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n});\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'PUT',\n headers: myHeaders,\n body: raw,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
},
{
"id": "kYdPiiI8l3H_v0CjgRQ7j",
"language": "ruby",
"label": "Ruby",
"code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest.body = JSON.dump({\n \"email\": \"jordan.lee@example.com\",\n \"service_credentials\": [\n {\n \"service\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n})\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
},
{
"id": "ppUKkIfuH1IKP24dQbN-a",
"language": "python",
"label": "Python",
"code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://api.usea01.idio.episerver.net/1.0/users/{id}\"\n\npayload = json.dumps({\n \"email\": \"jordan.lee@example.com\",\n \"service_credentials\": [\n {\n \"service\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n})\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"PUT\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
}
],
"selectedLanguageId": "yW5egZcp22Hvvbo3W2yHr"
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"results": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "response-0-200",
"language": "200",
"code": "// User updated.\n{\n \"message\": \"User updated successfully.\"\n}"
},
{
"id": "response-1-404",
"language": "404",
"code": "// User does not exist\n"
}
],
"selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200"
}
},
"children": [
{
"text": ""
}
]
}