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Update Profile

Use this API to update the attributes of a self-registration profile in OneLogin.

Resource URL

https://<subdomain>/api/2/self_registration_profiles/<profile_id>

Header Parameters

Authorization

required

string

Set to bearer:<access_token>.

Set <access_token> to the access token you generated using the Generate Token API.

The access token must have been generated using an API credential pair created using the scope required to call this API. This API can be called using any one of the following scopes: Manage users or Manage All.

Content-Type

required

string

 Set to application/json.

Resource Parameter

id

required

integer

Set to the id of the profile that you want to update. If you don’t know the profile’s id, use the List All Profiles API call to return all profiles and their id values.

Request Parameters

url

required

 string A valid URL for the self-registration profile.
name

required

 string A valid name for the self-registration.
enabled

required

 boolean Determines whether the profile is enabled.
moderated boolean Determines whether registrations will be automatically approved after email verification or require approval by an administrator.
default_role_id number The default role ID to apply to users registered via the self-registration profile.
default_group_id number The default group ID to apply to users registered via the self-registration profile.
helptext string Introductory text displayed on the profile to assist the user with self-registration.
thankyou_message string Confirmation text that appears after the user has submitted self-registration.
domain_whitelist string A comma-separated allow-list for domains permitted by this self-registration profile. If an allow-list strategy is used, all domains not listed will be forbidden.
domain_blacklist string A comma-separated block-list for domains forbidden by this self-registration profile. If a block-list strategy is used, all domains not listed will be permitted.
domain_list_strategy number Enter 0 to use a block-list domain strategy or 1 to use an allow-list domain strategy.
email_verification_type string Enter Email MagicLink to send a magic link for email verification or Email OTP to send a one-time password for verification.

Sample Request Body

Update a domain list strategy.

{
  "domain_blacklist": "forbidden.com, notallowed.com",
  "domain_list_strategy": 0
}

Change a thank you message.

{
    "thankyou_message": "Your self-registration is complete! Please inform your mentor that you're ready to progress to the next step."
}

Sample Response

  • 200 OK
  • 400 Bad Request
  • 401 Unauthorized
  • 404 Not Found
  • 422 Unprocessable Entity
The full user resource is returned 
{
    "created_at": "2020-07-16T03:29:41.420Z",
    "url": "community_signup",
    "name": "Community Registration",
    "enabled": true,
    "moderated": false,
    "default_role_id": 123,
    "default_group_id": 456,
    "helptext": "Welcome! Please fill out the form below.",
    "thankyou_message": "Your self-registration is complete! Please inform your mentor that you're ready to progress to the next step."
    "domain_blacklist": "forbidden.com, notallowed.com",
    "domain_list_strategy": 0
    "email_verification_type": "Email MagicLink"
}
{
    "message": "unknown attribute: employee_number",
    "name": "BadRequestError",
    "statusCode": 400
}
Content-Type header was set to application/x-www-form-urlencoded 
{
    "message": "unknown attribute: {\n    \"firstname\": \"Steve\",\n    \"lastname\": \"Smith\",\n    \"password\": \"new-password\",\n    \"password_confirmation\": \"new-password\"\n}",
    "name": "BadRequestError",
    "statusCode": 400
}

Typically, this error means that your access token value is invalid.

{
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "name": "UnauthorizedError",
    "statusCode": 401
}
{
    "message": "The resource with the given id could not be found",
    "name": "NotFoundError",
    "statusCode": 404
}
{
    "message": "Validation failed: URL must be unique within {subdomain}",
    "name": "UnprocessableEntityError",
    "statusCode": 422
}

Postman Collection

Replace sample variables indicated by < > in the sample request body with your actual values. Also, be sure to set Postman-specific environment variables indicated by {{ }}.

Run in Postman

    Clicking Run in Postman button navigates to the page where you can fork the collection to your workspace. Forking the collection into your workspace will enable you to contribute to the source collection using pull requests. You can also view the collection in a public workspace if you like and even import a copy of the collection using the links present on the screen.

Sample Code

cURL

Replace sample values indicated by < > with your actual values.

<

pre>curl 'https://<subdomain>/api/2/self_registration_profiles/<profile_id>' \ -X PUT \ -H "Authorization: bearer <access_token>" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \

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