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Update User

Use this API to update the attributes of a user in OneLogin.

It’s also possible to update custom attributes and change passwords.

To update roles for a user, use the Assign Role to a User or Remove Role from a User API.

Resource URL

https://<subdomain>/api/2/users/:id

Header Parameters

Resource Parameter

Query Parameters

Request Parameters

Sample Request Body

Update a users password

{
  "password": "helloworld123",
  "password_confirmation": "helloworld123"
}

Change a users state

{
    "state": 3
}

Sample Response

{
    "created_at": "2020-07-16T03:29:41.420Z",
    "id": 87735981,
    "state": 1,
    "department": null,
    "email": null,
    "last_login": null,
    "password_changed_at": "2020-07-16T03:29:41.377Z",
    "preferred_locale_code": null,
    "firstname": "Scuba",
    "status": 1,
    "userprincipalname": null,
    "title": null,
    "role_ids": [],
    "custom_attributes": {
        "food": null,
        "employeenumber": null
    },
    "lastname": "Steve",
    "updated_at": "2020-07-16T03:29:41.420Z",
    "member_of": null,
    "phone": null,
    "company": null,
    "username": "scuba.steve",
    "manager_ad_id": null,
    "activated_at": null,
    "samaccountname": null,
    "directory_id": null,
    "external_id": null,
    "group_id": null,
    "invalid_login_attempts": 0,
    "invitation_sent_at": null,
    "trusted_idp_id": null,
    "comment": null,
    "distinguished_name": null,
    "locked_until": null,
    "manager_user_id": null
}

{
    "message": "unknown attribute: employee_number",
    "name": "BadRequestError",
    "statusCode": 400
}

{
    "message": "unknown attribute: {\n    \"firstname\": \"Steve\",\n    \"lastname\": \"Smith\",\n    \"password\": \"new-password\",\n    \"password_confirmation\": \"new-password\"\n}",
    "name": "BadRequestError",
    "statusCode": 400
}

{
    "message": "Unauthorized",
    "name": "UnauthorizedError",
    "statusCode": 401
}

{
    "message": "The resource with the given id could not be found",
    "name": "NotFoundError",
    "statusCode": 404
}

{
    "message": "Validation failed: Username must be unique within {subdomain}",
    "name": "UnprocessableEntityError",
    "statusCode": 422
}

{
    "message": "Validation failed: Your new password and confirmation password do not match",
    "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 {{ }}.

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.

curl 'https://<subdomain>/api/2/users/<id>' \
-X PUT \
-H "Authorization: bearer <access_token>" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "lastname":"<lastname>"
}'

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