Bulk Update Users

This endpoint updates all User fields for multiple Users.

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Updating a Single Field

To update only a single field of a User, please use the PATCH method with the parameters that need to be changed.

Request

To update all attributes of a User please make a POST request to the following URL:

HTTP MethodURL
POSThttps://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/users/_/bulk/update/

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It's a POST

Please note that it's a POST request and not a PUT request.

Query Parameters

ParameterTypeUseDescription
tokenStringAuthenticationAuthentication Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter.

Body Parameters

ParameterTypeRequired?Default Value
usernameStringYesN/A (Required). Only alphanumeric characters, dash or hyphen. On owners the prefix testing is not allowed.
passwordStringYes""
firstNameStringNo""
lastNameStringNo""
emailStringYesN/A (Required)
defaultOrganizationStringNonull
defaultRoleStringNonull
defaultDashboardStringNonull
languageStringNonull
websiteStringNo""
timezoneStringNonull
decimalPlacesIntegerNonull
numberFormatStringNonull
isActiveBooleanNoTrue
tagsListNodefault=[], max_length=20 (tags max limit), max_length=50 (tags max length)
contactMethodsListNo[]

Header

ParameterRequired?Description
X-Auth-TokenYesAuthentication Token of account
X-Bulk-OperationYesNeed to be set to True for the bulk operation to work
Content-TypeYesContent type of body: String (application/json)
$ curl -X POST 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/users/_/bulk/update/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -H 'X-Bulk-Operation: True' \
 -d '{   
    "id": "409dba9c67d3bb19f554",
    "username": "ubidots", 
    "firstName": "test", 
    "lastName": "users", 
    "email": "[email protected]", 
    "defaultOrganization": "61a697f2fbc8990cc236dc23",
    "defaultRole": "viewer",
    "defaultDashboard": "625e340c68591a04705c7365", 
    "language": "es-ES", 
    "website": "", 
    "timezone": "America/Bogotá", 
    "decimalPlaces": 3, 
    "properties": {}, 
    "tags": [],
    "isActive": true, 
}  '
{
  "task": {
    "id": "tyg54645501a9ca5714e7b098721"
  }
}
{
    "code": 400001,
    "message": "Validation Error.",
    "detail": {
        ....
    }
}
{
    "code": 401001,
    "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided.",
    "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
{
    "detail": "Header `X-BULK-OPERATION` should be provided for bulk operation."
}

Response

Returns a Task Id of the asynchronous process.