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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 specific User please make a PUT request to the following URL:

HTTP Method	URL
PUT	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/users/<user_key>`

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
user_key	String	The id or username of the User, username should use the prefix `~`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Use	Description
token	String	Authentication	Authorization Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter.

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required?	Default Value
username	String	Yes	N/A (Required)
firstName	String	No	`""`
lastName	String	No	`""`
email	String	Yes	N/A (Required)
defaultOrganization	String	No	`null`
defaultRole	String	No	`null`
defaultDashboard	String	No	`null`
language	String	No	`null`
website	String	No	`""`
timezone	String	No	`null`
decimalPlaces	Integer	No	`null`
numberFormat	String	No	`null`
isActive	Boolean	No	`True`
tags	List	No	`[]`
contactMethods	List	No	`[]`

Header

Parameter	Required?	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	Authentication Token of account
Content-Type	Yes	Content type of body: String (application/json)

$ curl -X PUT 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/users/63d3f1247fefea000cd325af' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
  "firstName": "second",
  "lastName": "lastName",
  "language": null,
  "timezone": null,
  "decimalPlaces": 3,
  "isActive": true,
  "defaultOrganization": "62b4eb3519cd98007bf410bf",
  "defaultRole": "patch1"
}'

{
  "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/users/63d3f1247fefea000cd325af",
  "id": "63d3f1247fefea000cd325af",
  "username": "testt",
  "firstName": "second",
  "lastName": "lastName",
  "email": "test@gmail.com",
  "defaultOrganization": null,
  "defaultRole": null,
  "defaultDashboard": null,
  "mugshotUrl": "//www.gravatar.com/avatar/1aedb8d9dc4751e229a335e371db8058?s=100&d=mm",
  "language": null,
  "website": "",
  "timezone": null,
  "decimalPlaces": 3,
  "numberFormat": null,
  "firstTime": true,
  "properties": {
    "password_update_timestamp": 1712608765455
  },
  "organizations": [
    {
      "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/organizations/62b4eb3519cd98007bf410bf",
      "id": "62b4eb3519cd98007bf410bf",
      "label": "my-third-customer",
      "name": "Cliente1",
      "createdAt": "2022-06-23T22:37:41.840643Z",
      "properties": {
        "color": "#00796B"
      },
      "role": {
        "url": "https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/roles/patch1",
        "label": "patch1",
        "name": "patch1",
        "createdAt": "2022-06-17T23:30:09.838765Z"
      }
    }
  ],
  "organizationsCount": 1,
  "isActive": true,
  "lastLogin": "2023-01-27T15:48:11.420796Z",
  "tags": [
    "tag1",
    "tag2"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2023-01-27T15:43:32.549760Z",
  "contactMethods": []
}

{
    "code": 400001,
    "message": "Validation Error.",
    "detail": {
        ....
    }
}

{
    "code": 401001,
    "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided.",
    "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

Response

Returns a User object of the updated User.