Users - Update

Updated on 06 Feb 2024
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With the update Users endpoint, Cogniac users may update their own User object data. Currently, users can only update name fields. For additional user account changes, please contact Cogniac support.

Field	Example	Definition
user_id string	"2ke2daisdflkj"	The ID of the user to be updated. Users can only change their own user data.

POST /1/users/{user_id}
Host: https://api.cogniac.io

Example: Update a User with the 'current' Identifier

cURL
Python

curl -X POST https://api.cogniac.io/1/users/current \
-H "Authorization: Bearer abcdefg.hijklmnop.qrstuvwxyz" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d \
'{
  "surname":"Patterson"
}'

import requests
import json
from pprint import pprint

url_prefix = 'https://api.cogniac.io'
api_version = "1"
token = ''  # add your token here
headers = {'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}',
           'Content-Type': 'application/json'}
user_data = {
  "surname":"Patterson"
  }

url = f'{url_prefix}/{api_version}/users/current'
res = requests.post(url, json=user_data, headers=headers)

if res.status_code == 200:
    response_data = json.loads(res.content)
    pprint(response_data)
else:
    print(f"Error: {res.status_code}, {res.text},{res.headers}")

{
   "created_at" : 1670446838.80874,
   "email" : "test@cogniac.co",
   "first_login" : false,
   "given_name" : "Patterson",
   "machine_user" : false,
   "modified_at" : 1701889815.41249,
   "password_modified_at" : 1701889815.41249,
   "realm_id" : null,
   "status" : "ENABLED",
   "surname" : "Patterson",
   "user_id" : "2ke2daisdflkj"
}

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Example: Update a User with the 'current' Identifier