Update Root Attributes for Users

You can update root attributes for an existing user profile using Auth0's Management API.

Auth0's Normalized User Profile features root attributes that you can update. The specific root attributes that you can update depend on the connection type you're using. For details relevant to the connection you are using, see Update User Profile Root Attributes.

Make a PATCH call to the Update a User endpoint. Be sure to replace USER_ID, MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN, GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, FAMILY_NAME_VALUE, NAME_VALUE, NICKNAME_VALUE, and PICTURE placeholder values with your user ID, Management API Access Token, given name, family name, name, nickname, and picture URL, respectively.

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curl --request PATCH \
  --url 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID' \
  --header 'authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN' \
  --header 'cache-control: no-cache' \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }'

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var client = new RestClient("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("content-type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN");
request.AddHeader("cache-control", "no-cache");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io/ioutil"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("content-type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
	req.Header.Add("cache-control", "no-cache")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

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HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID")
  .header("content-type", "application/json")
  .header("authorization", "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN")
  .header("cache-control", "no-cache")
  .body("{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }")
  .asString();

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var axios = require("axios").default;

var options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  url: 'https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID',
  headers: {
    'content-type': 'application/json',
    authorization: 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN',
    'cache-control': 'no-cache'
  },
  data: '{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }'
};

axios.request(options).then(function (response) {
  console.log(response.data);
}).catch(function (error) {
  console.error(error);
});

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#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>

NSDictionary *headers = @{ @"content-type": @"application/json",
                           @"authorization": @"Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
                           @"cache-control": @"no-cache" };

NSData *postData = [[NSData alloc] initWithData:[@"{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }" dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding]];

NSMutableURLRequest *request = [NSMutableURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID"]
                                                       cachePolicy:NSURLRequestUseProtocolCachePolicy
                                                   timeoutInterval:10.0];
[request setHTTPMethod:@"PATCH"];
[request setAllHTTPHeaderFields:headers];
[request setHTTPBody:postData];

NSURLSession *session = [NSURLSession sharedSession];
NSURLSessionDataTask *dataTask = [session dataTaskWithRequest:request
                                            completionHandler:^(NSData *data, NSURLResponse *response, NSError *error) {
                                                if (error) {
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", error);
                                                } else {
                                                    NSHTTPURLResponse *httpResponse = (NSHTTPURLResponse *) response;
                                                    NSLog(@"%@", httpResponse);
                                                }
                                            }];
[dataTask resume];

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$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "authorization: Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "cache-control: no-cache",
    "content-type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

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import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("")

payload = "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }"

headers = {
    'content-type': "application/json",
    'authorization': "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    'cache-control': "no-cache"
    }

conn.request("PATCH", "/{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID", payload, headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

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require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["content-type"] = 'application/json'
request["authorization"] = 'Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN'
request["cache-control"] = 'no-cache'
request.body = "{ \"given_name\": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, \"family_name\": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,\"name\": NAME_VALUE, \"nickname\": NICKNAME_VALUE,\"picture\": PICTURE_VALUE }"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

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import Foundation

let headers = [
  "content-type": "application/json",
  "authorization": "Bearer MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN",
  "cache-control": "no-cache"
]

let postData = NSData(data: "{ "given_name": GIVEN_NAME_VALUE, "family_name": FAMILY_NAME_VALUE,"name": NAME_VALUE, "nickname": NICKNAME_VALUE,"picture": PICTURE_VALUE }".data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)!)

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{yourDomain}/api/v2/users/USER_ID")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()

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Value	Description
`USER_ID`	Τhe ID of the user to be updated.
`MGMT_API_ACCESS_TOKEN`	Access Token for the Management API with the scope `update:users`.
`GIVEN_NAME_VALUE`	Given name of the user to be updated.
`FAMILY_NAME_VALUE`	Family name of the user to be updated.
`NAME_VALUE`	Full name of the user to be updated.
`NICKNAME_VALUE`	Nickname of the user to be updated.
`PICTURE_VALUE`	URL of the picture for the user to be updated.

Removing attributes

Setting any value to null will remove the attribute for the user.

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