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' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON
' The following JSON is sent in the request body.
' {
' "blocked": true,
' "email_verified": true,
' "email": "",
' "verify_email": true,
' "phone_number": "",
' "phone_verified": true,
' "verify_phone_number": true,
' "password": "",
' "verify_password": true,
' "user_metadata": {},
' "app_metadata": {},
' "connection": "",
' "username": "",
' "client_id": ""
' }
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set json = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = json.UpdateBool("blocked",1)
success = json.UpdateBool("email_verified",1)
success = json.UpdateString("email","")
success = json.UpdateBool("verify_email",1)
success = json.UpdateString("phone_number","")
success = json.UpdateBool("phone_verified",1)
success = json.UpdateBool("verify_phone_number",1)
success = json.UpdateString("password","")
success = json.UpdateBool("verify_password",1)
success = json.UpdateNewObject("user_metadata")
success = json.UpdateNewObject("app_metadata")
success = json.UpdateString("connection","")
success = json.UpdateString("username","")
success = json.UpdateString("client_id","")
' Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{auth0_token}}" header.
http.AuthToken = "{{auth0_token}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "Content-Type","application/json"
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbRequestBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PATCH","https://{{auth0_domain}}/api/v2/users/:id",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.StatusCode) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.BodyStr) & "</pre>"
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Curl Command
curl -X PATCH
-H "Authorization: Bearer {{auth0_token}}"
-H "Content-Type: application/json"
-d '{
"blocked": true,
"email_verified": true,
"email": "",
"verify_email": true,
"phone_number": "",
"phone_verified": true,
"verify_phone_number": true,
"password": "",
"verify_password": true,
"user_metadata": {},
"app_metadata": {},
"connection": "",
"username": "",
"client_id": ""
}'
https://{{auth0_domain}}/api/v2/users/:id
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Update a user",
"request": {
"method": "PATCH",
"header": [
{
"key": "Authorization",
"value": "Bearer {{auth0_token}}"
},
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json"
}
],
"body": {
"mode": "raw",
"raw": "{\r\n \"blocked\": true,\r\n \"email_verified\": true,\r\n \"email\": \"\",\r\n \"verify_email\": true,\r\n \"phone_number\": \"\",\r\n \"phone_verified\": true,\r\n \"verify_phone_number\": true,\r\n \"password\": \"\",\r\n \"verify_password\": true,\r\n \"user_metadata\": {},\r\n \"app_metadata\": {},\r\n \"connection\": \"\",\r\n \"username\": \"\",\r\n \"client_id\": \"\"\r\n}"
},
"url": {
"raw": "https://{{auth0_domain}}/api/v2/users/:id",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"{{auth0_domain}}"
],
"path": [
"api",
"v2",
"users",
":id"
],
"variable": [
{
"key": "id",
"type": "any"
}
]
},
"description": "Updates a user with the object's properties received in the request's body (the object should be a JSON object).<br/>These are the attributes that can be updated at the root level:<ul><li>blocked</li><li>email_verified</li><li>email</li><li>verify_email</li><li>password</li><li>phone_number</li><li>phone_verified</li><li>verify_password</li><li>user_metadata</li><li>app_metadata</li><li>username</li></ul>Some considerations:<ul><li>The properties of the new object will replace the old ones.</li><li>The metadata fields are an exception to this rule (<code>user_metadata</code> and <code>app_metadata</code>). These properties are merged instead of being replaced but be careful, the merge only occurs on the first level.</li><li>If you are updating <code>email_verified</code>, <code>phone_verified</code>, <code>username</code> or <code>password</code> you need to specify the <code>connection</code> property too.</li><li>If your are updating <code>email</code> or <code>phone_number</code> you need to specify the <code>connection</code> and the <code>client_id</code> properties.</ul><h5>Updating a field (non-metadata property)</h5>To mark the email address of a user as verified, the body to send should be:<pre><code>{ \"email_verified\": true }</code></pre><h5>Updating a user metadata root property</h5>Let's asume that our test user has the following <code>user_metadata</code>:<pre><code>{ \"user_metadata\" : { \"profileCode\": 1479 } }</code></pre>To add the field <code>addresses</code> the body to send should be:<pre><code>{ \"user_metadata\" : { \"addresses\": {\"work_address\": \"100 Industrial Way\"} }}</code></pre>The modified object ends up with the following <code>user_metadata</code> property:<pre><code>{\n \"user_metadata\": {\n \"profileCode\": 1479,\n \"addresses\": { \"work_address\": \"100 Industrial Way\" }\n }\n}</code></pre><h5>Updating an inner user metadata property</h5>Starting from previous user metadata, if we want to add the field <code>\"home_address\": \"742 Evergreen Terrace\"</code> in <code>addresses</code> we should send the whole addresses object (since this object is on the first level, it will be merged in, but it's own properties won't). The body to send should be:\n<pre><code>{\n \"user_metadata\": {\n \"addresses\": {\n \"work_address\": \"100 Industrial Way\",\n \"home_address\": \"742 Evergreen Terrace\"\n }\n }\n}</code></pre>The modified object ends up with the following <code>user_metadata</code> property:<pre><code>{\n \"user_metadata\": {\n \"profileCode\": 1479,\n \"addresses\": {\n \"work_address\": \"100 Industrial Way\",\n \"home_address\": \"742 Evergreen Terrace\"\n }\n }\n}</code></pre>"
},
"response": [
]
}
