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load ./chilkat.dll

# This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

set http [new_CkHttp]

# 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": ""
# }

set json [new_CkJsonObject]

CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "blocked" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "email_verified" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "email" ""
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "verify_email" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "phone_number" ""
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "phone_verified" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "verify_phone_number" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "password" ""
CkJsonObject_UpdateBool $json "verify_password" 1
CkJsonObject_UpdateNewObject $json "user_metadata"
CkJsonObject_UpdateNewObject $json "app_metadata"
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "connection" ""
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "username" ""
CkJsonObject_UpdateString $json "client_id" ""

# Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{auth0_token}}" header.
CkHttp_put_AuthToken $http "{{auth0_token}}"
CkHttp_SetRequestHeader $http "Content-Type" "application/json"

set sbRequestBody [new_CkStringBuilder]

CkJsonObject_EmitSb $json $sbRequestBody

# resp is a CkHttpResponse
set resp [CkHttp_PTextSb $http "PATCH" "https://{{auth0_domain}}/api/v2/users/:id" $sbRequestBody "utf-8" "application/json" 0 0]
if {[CkHttp_get_LastMethodSuccess $http] == 0} then {
    puts [CkHttp_lastErrorText $http]
    delete_CkHttp $http
    delete_CkJsonObject $json
    delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody
    exit
}

puts [CkHttpResponse_get_StatusCode $resp]
puts [CkHttpResponse_bodyStr $resp]
delete_CkHttpResponse $resp


delete_CkHttp $http
delete_CkJsonObject $json
delete_CkStringBuilder $sbRequestBody

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": [
  ]
}