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

Dim http As New ChilkatHttp
Dim success As Long

' Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

' The following JSON is sent in the request body.

' {
'   "schemas": [
'     "urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"
'   ],
'   "userName": "{{userEmail}}",
'   "name": {
'     "givenName": "Test",
'     "familyName": "User"
'   },
'   "externalId": "23123123",
'   "locale": "en-US",
'   "groups": [
'   ],
'   "active": true
' }

Dim json As New ChilkatJsonObject
success = json.UpdateString("schemas[0]","urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User")
success = json.UpdateString("userName","{{userEmail}}")
success = json.UpdateString("name.givenName","Test")
success = json.UpdateString("name.familyName","User")
success = json.UpdateString("externalId","23123123")
success = json.UpdateString("locale","en-US")
success = json.UpdateNewArray("groups")
success = json.UpdateBool("active",1)

http.SetRequestHeader "Authorization","{{apiKey}}"
http.SetRequestHeader "X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}"

Dim sbRequestBody As New ChilkatStringBuilder
success = json.EmitSb(sbRequestBody)

Dim resp As ChilkatHttpResponse
Set resp = http.PTextSb("PUT","https://api.getpostman.com/scim/v2/Users/{{id}}",sbRequestBody,"utf-8","application/json",0,0)
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
    Debug.Print http.LastErrorText
    Exit Sub
End If

Debug.Print resp.StatusCode
Debug.Print resp.BodyStr

Curl Command

curl -X PUT
	-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
	-H "Authorization: {{apiKey}}"
	-d '{
    "schemas": ["urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User"],
    "userName": "{{userEmail}}",
    "name": {
        "givenName": "Test",
        "familyName": "User"
    },
    "externalId": "23123123",
    "locale": "en-US",
    "groups": [],
    "active": true
}'
https://api.getpostman.com/scim/v2/Users/{{id}}

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "Update User Information",
  "request": {
    "method": "PUT",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Authorization",
        "value": "{{apiKey}}",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"externalId\": \"23123123\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
      "options": {
        "raw": {
          "language": "json"
        }
      }
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/scim/v2/Users/{{id}}",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "api",
        "getpostman",
        "com"
      ],
      "path": [
        "scim",
        "v2",
        "Users",
        "{{id}}"
      ]
    },
    "description": "Updates a user’s first and last name in Postman. \n\n> Only updates made to the user’s given and family name via the SCIM API will be pushed to Postman. No other user attributes can be updated in Postman using the SCIM API."
  },
  "response": [
    {
      "name": "200",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apikey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"externalId\": \"23123123\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "OK",
      "code": 200,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"\n    ],\n    \"id\": \"405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99\",\n    \"userName\": \"test.user@okta.local\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"externalId\": \"23123123\",\n    \"active\": true,\n    \"meta\": {\n        \"resourceType\": \"User\",\n        \"created\": \"2021-02-22T04:24:13.000Z\",\n        \"lastModified\": \"2021-02-22T04:24:13.000Z\"\n    }\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "400 - Can't update username",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"Couldn’t update this team member’s username. Try again — it should work next time around.\",\n    \"status\": \"400\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "400 - Invalid team",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"This Postman team doesn’t exist anymore.\",\n    \"status\": \"400\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "401 - Invalid API key",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "invalidApiKey",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Unauthorized",
      "code": 401,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"Unable to access the team. Check if you have entered a valid API key.\",\n    \"status\": \"401\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "403 - Admin Team Mismatch",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Forbidden",
      "code": 403,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"Your API key was generated by a Team Admin who is no longer on your team. Use an API key generated by a Team Admin.\",\n    \"status\": \"403\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "400 - Invalid payload",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Bad Request",
      "code": 400,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"scimType\": \"invalidSyntax\",\n    \"detail\": \"The request body seems to be incomplete or have unsupported characters.\",\n    \"status\": \"400\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "403 - Admin action not allowed",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"externalId\": \"23123123\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Forbidden",
      "code": 403,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"The admin is not allowed to perform this action.\",\n    \"status\": \"403\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "403 - User not in Team",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Forbidden",
      "code": 403,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"This person isn’t a member of the team.\",\n    \"status\": \"403\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "404 - User Not Found",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Not Found",
      "code": 404,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"This person isn’t a member of the team.\",\n    \"status\": \"404\"\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "429 - Rate limit exceeded",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"externalId\": \"23123123\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "code": 429,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"That’s 180 attempts in less than a minute. Wait for a minute and then try again.\",\n    \"status\": 429\n}"
    },
    {
      "name": "500 - Something went wrong",
      "originalRequest": {
        "method": "PUT",
        "header": [
          {
            "key": "Authorization",
            "value": "{{apiKey}}",
            "type": "text"
          },
          {
            "key": "Content-Type",
            "name": "Content-Type",
            "value": "application/json",
            "type": "text"
          }
        ],
        "body": {
          "mode": "raw",
          "raw": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\"urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:core:2.0:User\"],\n    \"userName\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n    \"name\": {\n        \"givenName\": \"Test\",\n        \"familyName\": \"User\"\n    },\n    \"emails\": [{\n        \"primary\": true,\n        \"value\": \"{{userEmail}}\",\n        \"type\": \"work\"\n    }],\n    \"displayName\": \"Test User\",\n    \"locale\": \"en-US\",\n    \"groups\": [],\n    \"active\": true\n}",
          "options": {
            "raw": {
              "language": "json"
            }
          }
        },
        "url": {
          "raw": "{{url}}/Users/405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99",
          "host": [
            "{{url}}"
          ],
          "path": [
            "Users",
            "405775fe15ed41872a8eea4c8aa2b38cda9749812cc55c99"
          ]
        }
      },
      "status": "Internal Server Error",
      "code": 500,
      "_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
      "header": null,
      "cookie": [
      ],
      "body": "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:Error\"\n    ],\n    \"detail\": \"Couldn’t update this team member’s information. Try again — it should work next time around.\",\n    \"status\": \"500\"\n}"
    }
  ]
}