Update a user

PUT/accounts/{account_id}/access/users/{user_id}

Updates a specific user’s name for an account. Requires the user’s current email as confirmation (email cannot be changed).

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Zero Trust: Seats Write

Path ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: string

Identifier.

maxLength32

user_id: string

UUID.

maxLength36

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

email: string

The email of the user.

formatemail

name: string

The name of the user.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer }

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional object { id, access_seat, active_device_count, 8 more }

id: optional string

UUID.

maxLength36

access_seat: optional boolean

True if the user has authenticated with Cloudflare Access.

active_device_count: optional number

The number of active devices registered to the user.

created_at: optional string

formatdate-time

email: optional string

The email of the user.

formatemail

gateway_seat: optional boolean

True if the user has logged into the WARP client.

last_successful_login: optional string

The time at which the user last successfully logged in.

formatdate-time

name: optional string

The name of the user.

seat_uid: optional string

The unique API identifier for the Zero Trust seat.

uid: optional string

The unique API identifier for the user.

updated_at: optional string

formatdate-time

Update a user

curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/access/users/$USER_ID \
    -X PUT \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "email": "jdoe@example.com",
          "name": "Jane Doe"
        }'

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "access_seat": false,
    "active_device_count": 2,
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "email": "jdoe@example.com",
    "gateway_seat": false,
    "last_successful_login": "2020-07-01T05:20:00Z",
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "seat_uid": "seat_uid",
    "uid": "uid",
    "updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
  }
}

Returns Examples

{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "f174e90a-fafe-4643-bbbc-4a0ed4fc8415",
    "access_seat": false,
    "active_device_count": 2,
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "email": "jdoe@example.com",
    "gateway_seat": false,
    "last_successful_login": "2020-07-01T05:20:00Z",
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "seat_uid": "seat_uid",
    "uid": "uid",
    "updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
  }
}