User Edit (Mobile Worker)

Purpose: Edit CommCare(mobile-worker) user.

Permissions Required: Edit Mobile Workers & Edit Access API's

Authentication: For more information, please review CommCare API Overview .

URL: https://www.commcarehq.org/a/[domain]/api/[version]/user/[id]/

Method: PUT

Input Parameters:

Name	Description	Example

Name	Description	Example
first_name	First name of user	John
last_name	Last name of user	Doe
email	Email address of user	john.doe@example.org
phone_numbers	List of all phone numbers of the user	(see examples) This will replace existing phone numbers for user.
groups	List of all group ids belonging to the user	(see examples) This will replace existing groups for the user.
user_data	Any additional custom data associated with the user	(see examples) This will replace existing custom data for the user. Note that user data may include system data affecting various features, so it is advised to pull the user's current data and edit it, rather than completely overwriting user data. To get the user's current data, use the single user URL provided at https://dimagi.atlassian.net/wiki/x/MDHKfw.
language	User language	en
password	New password for user	fake-password-123
primary_location	The location id of the primary location, it must be one of the locations. To remove the primary_location, pass an empty string.	26fc44e2792b4f2fa8ef86178f0a958e
locations	A list of location_ids that the mobile worker will be assigned to. Location id can be acquired by Location API. To remove all assigned locations, pass an empty array.	["26fc44e2792b4f2fa8ef86178f0a958e", "c1b029932ed442a6a846a4ea10e46a78"]

Sample input:
JSON Input

{
   "first_name": "John",
   "last_name": "Doe",
   "email": "jdoe@example.org",
   "language": "en",
   "password": "new password",
   "phone_numbers": [
      "+50253311399",
      "50253314588"
   ],
   "groups": [
      "9a0accdba29e01a61ea099394737c4fb",
      "b4ccdba29e01a61ea099394737c4fbf7"
   ],
   
   "primary_location": "26fc44e2792b4f2fa8ef86178f0a958e", 
   "locations": ["26fc44e2792b4f2fa8ef86178f0a958e", "c1b029932ed442a6a846a4ea10e46a78"],
   "user_data": {
      "chw_id": "13/43/DFA"
   }
}

Other Information:

You must specify in the request header that the Content-Type is application/json