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