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Application A P I

Update user

Updates account details for an existing panel user.

PATCH/api/application/users/{user_id}
AuthorizationBearer <token>

Application API requests require an application API token, or a client API token, that belongs to a root administrator. Admin API requests require a client API token that belongs to a root administrator, and reject application API tokens. Client API requests require a client API token.

In: header

Path Parameters

user_id*integer

The user ID.

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X PATCH "https://example.com/api/application/users/1" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "email": "[email protected]",    "username": "example",    "first_name": "example",    "last_name": "example"  }'
{  "object": "user",  "attributes": {    "id": 22021,    "external_id": "string",    "uuid": "e0dcf339-0bc7-4561-ab00-369ac65ab880",    "username": "floy88_afzdiebpaq",    "email": "[email protected]",    "first_name": "Cruz",    "last_name": "Adams",    "language": "en",    "root_admin": false,    "2fa": false,    "created_at": "2026-09-22T14:45:22+00:00",    "updated_at": "2026-09-22T14:45:22+00:00"  },  "meta": {    "resource": "https://panel.example.test/api/application/users/1"  }}