Update a user by email
This endpoint is only available to organization administrators.
PATCH https://backdrop.zulipchat.com/api/v1/users/{email}
Administrative endpoint to update the details of another user in the organization by their email address.
Works the same way as PATCH /users/{user_id} but fetching the target user by their
real email address.
The requester needs to have permission to view the target user's real email address, subject to the
user's email address visibility setting. Otherwise, the dummy address of the format
user{id}@{realm.host} needs be used. This follows the same rules as GET /users/{email}.
Changes: New in Zulip 10.0 (feature level 313).
Usage examples
curl -sSX PATCH https://backdrop.zulipchat.com/api/v1/users/hamlet@zulip.com \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
--data-urlencode full_name=NewName \
--data-urlencode role=400 \
--data-urlencode 'profile_data=[{"id": 4, "value": "0"}, {"id": 5, "value": "1909-04-05"}]' \
--data-urlencode new_email=username@example.com
Parameters
email string required in path
Example: "hamlet@zulip.com"
full_name string optional
Example: "NewName"
The user's full name.
Changes: Removed unnecessary JSON-encoding of this parameter in
Zulip 5.0 (feature level 106).
role integer optional
Example: 400
New role for the user. Roles are encoded as:
- Organization owner: 100
- Organization administrator: 200
- Organization moderator: 300
- Member: 400
- Guest: 600
Only organization owners can add or remove the owner role.
The owner role cannot be removed from the only organization owner.
Changes: New in Zulip 3.0 (feature level 8), replacing the previous
pair of is_admin and is_guest boolean parameters. Organization moderator
role added in Zulip 4.0 (feature level 60).
profile_data (object)[] optional
Example: [{"id": 4, "value": "0"}, {"id": 5, "value": "1909-04-05"}]
A dictionary containing the updated custom profile field data for the user.
new_email string optional
Example: "username@example.com"
New email address for the user. Requires the user making the request
to be an organization owner and additionally have the .can_change_user_emails
special permission.
Changes: New in Zulip 10.0 (feature level 285).
Response
Example response(s)
Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any
parameters sent in the request are not supported by this
endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an
ignored_parameters_unsupported array.
A typical successful JSON response may look like:
{
"msg": "",
"result": "success"
}
A typical unsuccessful JSON response:
{
"code": "BAD_REQUEST",
"msg": "Guests cannot be organization administrators",
"result": "error"
}