# API: cannot update user

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [June 3, 2017, 9:35am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876 "2017-06-03T09:35:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![Massimo\_Redaelli](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/massimo_redaelli/32/120795_2.png) [@Massimo\_Redaelli](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Massimo_Redaelli)\
**Post date:** [June 3, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-cannot-update-user/63876/11 "2017-06-03T12:18:01Z")

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That looks better than what I get:

```
HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Server: nginx
Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2017 12:14:49 GMT
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Transfer-Encoding: chunked
Connection: keep-alive
Vary: Accept-Encoding
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN
X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff
X-Discourse-Username: m.redaelli
X-Discourse-Route: users/update
Set-Cookie: _forum_session=T***; path=/; HttpOnly; SameSite=Lax
X-Request-Id: d44c44a2-8d55-451a-a76c-414d3add63ba
X-Runtime: 0.142823

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="it">
...

```

I’m very confused 😕  
But thanks for your help

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