I’m trying to use the API to sync user data. I was able to, for instance, add a user to a group with a PUT to groups/:id/members.json However, now I’d like to update fields in the user profile – the name, for instance. I think it’s possible, based on this example. So I’m posting request: PUT /users/m.redaelli HTTP/1.1 HOST: disc.uaar.it accept: application/json content-length: 107 content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded api_key=xxxx&api_username=m.redaelli&name=Pippo using the master key. As a result I get a 404 with an HTML page response saying that the requested page does not exist or is private. Can you help? :slight_smile:

Hi @Massimo_Redaelli, Here is a working curl example with an application/json Content-Type header and a json body: curl -X "PUT" "http://localhost:4000/users/joffreyjaffeux?api_key=b07032eebba01d9f200771a28efc0874014501bc9b866460206626172691be0d&api_username=joffreyjaffeux" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d $'{ "name": "newname" }'

Thanks! I tried just now, but with the same result. Do I have to enable some settings somewhere? :confused:

Sure: curl -X "PUT" "https://disc.uaar.it/users/m.redaelli?api_key=***&api_username=m.redaelli" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d $'{ "name": "Pippo" }'

You are still getting an html page with this ?

I suspect you are stopped before reaching the Discourse Api due to a session being lost between http://disc.uaar.it/ and https://www.uaar.it. Can’t help much, all I can tell you is to dig in this direction and the query I gave you is working.

I see. But then why would it work for setting the usergroups? :confused:

I don’t know, if i try to do your request I get the following: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden Server: nginx Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2017 11:11:27 GMT Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8 Transfer-Encoding: chunked Connection: close Vary: Accept-Encoding X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN X-XSS-Protection: 1; mode=block X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff X-Request-Id: 611020b5-db42-4f3f-b38d-a55070e90c59 X-Runtime: 0.018272 {"errors":["Non hai il permesso di vedere la risorsa richiesta."],"error_type":"invalid_access"} Which would prove I’m actually reaching the API. You might want to watch the logs while you are doing the request.

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 ... I’m very confused :confused: But thanks for your help

API: cannot update user

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j.jaffeux (Joffrey Jaffeux) June 3, 2017, 10:11am 4

Can you paste the exact query you used please?

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