While using the API and making a put request to: MYDISCOURSE/users/MYUSER?api_key=MYSYSTEMAPIKEY&api_username=system with a json payload of: {“username”:“helloworld”} I am receiving a response with a code of 200 and a body that indicates the username has not been changed.

Try this endpoint instead: curl -i -sS -X PUT "http://127.0.0.1:3000/u/blake/preferences/username.json" \ -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data;" \ -F "api_key=a66d01fbe98cc51b2747d8bfe99f81d7adca18317fbf3c43aa20f340d8e25bfe" \ -F "api_username=system" \ -F "new_username=blake2" And it will output: {"id":1,"username":"blake2"}

I was wondering: is it safe to change the system username?

[image]Can I rename "system" user permanently? Do not change the system username, it is the unique identifier for the account. [image]Can I rename "system" user permanently? It actually is configurable. An administrator can easily rename the system user via the configuration interface. The question is whether there is internal code that still refers to that user by id as indicated earlier in this thread, or if this is now fixed and it’s fine to rename that user. Looks like this is not confirmed yet.

Thank you @blake that was exactly what I needed. :slight_smile:

How does one change a username via the API?

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hellekin September 2, 2018, 2:21pm 5

Looks like this is not confirmed yet.

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How does one change a username via the API?

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