# Need Help updating profile info via API

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-updating-profile-info-via-api/306686>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [May 3, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/need-help-updating-profile-info-via-api/306686 "2024-05-03T21:03:55Z")\
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> [@Earnie\_Baird](#):
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> but I get [“BAD CSRF”] so I tried this:

Yes, this way has been deprecated in favor of passing the credentials in the header (as below).

> [@Earnie\_Baird](#):
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> `-d '{"name”: “new name"}' \`

You mixed quote characters: `"` and `”`. This might be the reason here. 🤔

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