PUT user/…

Updates specific user details. This is allowed if:

you are updating your own account, or
you are are an administrator of an organization, you have the MANAGE_USERS permission, and you are updating an account that is managed by your organization.

Resource URL

https://www.drillster.com/api/2.1.1/user

to update your own account, or

https://www.drillster.com/api/2.1.1/user/{user_id}

Parameters

Field	Type	Description
`user_id` optional	String	The user ID of the user. The following types can be used: The account ID `self` for the user performing the request An email address registered for the user A third-party ID registered for the user, using `$` as separator. The value must be URL-encoded: `<third-party>%24<ID>`
`name` optional	String	The full name of the user. Example value: `Alice Smith`
`locale` optional	String	The preferred language of the user. If supported by Drillster, this language will be used if the user logs in to the web interface. If not provided, the calling user's locale will be used. The value must be a 🔗 ISO 639-1 language code. Currently supported language codes by Drillster are: `en` `es` `fr` `de` `nl` `pt` Example value: `fr`
`timeZone` optional	String	The time zone that the user resides in. Values are as defined by the 🔗 IANA Time Zone Database. This document provides a full list of time zone IDs. Example values: `America/Los_Angeles` `Europe/Amsterdam` `Asia/Jakarta`
`description` optional	String	A brief biography or description of the user. Example value: `I use Drillster to brush up on my language skills`
`yearOfBirth` optional	Integer	The user's year of birth.
`domicile` optional	String	The user's country of residence. Please provide a valid two-letter ISO 3166 country code.

If a PUT request has no body (i.e. the body is empty), it is still mandatory to include a Content-Length header (i.e. Content-Length: 0). Not all HTTP clients do this automatically. For more information, please see RFC 2616.

Response

A 2.1.1 User object reflecting the changes made.

Example request

PUT https://www.drillster.com/api/2.1.1/user
timeZone=America/Los_Angeles

Response

{
  "id": "hs64JqogSRiKSC18ivnOmw",
  "type": "USER",
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "avatar": {
    "type": "image/jpeg",
    "url": "https://www.drillster.com/bin/avatar/4e81a717261692f59f4bbe411e312cd04cef6df5"
  },
  "emailAddress": "jane@example.com",
  "locale": "es",
  "description": "",
  "timeZone": "America/Los_Angeles"
}

Error responses

The following error situations are possible:

ID	Description
`missing_parameters`	No input parameters specified.
`no_such_user`	User account could not be loaded.
`invalid_real_name`	Given real name is invalid.
`invalid_locale`	Given locale is not valid.
`invalid_time_zone`	Given time zone is not valid.
`no_access`	The caller is not authorized to modify the account details