Update User

Fetch a user by id, login, or login shortname if the short name is unambiguous.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Okta documentation.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Department	Name of the user's department.
Display Name	Name of the user, suitable for display to end users.
Division	Name of the user's division.
Email	Primary email address of user.
Employee Number	Organization or company assigned unique identifier for the user.
First Name	Given name of the user.
Last Name	Family name of the user.
Login Email	Unique identifier for the user (email).
Manager ID	ID of the user's manager.
Middle Name	Middle name(s) of the user.
Mobile Phone	Mobile phone number of the user.
Organization	Name of the user's organization.
Password	New password for the user.
Primary Phone	Primary phone number of the user such as home number.
Recovery Question	The user's recovery question.
Recovery Question Answer	The user's recovery question's answer.
Second Email	Secondary email address of user typically used for account recovery.
Strict	If true, validates against minimum age and history password policy.
Title	User's title, such as "Vice President".
User ID	ID of the user to update.
User Type	Used to describe the organization to user relationship such as "Employee" or "Contractor".

Example Output

{
    "_embedded": {},
    "_links": {},
    "activated": "date-time",
    "created": "date-time",
    "credentials": {
        "password": {
            "hash": {
                "algorithm": "string",
                "salt": "string",
                "saltOrder": "string",
                "value": "string",
                "workFactor": 0
            },
            "hook": {
                "type": "string"
            },
            "value": "password"
        },
        "provider": {
            "name": "string",
            "type": "string"
        },
        "recovery_question": {
            "answer": "string",
            "question": "string"
        }
    },
    "id": "string",
    "lastLogin": "date-time",
    "lastUpdated": "date-time",
    "passwordChanged": "date-time",
    "profile": {
        "city": "string",
        "costCenter": "string",
        "countryCode": "string",
        "department": "string",
        "displayName": "string",
        "division": "string",
        "email": "string",
        "employeeNumber": "string",
        "firstName": "string",
        "honorificPrefix": "string",
        "honorificSuffix": "string",
        "lastName": "string",
        "locale": "string",
        "login": "string",
        "manager": "string",
        "managerId": "string",
        "middleName": "string",
        "mobilePhone": "string",
        "nickName": "string",
        "organization": "string",
        "postalAddress": "string",
        "preferredLanguage": "string",
        "primaryPhone": "string",
        "profileUrl": "string",
        "secondEmail": "string",
        "state": "string",
        "streetAddress": "string",
        "timezone": "string",
        "title": "string",
        "userType": "string",
        "zipCode": "string"
    },
    "status": "string",
    "statusChanged": "date-time",
    "transitioningToStatus": "string",
    "type": {
        "_links": {},
        "created": "date-time",
        "createdBy": "string",
        "default": false,
        "description": "string",
        "displayName": "string",
        "id": "string",
        "lastUpdated": "date-time",
        "lastUpdatedBy": "string",
        "name": "string"
    }
}

Workflow Library Example

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