Change a member's role

PATCH

/api/v1/users/{id}

Requires the admin role. The account owner’s role cannot be changed. Omitting the role leaves the member unchanged — it is never defaulted.

Authorizations

bearerAuth

Path Parameters

NameType

required

string

The record’s prefixed ID

Request Body^required

application/json

object

user

object

role

string

Allowed values: admin member viewer

Responses

200

The updated member

Response body

application/json

object

string

email

string format: email

name

string

first_name

string

last_name

string

role

string

Allowed values: admin member viewer

roles

Array<string>

owner

boolean

True for the account owner

created_at

string format: date-time

When the membership was created

updated_at

string format: date-time

403

Insufficient scope, role, or credits

Response body

application/json

object

error

object

code

string

A stable machine-readable code

message

string

details

Array<string>

Present on validation errors; one entry per failed validation

422

The record could not be saved

Response body

application/json

object

error

object

code

string

A stable machine-readable code

message

string

details

Array<string>

Present on validation errors; one entry per failed validation

Request

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/users/example \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "user": { "role": "admin" } }'

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/users/example")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{ \"user\": { \"role\": \"admin\" } }"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

<?php

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/users/example', [
  'body' => '{ "user": { "role": "admin" } }',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();

const url = 'https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/users/example';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"user":{"role":"admin"}}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "https://app.responsehub.io/api/v1/users/example"

  payload := strings.NewReader("{ \"user\": { \"role\": \"admin\" } }")

  req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Request body example

Example^generated

{
  "user": {
    "role": "admin"
  }
}

200example

Example^generated

{
  "id": "user_1a2b",
  "email": "hello@example.com",
  "name": "example",
  "first_name": "example",
  "last_name": "example",
  "role": "admin",
  "roles": [
    "example"
  ],
  "owner": true,
  "created_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"
}

403example

Example^generated

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "example",
    "details": [
      "example"
    ]
  }
}

422example

Example^generated

{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "example",
    "details": [
      "example"
    ]
  }
}

Change a member's role

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Request Bodyrequired

Responses

200

403

422

Request Body^required