> For clean Markdown of any page, append .md to the page URL. > For a complete documentation index, see https://www.respan.ai/docs/apis/users/update-user/llms.txt. > For AI client integration (Claude Code, Cursor, etc.), connect to the MCP server at https://www.respan.ai/_mcp/server. # Update a user PATCH https://api.respan.ai/api/users/{customer_identifier}/ Content-Type: application/json Users are created automatically from usage. Use this endpoint to set budgets or update profile fields after creation. Reference: https://www.respan.ai/docs/apis/users/update-user ## Authentication - `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use your Respan API key for Respan API authentication. Enter only the Respan API key value; clients send Authorization: Bearer \. For /api/responses, provider credentials such as Perplexity, OpenAI, or Azure OpenAI go in Settings -> Providers or respan\_params.credential\_override in the request body, not in this authentication field. - `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Use a dashboard JWT only for dashboard-authenticated endpoints. Respan API-key endpoints use the respanApiKey auth field instead. ## Request ### Path parameters - `customer_identifier` (string, required) — Your unique identifier for this user. ### Query parameters - `environment` (enum, optional) — Optional environment filter. If omitted, the backend uses the environment implied by your auth context when applicable. - Allowed values: `prod`, `test` ### Body (application/json) This endpoint expects an object. - `email` (string, optional, nullable) — User email address. - `name` (string, optional, nullable) — User display name. - `metadata` (ApiUsersCustomerIdentifierPatchRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaMetadata, optional) — Custom key-value metadata. - `period_budget` (double, optional, nullable) — Spending budget per period in USD. - `budget_duration` (enum, optional) — Budget renewal period. - Allowed values: `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly` - `total_budget` (double, optional, nullable) — Total lifetime spending budget in USD. - `period_start` (datetime, optional) — Optional custom budget period start. - `period_end` (datetime, optional, nullable) — Optional custom budget period end. - `markup_percentage` (double, optional) — Markup percentage applied to usage reports for this user. ## Response ### 200 Updated user details. - `id` (string, optional) — User identifier. - `name` (string, optional, nullable) — User display name. - `email` (string, optional, nullable) — User email address. - `customer_identifier` (string, optional) — Your unique identifier for the user. - `environment` (enum, optional) — User environment. - Allowed values: `prod`, `test` - `total_budget` (double, optional, nullable) — Lifetime spending budget in USD. - `period_budget` (double, optional, nullable) — Current period budget in USD. - `organization_name` (string, optional, nullable) — Owning organization name. - `total_period_usage` (double, optional) — Usage in the current budget period in USD. - `period_start` (datetime, optional) — Start of the current budget period. - `period_end` (datetime, optional, nullable) — End of the current budget period. - `budget_duration` (enum, optional) — Budget renewal period. - Allowed values: `daily`, `weekly`, `monthly` - `updated_at` (datetime, optional) — Last update timestamp. ## Errors ### 400 Bad Request Error Validation Error - `map from string to ApiUsersCustomerIdentifierPatchResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchema` ### 403 Forbidden Error The API key is missing, invalid or expired. - `detail` (string, required) ### 404 Not Found Error Not Found - `detail` (string, optional) ### 429 Too Many Requests Error Rate Limited - `detail` (string, optional) ### 500 Internal Server Error Internal Server Error - `detail` (string, optional) ## Types ### ApiUsersCustomerIdentifierPatchRequestBodyContentApplicationJsonSchemaMetadata Custom key-value metadata. ### ApiUsersCustomerIdentifierPatchResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchema ## Examples **Request** ```json { "name": "Alice", "period_budget": 200, "budget_duration": "monthly" } ``` **Response** ```json { "id": "user_123", "name": "Alice", "email": "john@example.com", "customer_identifier": "user_123", "environment": "prod", "total_budget": 1000, "period_budget": 200, "organization_name": "Acme Inc", "total_period_usage": 45.67, "period_start": "2025-12-01T00:00:00Z", "period_end": null, "budget_duration": "monthly", "updated_at": "2025-12-29T10:30:00Z" } ``` **SDK Code** ```python Users_updateUser_example import requests url = "https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/" querystring = {"environment":"prod"} payload = { "name": "Alice", "period_budget": 200, "budget_duration": "monthly" } headers = { "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Content-Type": "application/json" } response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring) print(response.json()) ``` ```javascript Users_updateUser_example const url = 'https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod'; const options = { method: 'PATCH', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"name":"Alice","period_budget":200,"budget_duration":"monthly"}' }; try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data); } catch (error) { console.error(error); } ``` ```go Users_updateUser_example package main import ( "fmt" "strings" "net/http" "io" ) func main() { url := "https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod" payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Alice\",\n \"period_budget\": 200,\n \"budget_duration\": \"monthly\"\n}") req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload) req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer ") 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)) } ``` ```ruby Users_updateUser_example require 'uri' require 'net/http' url = URI("https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port) http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url) request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer ' request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json' request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Alice\",\n \"period_budget\": 200,\n \"budget_duration\": \"monthly\"\n}" response = http.request(request) puts response.read_body ``` ```java Users_updateUser_example import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse; import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse response = Unirest.patch("https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod") .header("Authorization", "Bearer ") .header("Content-Type", "application/json") .body("{\n \"name\": \"Alice\",\n \"period_budget\": 200,\n \"budget_duration\": \"monthly\"\n}") .asString(); ``` ```php Users_updateUser_example request('PATCH', 'https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod', [ 'body' => '{ "name": "Alice", "period_budget": 200, "budget_duration": "monthly" }', 'headers' => [ 'Authorization' => 'Bearer ', 'Content-Type' => 'application/json', ], ]); echo $response->getBody(); ``` ```csharp Users_updateUser_example using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod"); var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH); request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer "); request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json"); request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n \"name\": \"Alice\",\n \"period_budget\": 200,\n \"budget_duration\": \"monthly\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody); IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request); ``` ```swift Users_updateUser_example import Foundation let headers = [ "Authorization": "Bearer ", "Content-Type": "application/json" ] let parameters = [ "name": "Alice", "period_budget": 200, "budget_duration": "monthly" ] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.respan.ai/api/users/customer_identifier/?environment=prod")! as URL, cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy, timeoutInterval: 10.0) request.httpMethod = "PATCH" request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers request.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.shared let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in if (error != nil) { print(error as Any) } else { let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse print(httpResponse) } }) dataTask.resume() ```