PUT /users/{id} Bearer

Update User

Update an existing user's profile information, email, role, or other fields via authenticated PUT request

Overview

Updates an existing user’s information. You can update any subset of fields - only the provided fields will be modified.

Authorization

Warning

This endpoint requires authentication. Include a valid Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Path Parameters

id required

integer

The unique identifier of the user to update

Request Body

All fields are optional. Only provided fields will be updated.

Body Parameters

name

string

Full name of the user

email

string

Email address. Must be a valid email format.

username

string

Unique username

phone

string

Phone number

website

string

Personal website URL

Response

Returns the updated user object.

Error Responses

Status	Description
`400`	Invalid request body
`401`	Unauthorized - missing or invalid authentication
`404`	User not found

curl -X PUT "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
  -d '{
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "email": "[email protected]"
  }'

const response = await fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: "Jane Doe",
    email: "[email protected]"
  })
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.put(
    "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/1",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"},
    json={
        "name": "Jane Doe",
        "email": "[email protected]"
    }
)
print(response.json())

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Jane Doe",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "username": "Bret",
  "phone": "1-770-736-8031 x56442",
  "website": "hildegard.org"
}

{
  "error": "User not found"
}

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Request

curl -X PUT "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/{id}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

const response = await fetch("https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/{id}", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
},
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.put(
    "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/{id}",
    headers={'Content-Type':'application/json','Authorization':'Bearer <token>'},
)

print(response.json())

package main

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

func main() {
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", "https://jsonplaceholder.typicode.com/users/{id}", nil)
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, _ := client.Do(req)
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Response
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