Update User - Stytch Docs

  import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
  import { Text, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
  import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react-native';

  export const Login = () => {
    const stytch = useStytch();

    const updateName = useCallback(() => {
      stytch.user.update({
        name: {
          first_name: 'Jane',
          last_name: 'Doe',
        },
        untrusted_metadata: {
          display_theme: 'DARK_MODE',
        },
      });
    }, [stytch]);

    return (
      <View>
        <TouchableOpacity onPress={updateName}>
          <Text>Update name</Text>
        </TouchableOpacity>
      </View>
    );
  };

{
  "emails": [
    {
      "email_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953",
      "email": "sandbox@stytch.com",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "phone_numbers": [
    {
      "phone_id": "phone-number-test-d5a3b680-e8a3-40c0-b815-ab79986666d0",
      "phone_number": "+12025550162",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "crypto_wallets": [
    {
      "crypto_wallet_id": "crypto-wallet-test-dbbd372e-79f8-48ea-907c-5f0755e7d328",
      "crypto_wallet_address": "0x6df2dB4Fb3DA35d241901Bd53367770BF03123f1",
      "crypto_wallet_type": "ethereum",
      "verified": true
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "status_code": 200,
  "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
  "user": {...}
}

{
    {
      "status_code": 400,
      "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
      "error_type": "update_user_auth_method_not_allowed",
      "error_message": "Update user no longer accepts phone_numbers, emails, or crypto_wallets. To add these authentication factors to an existing user, use their respective Send endpoints.",
      "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/400"
    }
}

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "unauthorized_credentials",
  "error_message": "Unauthorized credentials.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/401"
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "user_not_found",
  "error_message": "User could not be found.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/404"
}

{
  "status_code": 429,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "too_many_requests",
  "error_message": "Too many requests have been made.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/429"
}

{
  "status_code": 500,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "internal_server_error",
  "error_message": "Oops, something seems to have gone wrong, please reach out to support@stytch.com to let us know what went wrong.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/500"
}

  import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
  import { Text, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
  import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react-native';

  export const Login = () => {
    const stytch = useStytch();

    const updateName = useCallback(() => {
      stytch.user.update({
        name: {
          first_name: 'Jane',
          last_name: 'Doe',
        },
        untrusted_metadata: {
          display_theme: 'DARK_MODE',
        },
      });
    }, [stytch]);

    return (
      <View>
        <TouchableOpacity onPress={updateName}>
          <Text>Update name</Text>
        </TouchableOpacity>
      </View>
    );
  };

{
  "emails": [
    {
      "email_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953",
      "email": "sandbox@stytch.com",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "phone_numbers": [
    {
      "phone_id": "phone-number-test-d5a3b680-e8a3-40c0-b815-ab79986666d0",
      "phone_number": "+12025550162",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "crypto_wallets": [
    {
      "crypto_wallet_id": "crypto-wallet-test-dbbd372e-79f8-48ea-907c-5f0755e7d328",
      "crypto_wallet_address": "0x6df2dB4Fb3DA35d241901Bd53367770BF03123f1",
      "crypto_wallet_type": "ethereum",
      "verified": true
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "status_code": 200,
  "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
  "user": {...}
}

{
    {
      "status_code": 400,
      "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
      "error_type": "update_user_auth_method_not_allowed",
      "error_message": "Update user no longer accepts phone_numbers, emails, or crypto_wallets. To add these authentication factors to an existing user, use their respective Send endpoints.",
      "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/400"
    }
}

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "unauthorized_credentials",
  "error_message": "Unauthorized credentials.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/401"
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "user_not_found",
  "error_message": "User could not be found.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/404"
}

{
  "status_code": 429,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "too_many_requests",
  "error_message": "Too many requests have been made.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/429"
}

{
  "status_code": 500,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "internal_server_error",
  "error_message": "Oops, something seems to have gone wrong, please reach out to support@stytch.com to let us know what went wrong.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/500"
}

  import React, { useCallback } from 'react';
  import { Text, TouchableOpacity, View } from 'react-native';
  import { useStytch } from '@stytch/react-native';

  export const Login = () => {
    const stytch = useStytch();

    const updateName = useCallback(() => {
      stytch.user.update({
        name: {
          first_name: 'Jane',
          last_name: 'Doe',
        },
        untrusted_metadata: {
          display_theme: 'DARK_MODE',
        },
      });
    }, [stytch]);

    return (
      <View>
        <TouchableOpacity onPress={updateName}>
          <Text>Update name</Text>
        </TouchableOpacity>
      </View>
    );
  };

{
  "emails": [
    {
      "email_id": "email-test-81bf03a8-86e1-4d95-bd44-bb3495224953",
      "email": "sandbox@stytch.com",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "phone_numbers": [
    {
      "phone_id": "phone-number-test-d5a3b680-e8a3-40c0-b815-ab79986666d0",
      "phone_number": "+12025550162",
      "verified": false
    }
  ],
  "crypto_wallets": [
    {
      "crypto_wallet_id": "crypto-wallet-test-dbbd372e-79f8-48ea-907c-5f0755e7d328",
      "crypto_wallet_address": "0x6df2dB4Fb3DA35d241901Bd53367770BF03123f1",
      "crypto_wallet_type": "ethereum",
      "verified": true
    }
  ],
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "status_code": 200,
  "user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
  "user": {...}
}

{
    {
      "status_code": 400,
      "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
      "error_type": "update_user_auth_method_not_allowed",
      "error_message": "Update user no longer accepts phone_numbers, emails, or crypto_wallets. To add these authentication factors to an existing user, use their respective Send endpoints.",
      "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/400"
    }
}

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "unauthorized_credentials",
  "error_message": "Unauthorized credentials.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/401"
}

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "user_not_found",
  "error_message": "User could not be found.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/404"
}

{
  "status_code": 429,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "too_many_requests",
  "error_message": "Too many requests have been made.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/429"
}

{
  "status_code": 500,
  "request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
  "error_type": "internal_server_error",
  "error_message": "Oops, something seems to have gone wrong, please reach out to support@stytch.com to let us know what went wrong.",
  "error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/500"
}

Wraps the update user endpoint. Use this method to change the user’s name, untrusted metadata, and attributes.

If a user has enrolled another MFA method, this method will require MFA. See the Multi-factor authentication section for more details.

Parameters

name

object

The name of the user. Each field in the name object is optional.

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first_name

string

The first name of the user.

middle_name

string

The middle name(s) of the user.

last_name

string

The last name of the user.

untrusted_metadata

object

The untrusted_metadata field contains an arbitrary JSON object of application-specific data. Untrusted metadata can be edited by end users directly via the SDK, and cannot be used to store critical information. See the Metadata reference for complete field behavior details.

Response

emails

array[objects]

An array of email objects for the User.

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email_id

string

The unique ID of a specific email address.

string

The email address.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

phone_numbers

array[objects]

An array of phone number objects linked to the User.

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phone_id

string

The unique ID for the phone number.

phone_number

string

The phone number.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

crypto_wallets

array[objects]

An array contains a list of all crypto wallets for a given User in the Stytch API.

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crypto_wallet_id

string

The unique ID for a crypto wallet

crypto_wallet_address

string

The actual blockchain address of the User’s crypto wallet.

crypto_wallet_type

string

The blockchain that the User’s crypto wallet operates on, e.g. Ethereum, Solana, etc.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

user_id

string

The unique ID of the affected User.

user

object

The user object affected by call. See the User object for complete response field details.

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created_at

string

The timestamp of the User’s creation. Values conform to the RFC 3339 standard and are expressed in UTC, e.g. 2021-12-29T12:33:09Z.

crypto_wallets

array[objects]

An array contains a list of all crypto wallets for a given User in the Stytch API.

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crypto_wallet_id

string

The unique ID for a crypto wallet

crypto_wallet_address

string

The actual blockchain address of the User’s crypto wallet.

crypto_wallet_type

string

The blockchain that the User’s crypto wallet operates on, e.g. Ethereum, Solana, etc.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

emails

array[objects]

An array of email objects for the User.

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email_id

string

The unique ID of a specific email address.

string

The email address.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

name

object

The name of the User. Each field in the name object is optional.

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first_name

string

The first name of the user.

middle_name

string

The middle name(s) of the user.

last_name

string

The last name of the user.

trusted_metadata

object

The trusted_metadata field contains an arbitrary JSON object of application-specific data. See the Metadata reference for complete field behavior details.

untrusted_metadata

object

phone_numbers

array[objects]

An array of phone number objects linked to the User.

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phone_id

string

The unique ID for the phone number.

phone_number

string

The phone number.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

providers

array[objects]

An array of OAuth provider objects linked to the User.

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oauth_user_registration_id

string

The unique ID for an OAuth registration.

provider_subject

string

The unique identifier for the User within a given OAuth provider. Also commonly called the “sub” or “Subject field” in OAuth protocols.

provider_type

string

Denotes the OAuth identity provider that the user has authenticated with, e.g. Google, Facebook, GitHub etc.

profile_picture_url

string

If available, the profile_picture_url is a url of the User’s profile picture set in OAuth identity the provider that the User has authenticated with, e.g. Facebook profile picture.

locale

string

If available, the locale is the User’s locale set in the OAuth identity provider that the user has authenticated with.

password

object

The password object is returned for users with a password.

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password_id

string

The unique ID of a specific password

requires_reset

boolean

Indicates whether this password requires a password reset

status

string

The status of the User. The possible values are pending and active.

totps

array[objects]

An array containing a list of all TOTP instances for a given User in the Stytch API.

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totp_id

string

The unique ID for a TOTP instance.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

user_id

string

The unique ID of the affected User.

webauthn_registrations

array[objects]

An array that contains a list of all Passkey or WebAuthn registrations for a given User in the Stytch API.

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webauthn_registration_id

string

The unique ID for the Passkey or WebAuthn registration.

domain

string

The domain on which Passkey or WebAuthn registration was started. This will be the domain of your app.

user_agent

string

The user agent of the User.

authenticator_type

string

The authenticator_type string displays the requested authenticator type of the Passkey or WebAuthn device. The two valid types are “platform” and “cross-platform”. If no value is present, the Passkey or WebAuthn device was created without an authenticator type preference.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

name

string

The name of the Passkey or WebAuthn registration.

biometric_registrations

array[objects]

An array that contains a list of all biometric registrations for a given User in the Stytch API.

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biometric_registration_id

string

The unique ID for a biometric registration.

verified

boolean

If this method has been successfully authenticated by the User.

roles

array[strings]

Roles assigned to this User. See the RBAC guide for more information about role assignment.

request_id

string

Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.

status_code

number

The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.

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