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PUT
/
v1
/
users
/
{user_id}
/
exchange_primary_factor
C#
// PUT /v1/users/{user_id}/exchange_primary_factor
const stytch = require('stytch');

const client = new stytch.Client({
  project_id: '${projectId}',
  secret: '${secret}',
});

const params = {
  user_id: "${userId}",
};

client.Users.ExchangePrimaryFactor(params)
  .then(resp => { console.log(resp) })
  .catch(err => { console.log(err) });
{
  "request_id": "<string>",
  "user_id": "<string>",
  "user": {
    "user_id": "<string>",
    "emails": [
      {
        "email_id": "<string>",
        "email": "<string>",
        "verified": true
      }
    ],
    "status": "<string>",
    "phone_numbers": [
      {
        "phone_id": "<string>",
        "phone_number": "<string>",
        "verified": true
      }
    ],
    "webauthn_registrations": [
      {
        "webauthn_registration_id": "<string>",
        "domain": "<string>",
        "user_agent": "<string>",
        "verified": true,
        "authenticator_type": "<string>",
        "name": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "providers": [
      {
        "provider_type": "<string>",
        "provider_subject": "<string>",
        "profile_picture_url": "<string>",
        "locale": "<string>",
        "oauth_user_registration_id": "<string>"
      }
    ],
    "totps": [
      {
        "totp_id": "<string>",
        "verified": true
      }
    ],
    "crypto_wallets": [
      {
        "crypto_wallet_id": "<string>",
        "crypto_wallet_address": "<string>",
        "crypto_wallet_type": "<string>",
        "verified": true
      }
    ],
    "biometric_registrations": [
      {
        "biometric_registration_id": "<string>",
        "verified": true
      }
    ],
    "is_locked": true,
    "roles": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "name": {
      "first_name": "<string>",
      "middle_name": "<string>",
      "last_name": "<string>"
    },
    "created_at": "<string>",
    "password": {
      "password_id": "<string>",
      "requires_reset": true
    },
    "trusted_metadata": {},
    "untrusted_metadata": {},
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "lock_created_at": "<string>",
    "lock_expires_at": "<string>"
  },
  "status_code": 123
}
Must pass either an email_address or a phone_number. This endpoint only works if the user has exactly one factor. You are able to exchange the type of factor for another as well, i.e. exchange an email_address for a phone_number.
Use this endpoint with caution as it performs an admin level action.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Basic authentication header of the form Basic <encoded-value>, where <encoded-value> is the base64-encoded string username:password.

Path Parameters

user_id
string
required

The unique ID of a specific User. You may use an external_id here if one is set for the user.

Body

application/json

Request type

email_address
string

The email address to exchange to.

phone_number
string

The phone number to exchange to. The phone number should be in E.164 format (i.e. +1XXXXXXXXXX).

Response

Successful response

request_id
string
required

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.

user_id
string
required

The unique ID of the affected User.

user
object
required

The user object affected by this API call. See the Get user endpoint for complete response field details.

status_code
integer<int32>
required

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.