Update a User

Update user properties using JSON Patch

PATCH /v1/users/{id}

PATCH /v1/users/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Users

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Retrieve, modify, and update
user = Users.retrieve("77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd")
user.description = "Senior data analyst in the Sales team"
user.displayName = "Aaron M. Johnson"
updated = Users.update(user)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version}")

Response

{
  "id": "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "name": "aaron_johnson0",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "aaron_johnson0",
  "displayName": "Aaron M. Johnson",
  "description": "Senior data analyst in the Sales team",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982624214,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/users/77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "isBot": false,
  "isAdmin": false,
  "allowImpersonation": false,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": "7a2b921b-f623-4eb5-9736-649788ad842c",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Sales",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Sales",
      "displayName": "Sales",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "personas": [],
  "deleted": false,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": "761c2bb2-0b77-4bc5-9af9-cf89536d6a12",
      "type": "role",
      "name": "DataSteward",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "DataSteward",
      "displayName": "Data Steward",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "domains": []
}

Update a User

Update a user’s properties using JSON Merge Patch. You can update by ID or by fully qualified name.

Update by ID

id · string · required

UUID of the user to update.

Update by Name

Use PATCH /v1/users/name/{fqn} to update by fully qualified name.

fqn · string · required

Fully qualified name of the user (e.g., aaron_johnson0).

Body Parameters

Send a JSON object with the fields to update. Only provided fields are changed.

displayName · string

Updated display name.

description · string

Updated description in Markdown format.

email · string

Updated email address.

isAdmin · boolean

Updated admin status.

teams · array

Updated list of team references.

Show properties

id · string

UUID of the team.

type · string

Type of entity (always team).

roles · array

Updated list of role references.

Show properties

id · string

UUID of the role.

type · string

Type of entity (always role).

domain · string

Updated domain FQN.

profile · object

Updated profile information.

PATCH /v1/users/{id}

Python

from metadata.sdk import configure
from metadata.sdk.entities import Users

configure(
    host="https://your-company.open-metadata.org/api",
    jwt_token="your-jwt-token"
)

# Retrieve, modify, and update
user = Users.retrieve("77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd")
user.description = "Senior data analyst in the Sales team"
user.displayName = "Aaron M. Johnson"
updated = Users.update(user)

print(f"Updated to version {updated.version}")

Response

{
  "id": "77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "name": "aaron_johnson0",
  "fullyQualifiedName": "aaron_johnson0",
  "displayName": "Aaron M. Johnson",
  "description": "Senior data analyst in the Sales team",
  "version": 0.2,
  "updatedAt": 1769982624214,
  "updatedBy": "admin",
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "href": "http://localhost:8585/api/v1/users/77655e6e-ad33-49da-bbca-db4ba4d4e2cd",
  "isBot": false,
  "isAdmin": false,
  "allowImpersonation": false,
  "teams": [
    {
      "id": "7a2b921b-f623-4eb5-9736-649788ad842c",
      "type": "team",
      "name": "Sales",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "Sales",
      "displayName": "Sales",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "personas": [],
  "deleted": false,
  "roles": [
    {
      "id": "761c2bb2-0b77-4bc5-9af9-cf89536d6a12",
      "type": "role",
      "name": "DataSteward",
      "fullyQualifiedName": "DataSteward",
      "displayName": "Data Steward",
      "deleted": false
    }
  ],
  "domains": []
}

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Returns

Returns the updated user object with the new version number.

Response

id · string

Unique identifier for the user (UUID format).

name · string

Username.

fullyQualifiedName · string

Fully qualified name (same as name for users).

description · string

Updated description.

version · number

Incremented version number.

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Error Handling

Code	Error Type	Description
400	BAD_REQUEST	Invalid JSON patch or malformed request
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Invalid or missing authentication token
403	FORBIDDEN	User lacks permission to update this user
404	NOT_FOUND	User with given ID or FQN does not exist
409	CONFLICT	Concurrent modification detected