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PATCH /api/v1/users/{id}
Change role or status (If-Match).
- Scope
admin:users - If-Match
- operationId
adminUpdateUser
The token needs the scope admin:users, and the person or service account behind it needs the matching privileges and account permissions, exactly as on the screens. See Scopes.
If-Match. Send If-Match with the ETag of your latest GET. If someone changed the resource since, you get 412 precondition_failed and nothing changes: GET it again, re-apply your change and retry.
Request
PATCH /api/v1/users/{id}
Path parameters
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
id | The id of the user. | 7 |
Headers
| Header | Required | Value |
|---|---|---|
Authorization | yes | Bearer <token>: an OAuth access token (vat_…) or a personal access token (vpt_…). Get a token |
If-Match | yes | The ETag of your latest GET of this resource. ETags |
Content-Type | yes | application/json |
Body: UserPatch
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
role | string | no | A role: trader, portfolio_manager, compliance_officer, operations, firm_admin or viewer. |
status | string | no | "active" or "disabled". |
Decimals (money, prices, quantities, percentages) are sent as strings, ids as strings, times as ISO 8601 UTC.
Examples
Keep the token in an environment variable (VESTORIS_TOKEN), never in the script.
curl
curl -X PATCH "https://vestoris.com/api/v1/users/7" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $VESTORIS_TOKEN" \
-H 'If-Match: "3f1a9c0e5b7d2a4c8e6f0b1d3a5c7e9f"' \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"role":"portfolio_manager"}'
Python (requests)
import os, requests
r = requests.patch(
"https://vestoris.com/api/v1/users/7",
headers={
"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VESTORIS_TOKEN']}",
"If-Match": "\"3f1a9c0e5b7d2a4c8e6f0b1d3a5c7e9f\"",
},
json={
"role": "portfolio_manager"
},
timeout=30,
)
r.raise_for_status() # errors are application/problem+json with a stable "code"
print(r.json())
JavaScript (fetch)
const res = await fetch("https://vestoris.com/api/v1/users/7", {
method: "PATCH",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VESTORIS_TOKEN}`,
"If-Match": "\"3f1a9c0e5b7d2a4c8e6f0b1d3a5c7e9f\"",
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"role": "portfolio_manager"
}),
});
const data = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${data.code}: ${data.detail}`); // problem+json
console.log(data);
Response
200 OK, application/json: User. With an ETag header. Rate-limit headers: RateLimit-Limit, RateLimit-Remaining, RateLimit-Reset.
Response fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id | id (string) | The record's id (a string of digits). |
name | string | The user's name. |
email | string or null | Email address. |
kind | string | "person" or "service". |
role | string | A role: trader, portfolio_manager, compliance_officer, operations, firm_admin or viewer. |
status | string | active, invited or disabled. |
privileges | list of string | Effective privileges. |
privilege_adjustments | object | Privileges granted or revoked on top of the role's defaults. |
last_login_at | date-time or null | The user's last sign-in. |
created_at | date-time or null | When it was created. |
Example response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
ETag: "3f1a9c0e5b7d2a4c8e6f0b1d3a5c7e9f"
{
"id": "1042",
"name": "Alex Rivera",
"email": "pat@example-ria.com",
"kind": "person",
"role": "portfolio_manager",
"status": "active",
"privileges": [
"use_blotter",
"export"
],
"privilege_adjustments": [],
"last_login_at": null,
"created_at": "2026-10-27T14:30:00Z"
}
Example values. Your values depend on your firm's data; prices, orders and fills are simulated.
Status codes and errors
Errors are application/problem+json (RFC 9457) with a stable code to program against; the detail says what to fix. See Errors.
| Status | When | Problem codes |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | Success | |
| 400 | The request is malformed | invalid_request invalid_json |
| 401 | No token, or it is invalid or expired | invalid_token |
| 403 | The token lacks the scope, or the person or service account behind it lacks the privilege or account permission | insufficient_scope forbidden ip_not_allowed |
| 404 | Not found, or not visible to you (the API never confirms what you may not see) | not_found |
| 409 | Not possible in the current state | invalid_transition conflict |
| 412 | The resource changed since your GET: get it again and retry with the new ETag | precondition_failed |
| 422 | Validation failed (the detail says which field), or blocked | validation_failed |
| 428 | A required header is missing | precondition_required |
| 429 | Rate limited: wait for Retry-After seconds | rate_limited |
{
"type": "https://vestoris.com/developers/errors#validation_failed",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 422,
"detail": "Quantity must be greater than zero.",
"code": "validation_failed",
"instance": "/api/v1/users/7"
}
On the screens
The same thing in the app is explained in: