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# Update User Settings using Patch

This API available only for user access-token integration

Endpoint allows updating fields in a User by its `ID`on the Graph or by `externalUserId`. In the JSON request body, include a JsonPatch patch object that specifies the operation to perform, one or more fields to update, and a new value for each updated field.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: To know more about JsonPatch take a look at [JsonPatch ](http://jsonpatch.com/)website.
{% endhint %}

## Update Recipe

<mark style="color:purple;">`PATCH`</mark> `https://api.whisk.com/user/v2/settings`

#### Path Parameters

| Name | Type   | Description                              |
| ---- | ------ | ---------------------------------------- |
| id   | string | User Id on the Graph or User external Id |

#### Request Body

| Name  | Type   | Description                                                                  |
| ----- | ------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| op    | string | The operation to perform: `Add`, `Remove`, `Replace`, `Copy`, `Move`, `Test` |
| path  | string |                                                                              |
| from  | string |                                                                              |
| value | string |                                                                              |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```javascript
{
  "id": "3d4fda8595114a3a9f7b12fd471a4169",
  "externalId": "1654732567",
  "email": "johndoe@whisk.com",
  "firstName": "John",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "displayName": "John Doe",
  "pictureUrl": "http://john.doe.picture.url.jpg",
  "updatedAt": 1524150524000,
  "createAt": 1524150524000,
  "preferences": {
    "diets": [
      "vegetarian",
      "vegan"
    ],
    "avoidances": [
      "egg",
      "celery"
    ],
    "dislikedIngredients": [
      {
        "name": "milk"
      }
    ],
    "householdSizeAdults": 2,
    "householdSizeChildren": 1,
    "gender": "male",
    "cookingSkill": "amateur",
    "language": "ko",
    "country": "kr"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Sample Request

```bash
curl "https://graph.whisk.com/v1/users" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>" \
  -d '[
    {
      "op": "remove",
      "path": "/email"
    },
    {
      "op": "replace",
      "path": "/displayName",
      "value": "John Doe"
    },
    {
      "op": "add",
      "path": "/pictureUrl",
      "value": ""
    }
  ]'
```

## Response

| ATTRIBUTE      | TYPE            | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                    |
| -------------- | --------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| id\*           | string          | The id of the User on Whisk Graph                                                                                              |
| externalUserId | string          | The user id you have defined for the user. (Max limit of 255 UTF-8 characters, and should not have trailing or leading spaces) |
| email          | string          | The email you have defined for the user. (Max limit of 255 UTF-8 characters, and should not have trailing or leading spaces)   |
| firstName      | string          | The first name of the user                                                                                                     |
| lastName       | string          | The last name of the user                                                                                                      |
| displayName    | string          | The display name of the user                                                                                                   |
| createdAt\*    | timestamp       | The time the user was added to Whisk                                                                                           |
| updatedAt\*    | timestamp       | The last time the user was updated                                                                                             |
| pictureUrl     | string          | The profile picture url of a user                                                                                              |
| preferences    | UserPreferences |                                                                                                                                |

### UserPreferences

| ATTRIBUTE             | TYPE            | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                       |
| --------------------- | --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| country               | string          | Country iso code. Examples: gb, kr, us...                                                                         |
| zipcode               | string          | Postal code. Examples: 10001, 80333...                                                                            |
| language              | string          | Language iso code. Examples: en, ko, fr...                                                                        |
| cookingSkill          | enum            | Measure of a person’s competence in preparing and cooking foods Possible values: amateur, intermediate, advanced. |
| gender                | enum            | Possible values: female, male.                                                                                    |
| householdSizeChildren | integer         | Number of children                                                                                                |
| householdSizeAdults   | integer         | Number of adults Default value: 1                                                                                 |
| dislikedIngredients   | array \[string] | Products and ingredients which will be excluded in search and feed APIs.                                          |
| diets                 | array \[string] | more about diets                                                                                                  |
| avoidances            | array \[string] | more about avoidances                                                                                             |


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