---
title: Patch Direct-mapped User
description: The PATCH {{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}} operation replaces some information about the specified user in the specified environment. Only those atributes specified in the body are changed.
component: pingone-api
page_id: pingone-api:platform:scim/direct-mapped-users/patch-direct-mapped-user
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingone-api/platform/scim/direct-mapped-users/patch-direct-mapped-user.html
section_ids:
  headers: Headers
  body: Body
  example-request: Example Request
  example-response: Example Response
---

# Patch Direct-mapped User

##

```none
PATCH {{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}
```

The `PATCH {{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}` operation replaces some information about the specified user in the specified environment. Only those atributes specified in the body are changed.

> **Collapse: Request Model**
>
> Refer to [Direct-mapped user data model](../direct-mapped-users.html#scim-direct-mapped-user-data-model) for full property descriptions.
>
> | Property                | Type   | Required          |
> | ----------------------- | ------ | ----------------- |
> | `accountId`             | String | Optional          |
> | `address.countryCode`   | String | Optional          |
> | `address.locality`      | String | Optional          |
> | `address.postalCode`    | String | Optional          |
> | `address.region`        | String | Optional          |
> | `address.streetAddress` | String | Optional          |
> | `email`                 | String | Optional          |
> | `externalId`            | String | Optional          |
> | `locale`                | String | Optional          |
> | `mobilePhone`           | String | Optional          |
> | `name.familyName`       | String | Optional          |
> | `name.formatted`        | String | Optional          |
> | `name.givenName`        | String | Optional          |
> | `name.honorificPrefix`  | String | Optional          |
> | `name.honorificSuffix`  | String | Optional          |
> | `name.middleName`       | String | Optional          |
> | `nickname`              | String | Optional          |
> | `password`              | String | Optional          |
> | `photo.href`            | String | Optional          |
> | `population.id`         | String | Required/Optional |
> | `preferredLanguage`     | String | Optional          |
> | `primaryPhone`          | String | Optional          |
> | `resourceType`          | String | Required          |
> | `timezone`              | String | Optional          |
> | `title`                 | String | Optional          |
> | `type`                  | String | Optional          |
> | `username`              | String | Required          |

### Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

Content-Type      application/json

### Body

raw ( application/json )

```json
{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
    ],
    "Operations": [
        {
            "op": "replace",
            "path": "username",
            "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
        },
        {
            "op": "remove",
            "path": "nickname"
        },
        {
            "op": "add",
            "path": "name.middle",
            "value": "midNofDMU"
        }
    ]
}
```

##

### Example Request

* cURL

* C#

* Go

* HTTP

* Java

* jQuery

* NodeJS

* Python

* PHP

* Ruby

* Swift

```shell
curl --location --globoff --request PATCH '{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data '{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
    ],
    "Operations": [
        {
            "op": "replace",
            "path": "username",
            "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
        },
        {
            "op": "remove",
            "path": "nickname"
        },
        {
            "op": "add",
            "path": "name.middle",
            "value": "midNofDMU"
        }
    ]
}'
```

```csharp
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Patch);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
var body = @"{" + "\n" +
@"    ""schemas"": [" + "\n" +
@"        ""urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp""" + "\n" +
@"    ]," + "\n" +
@"    ""Operations"": [" + "\n" +
@"        {" + "\n" +
@"            ""op"": ""replace""," + "\n" +
@"            ""path"": ""username""," + "\n" +
@"            ""value"": ""tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED""" + "\n" +
@"        }," + "\n" +
@"        {" + "\n" +
@"            ""op"": ""remove""," + "\n" +
@"            ""path"": ""nickname""" + "\n" +
@"        }," + "\n" +
@"        {" + "\n" +
@"            ""op"": ""add""," + "\n" +
@"            ""path"": ""name.middle""," + "\n" +
@"            ""value"": ""midNofDMU""" + "\n" +
@"        }" + "\n" +
@"    ]" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
```

```golang
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}"
  method := "PATCH"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
    ],
    "Operations": [
        {
            "op": "replace",
            "path": "username",
            "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
        },
        {
            "op": "remove",
            "path": "nickname"
        },
        {
            "op": "add",
            "path": "name.middle",
            "value": "midNofDMU"
        }
    ]
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```http
PATCH /environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}} HTTP/1.1
Host: {{scimPath}}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}

{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
    ],
    "Operations": [
        {
            "op": "replace",
            "path": "username",
            "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
        },
        {
            "op": "remove",
            "path": "nickname"
        },
        {
            "op": "add",
            "path": "name.middle",
            "value": "midNofDMU"
        }
    ]
}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp\"\n    ],\n    \"Operations\": [\n        {\n            \"op\": \"replace\",\n            \"path\": \"username\",\n            \"value\": \"tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"op\": \"remove\",\n            \"path\": \"nickname\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"op\": \"add\",\n            \"path\": \"name.middle\",\n            \"value\": \"midNofDMU\"\n        }\n    ]\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}")
  .method("PATCH", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```javascript
var settings = {
  "url": "{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}",
  "method": "PATCH",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
  "data": JSON.stringify({
    "schemas": [
      "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
    ],
    "Operations": [
      {
        "op": "replace",
        "path": "username",
        "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
      },
      {
        "op": "remove",
        "path": "nickname"
      },
      {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "name.middle",
        "value": "midNofDMU"
      }
    ]
  }),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'PATCH',
  'url': '{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}',
  'headers': {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "schemas": [
      "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
    ],
    "Operations": [
      {
        "op": "replace",
        "path": "username",
        "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
      },
      {
        "op": "remove",
        "path": "nickname"
      },
      {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "name.middle",
        "value": "midNofDMU"
      }
    ]
  })

};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
```

```python
import requests
import json

url = "{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}"

payload = json.dumps({
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
  ],
  "Operations": [
    {
      "op": "replace",
      "path": "username",
      "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
    },
    {
      "op": "remove",
      "path": "nickname"
    },
    {
      "op": "add",
      "path": "name.middle",
      "value": "midNofDMU"
    }
  ]
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("PATCH", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

```php
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}');
$request->setMethod('PATCH');
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
$request->setBody('{\n    "schemas": [\n        "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"\n    ],\n    "Operations": [\n        {\n            "op": "replace",\n            "path": "username",\n            "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"\n        },\n        {\n            "op": "remove",\n            "path": "nickname"\n        },\n        {\n            "op": "add",\n            "path": "name.middle",\n            "value": "midNofDMU"\n        }\n    ]\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "schemas": [
    "urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp"
  ],
  "Operations": [
    {
      "op": "replace",
      "path": "username",
      "value": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED"
    },
    {
      "op": "remove",
      "path": "nickname"
    },
    {
      "op": "add",
      "path": "name.middle",
      "value": "midNofDMU"
    }
  ]
})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```swift
let parameters = "{\n    \"schemas\": [\n        \"urn:ietf:params:scim:api:messages:2.0:PatchOp\"\n    ],\n    \"Operations\": [\n        {\n            \"op\": \"replace\",\n            \"path\": \"username\",\n            \"value\": \"tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"op\": \"remove\",\n            \"path\": \"nickname\"\n        },\n        {\n            \"op\": \"add\",\n            \"path\": \"name.middle\",\n            \"value\": \"midNofDMU\"\n        }\n    ]\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{scimPath}}/environments/{{envID}}/v2/DirectMappedUsers/{{userID}}")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()
```

### Example Response

200 OK

```json
{
    "schemas": [
        "urn:pingidentity:schemas:2.0:DirectMappedUser"
    ],
    "id": "f0a13f5d-3314-49c8-aede-86a059461728",
    "meta": {
        "created": "2022-09-15T15:48:51.428Z",
        "lastModified": "2023-03-07T19:21:02.477Z",
        "resourceType": "User",
        "location": "https://scim-api.pingone.com/environments/abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6/v2/DirectMappedUsers/f0a13f5d-3314-49c8-aede-86a059461728"
    },
    "environment": {
        "id": "abfba8f6-49eb-49f5-a5d9-80ad5c98f9f6"
    },
    "account": {
        "canAuthenticate": true,
        "status": "OK"
    },
    "enabled": true,
    "identityProvider": {
        "type": "PING_ONE"
    },
    "lifecycle": {
        "status": "ACCOUNT_OK"
    },
    "mfaEnabled": false,
    "name": {
        "formatted": "Rawnald Gregory Erickson II",
        "given": "Rawnald",
        "middle": "midNofDMU",
        "family": "Erickson",
        "honorificPrefix": "Mr.",
        "honorificSuffix": "II"
    },
    "population": {
        "id": "cb3ef0a0-0ff5-4f60-ae82-4ae65d9d0e3a"
    },
    "primaryPhone": "1234567890",
    "username": "tmp-dm-user-1-PATCHED",
    "verifyStatus": "NOT_INITIATED"
}
```
