Update

To update a resource, replace it with an HTTP PUT that includes the case-sensitive identifier (_id) as the final element of the path, and a JSON payload that contains all writable fields of the resource that you want to retain. Use an If-Match header to ensure the resource already exists. For read-only fields, either include unmodified versions, or omit them from your updated version.

To update a resource regardless of the revision, use an If-Match: * header:

$ curl \
 --request PUT \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user kvaughan:bribery \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --header "If-Match: *" \
 --data '{
   "contactInformation": {
     "telephoneNumber": "+1 408 555 4798",
     "emailAddress": "scarter@example.com"
   },
   "name": {
     "familyName": "Carter",
     "givenName": "Sam"
   },
   "userName": "scarter@example.com",
   "displayName": ["Sam Carter", "Samantha Carter"],
   "groups": [
     {
       "_id": "Accounting Managers"
     }
   ],
   "manager": {
     "_id": "trigden"
   },
  "uidNumber": 1002,
  "gidNumber": 1000,
  "homeDirectory": "/home/scarter"
 }' \
 --silent \
 https://localhost:8443/api/users/scarter?_prettyPrint=true
{
  "_id" : "scarter",
  "_rev" : "<revision>",
  "_schema" : "frapi:opendj:rest2ldap:posixUser:1.0",
  "_meta" : {
    "lastModified" : "<datestamp>"
  },
  "userName" : "scarter@example.com",
  "displayName" : [ "Sam Carter", "Samantha Carter" ],
  "name" : {
    "givenName" : "Sam",
    "familyName" : "Carter"
  },
  "description" : "Description on ou=People",
  "manager" : {
    "_id" : "trigden",
    "_rev" : "<revision>"
  },
  "groups" : [ {
    "_id" : "Accounting Managers",
    "_rev" : "<revision>"
  } ],
  "contactInformation" : {
    "telephoneNumber" : "+1 408 555 4798",
    "emailAddress" : "scarter@example.com"
  },
  "uidNumber" : 1002,
  "gidNumber" : 1000,
  "homeDirectory" : "/home/scarter"
}

To update a resource only if the resource matches a particular version, use an If-Match: revision header as shown in the following example:

$ export REVISION=$(cut -d \" -f 8 <(curl --silent \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user kvaughan:bribery \
 https://localhost:8443/api/users/scarter?_fields=_rev))
$ curl \
 --request PUT \
 --cacert ca-cert.pem \
 --user kvaughan:bribery \
 --header "If-Match: $REVISION" \
 --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
 --data '{
   "_id" : "scarter",
   "_schema" : "frapi:opendj:rest2ldap:posixUser:1.0",
   "contactInformation": {
     "telephoneNumber": "+1 408 555 4798",
     "emailAddress": "scarter@example.com"
   },
   "name": {
     "familyName": "Carter",
     "givenName": "Sam"
   },
   "userName": "scarter@example.com",
   "displayName": ["Sam Carter", "Samantha Carter"],
  "uidNumber": 1002,
  "gidNumber": 1000,
  "homeDirectory": "/home/scarter"
 }' \
 --silent \
 https://localhost:8443/api/users/scarter?_prettyPrint=true
{
  "_id" : "scarter",
  "_rev" : "<new-revision>",
  "_schema" : "frapi:opendj:rest2ldap:posixUser:1.0",
  "_meta" : {
    "lastModified" : "<datestamp>"
  },
  "userName" : "scarter@example.com",
  "displayName" : [ "Sam Carter", "Samantha Carter" ],
  "name" : {
    "givenName" : "Sam",
    "familyName" : "Carter"
  },
  "description" : "Description on ou=People",
  "groups" : [ {
    "_id" : "Accounting Managers",
    "_rev" : "<revision>"
  } ],
  "contactInformation" : {
    "telephoneNumber" : "+1 408 555 4798",
    "emailAddress" : "scarter@example.com"
  },
  "uidNumber" : 1002,
  "gidNumber" : 1000,
  "homeDirectory" : "/home/scarter"
}