---
title: "Update Workspace Member"
method: PATCH
path: "/workspaces/{workspace_id}/members/{user_id}"
tags: ["workspaces"]
---

# Update Workspace Member

`PATCH /workspaces/{workspace_id}/members/{user_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.claimkit.co` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.claimkit.co/workspaces/{workspace_id}/members/{user_id}`
- Auth: none declared

Change a member's role. Owner-only.

Returns 409 if demoting the last owner — every workspace must have at
least one owner so the workspace stays administrable.

## Path parameters

- `workspace_id` integer, required
- `user_id` integer, required

## Request body

- UpdateMemberRequest
  - `role` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- WorkspaceMemberResponse
  - `user_id` integer, required
  - `email` string, required
  - `name` string, nullable, required
  - `role` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/claimkit/apis/claimkit-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/claimkit/apis/claimkit-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/claimkit/apis/claimkit-api/revisions/94dc85ba5326?raw)