---
title: "Update a login identifier for a user"
method: PATCH
path: "/users/{userID}/identifiers/{identifierID}"
tags: ["Identifiers"]
---

# Update a login identifier for a user

`PATCH /users/{userID}/identifiers/{identifierID}`

Updates a login identifier (e.g. from `pending` to `verified`) for a user by given `userID` and `identifierID`.

## Path parameters

- `userID` string, required
- `identifierID` string, required

## Request body

- IdentifierUpdateReq
  - `status` 'pending' | 'primary' | 'verified', required

## Response `200`

Identifier has been updated.

- Identifier
  - `identifierID` string, required — Unique identifier of the login identifier.
  - `type` 'email' | 'phone' | 'username', required
  - `value` string, required — Value of the identifier (here email address).
  - `status` 'pending' | 'primary' | 'verified', required
  - `userID` string, required — Unique identifier of the user.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/corbado/apis/corbado-backend-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/corbado/apis/corbado-backend-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/corbado/corbado-backend-api/revisions/1f6143efe426/schema)