---
title: "Promote User To Business"
method: POST
path: "/api/admin/users/{user_id}/promote-business"
tags: ["admin"]
---

# Promote User To Business

`POST /api/admin/users/{user_id}/promote-business`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.ctlsurf.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://app.ctlsurf.com/api/admin/users/{user_id}/promote-business`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Promote a user to a Business organization. Super admin only.

mode="create" -> create a new Business org with the user as owner.
mode="add"    -> add the user to an existing org (default role: member).
Super admins bypass the seat cap here by design.

## Path parameters

- `user_id` string, required

## Request body

- PromoteBusinessRequest
  - `mode` string, required
  - `org_name` string, nullable
  - `org_id` string, nullable
  - `role` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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