---
title: "Update Team Member"
method: PATCH
path: "/team-members/{team_member_id}"
tags: ["Team members"]
---

# Update Team Member

`PATCH /team-members/{team_member_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://be.graph8.com/api/v1/team-members/{team_member_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Edit somebody else's roster record. Omitted fields are left alone.

## Path parameters

- `team_member_id` string, required: Team member id.

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, nullable
- `X-Target-Org-Id` string, nullable

## Request body

- MemberUpdateRequest: Mirrors `team_members.TeamMemberUpdateRequest`, field for field. Every field is optional and an omitted field is LEFT ALONE - this is a PATCH, not a replacement.
  - `name` string, nullable
  - `title` string, nullable
  - `department` string, nullable
  - `phone` string, nullable
  - `avatar_url` string, nullable
  - `linkedin_url` string, nullable
  - `twitter_url` string, nullable
  - `personal_website` string, nullable
  - `bio_short` string, nullable
  - `bio_full` string, nullable
  - `expertise_areas` string[], nullable
  - `voice_tone` string, nullable
  - `topics_of_interest` string[], nullable
  - `company` string, nullable
  - `certifications` string[], nullable
  - `tools_platforms` string[], nullable
  - `achievements` string[], nullable
  - `responsibilities` string, nullable
  - `timezone` string, nullable
  - `languages` string[], nullable
  - `personal_interests` string[], nullable
  - `custom_notes` string, nullable
  - `preferences` object, nullable: Merged into the member's preferences blob, key by key.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ApiResponseOrgPayload
  - `data` OrgPayload, required: An open envelope for a single role, team, member or account record. Open on purpose. The app's own response models on this surface grow with the product - `RoleResponse` gained `rep_limits` and `manages_role_slugs`, `TeamResponse` gained channel counts and a campaign count - and a pinned mirror would SILENTLY DROP whatever it had not caught up on. A dropped permission in a role read is the worst possible kind of stale: it reads as "they do not have it".
  - `pagination` PaginationMeta
    - `page` integer, required: Current page number (1-indexed)
    - `limit` integer, required: Items per page
    - `total` integer, required: Total number of items
    - `has_next` boolean, required: Whether there are more pages
    - `next_cursor` string, nullable: Opaque cursor for the next page; null when there are no more items. Pass it back as the `cursor` query param to fetch the following page without computing page numbers.
    - `total_available` integer, nullable: Search endpoints only: how many records really match, when known. Can be larger than `total`, which is capped at the 10,000 results that can be paged. For company search this is a distinct-company estimate. Null when unknown; absent outside search.
    - `total_is_lower_bound` boolean, nullable: Search endpoints only: true when more records match than `total` shows (the result set is larger than the 10,000 results that can be paged). Absent outside search.
    - `notes` string[], nullable: Search endpoints only: plain-language notes about the result, e.g. that more records match than can be paged, or that a reversed `between` range was put in order.

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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