---
title: "Change a teammate's role"
method: PATCH
path: "/team/members/{id}"
tags: ["Team & settings", "Human only"]
---

# Change a teammate's role

`PATCH /team/members/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gtmswag.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://gtmswag.com/api/v1/team/members/{id}`
- Auth: API key in cookie `gtm_session`

Human only: The signed-in workspace owner does this in the browser at gtmswag.com. API keys and OAuth connections receive 403 HUMAN_APPROVAL_REQUIRED with a `url` to hand to that person. Demoting someone to member turns off the auto-approve rules they turned on.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `role` 'admin' | 'member', required: Workspace role; only owners may grant admin access.

## Response `200`

Success: `{"data": TeamMember}`.

- TeamMemberResponse: The success body: `{"data": TeamMember}`.
  - `data` TeamMember, required: A workspace member and their role.
    - `userId` string, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `role` 'owner' | 'admin' | 'member', required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request: `VALIDATION_ERROR`, `INVALID_JSON`. Each example says when.
- `401`: Not authenticated: `AUTH_REQUIRED`. no credentials, or an OAuth token on a route that only takes workspace keys; the key is malformed, unknown or revoked.
- `403`: Forbidden: `HUMAN_APPROVAL_REQUIRED`, `TEAM_MANAGER_REQUIRED`, `OWNER_REQUIRED`, `TEAM_OWNER_REQUIRED`. Each example says when.
- `404`: Not found: `NOT_FOUND`. Each example says when.
- `413`: Request too large: `INVALID_REQUEST`. the body exceeds 1 MiB.
- `415`: Unsupported media type: `INVALID_REQUEST`. a write with a body that is not `Content-Type: application/json` (a key request with no body needs no Content-Type).
- `429`: Too many requests: `RATE_LIMIT`. more than 240 requests in the current minute for this workspace (REST and MCP share the limit); wait `retryAfterMs`.
- `default`: Any other refusal or failure, such as 403 CSRF (a cross-origin `Origin` header), 403 HTTPS_REQUIRED or 500 INTERNAL_ERROR, with what to do next.

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