---
title: "Update your own participant display name and colour."
method: PUT
path: "/participants/{id}"
tags: ["Participants"]
---

# Update your own participant display name and colour.

`PUT /participants/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.livediagram.app/api`
- URL: `https://www.livediagram.app/api/participants/{id}`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `X-Owner-Id`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required
  - `color` string, required

## Response `200`

Success.

- object
  - `participant` ParticipantRecord, required
    - `color` string, required
    - `createdAt` number, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `pictureUrl` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Error.
- `401`: Error.
- `403`: Error.
- `404`: Error.
- `429`: Rate limited. Back off and retry.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/livediagram/apis/livediagram-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/livediagram/apis/livediagram-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/livediagram/apis/livediagram-api/revisions/f286d27acfd2?raw)