---
title: "Update User Role"
method: POST
path: "/v2/users/{userId}/roleUpdate"
tags: ["Users"]
---

# Update User Role

`POST /v2/users/{userId}/roleUpdate`

Update the user's Role

## Path parameters

- `userId` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- RoleUpdateRequest
  - `roles` string[], required — <p>The role(s) for the user</p> <p>The role must exist</p> <p>The role can be a custom role or a system role but the invoker must have the permissions to assign the role</p> <p>System roles are: backoffice.admin, payor.master_admin, payor.admin, payor.support</p>
  - `verificationCode` string, nullable — <p>Optional property that MUST be suppied when manually verifying a user</p> <p>The user's smsNumber is registered via a separate endpoint and an OTP sent to them</p>

## Response `204`

request completed okay

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request. See Error message payload for details of failure
- `401` — Invalid access token. May be expired or invalid
- `403` — The authentication does not have permissions to access the resource This usually occurs when there is a valid authentication instance (client or user) but they do not have the required permissions
- `404` — Resource not found

## Changes

- **2020-01-28** `1b2abf26b5d6` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2019-07-15** `ced8e167a97c` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/velopaymentsapi/apis/velo-payments-apis/changes/v2/users/:userId/roleUpdate/post.md)

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