Update account preferences
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Origin: <origin>' \
--cookie posted_session= \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"timeZone": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"timeZone": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"cookie": "posted_session=",
"Origin": "<origin>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {
cookie: 'posted_session=',
Origin: '<origin>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', timeZone: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'timeZone' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_COOKIE => "posted_session=",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Origin: <origin>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeZone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("cookie", "posted_session=")
req.Header.Add("Origin", "<origin>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile")
.header("cookie", "posted_session=")
.header("Origin", "<origin>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeZone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["cookie"] = 'posted_session='
request["Origin"] = '<origin>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeZone\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"user": {
"id": "66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666",
"name": "Alex Morgan",
"email": "alex@example.test",
"role": "member",
"timeZone": "UTC",
"emailVerified": true,
"dateFormat": "day-short-month-year",
"timeFormat": "24-hour",
"notificationPreferences": {
"assignments": true,
"mentions": true
},
"passkeyCount": 0
},
"workspace": {
"id": "55555555-5555-4555-8555-555555555555",
"name": "Studio team",
"createdAt": "2027-01-18T09:30:00.000Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"requestId": "<string>"
}
}Update account preferences
Changes only supplied profile fields and returns the updated identity.
PATCH
/
api
/
auth
/
profile
Update account preferences
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Origin: <origin>' \
--cookie posted_session= \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"timeZone": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"timeZone": "<string>"
}
headers = {
"cookie": "posted_session=",
"Origin": "<origin>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {
cookie: 'posted_session=',
Origin: '<origin>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({name: '<string>', timeZone: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'timeZone' => '<string>'
]),
CURLOPT_COOKIE => "posted_session=",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"Origin: <origin>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeZone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("cookie", "posted_session=")
req.Header.Add("Origin", "<origin>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile")
.header("cookie", "posted_session=")
.header("Origin", "<origin>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeZone\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://posted-api.example.com/api/auth/profile")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["cookie"] = 'posted_session='
request["Origin"] = '<origin>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"timeZone\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"user": {
"id": "66666666-6666-4666-8666-666666666666",
"name": "Alex Morgan",
"email": "alex@example.test",
"role": "member",
"timeZone": "UTC",
"emailVerified": true,
"dateFormat": "day-short-month-year",
"timeFormat": "24-hour",
"notificationPreferences": {
"assignments": true,
"mentions": true
},
"passkeyCount": 0
},
"workspace": {
"id": "55555555-5555-4555-8555-555555555555",
"name": "Studio team",
"createdAt": "2027-01-18T09:30:00.000Z"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "<string>",
"message": "<string>",
"requestId": "<string>"
}
}A signed-in human session is required. API keys and MCP bearer credentials cannot replace that session.
Changes only supplied profile fields and returns the updated identity.
Request conventions · API keys · MCP connections
Authorizations
Signed-in human browser session; mutation requests also need the exact UI Origin
Headers
The exact configured Posted UI origin. Required for browser mutations carrying session cookies.
Body
application/json
Required string length:
1 - 120Required string length:
1 - 100Available options:
day-short-month-year, short-month-day-year, year-month-day, day-month-year, month-day-year Available options:
24-hour, 12-hour, 24-hour-seconds, 12-hour-seconds Show child attributes
Show child attributes
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