Apache CloudStack v4.8.0 Root Admin API Reference

updateUser

Updates a user account

Request parameters

Parameter Name	Description	Required
id	User uuid	true
email	email	false
firstname	first name	false
lastname	last name	false
password	Clear text password (default hashed to SHA256SALT). If you wish to use any other hasing algorithm, you would need to write a custom authentication adapter	false
timezone	Specifies a timezone for this command. For more information on the timezone parameter, see Time Zone Format.	false
userapikey	The API key for the user. Must be specified with userSecretKey	false
username	Unique username	false
usersecretkey	The secret key for the user. Must be specified with userSecretKey	false

Response Tags

Response Name	Description
id	the user ID
account	the account name of the user
accountid	the account ID of the user
accounttype	the account type of the user
apikey	the api key of the user
created	the date and time the user account was created
domain	the domain name of the user
domainid	the domain ID of the user
email	the user email address
firstname	the user firstname
iscallerchilddomain	the boolean value representing if the updating target is in caller's child domain
isdefault	true if user is default, false otherwise
lastname	the user lastname
secretkey	the secret key of the user
state	the user state
timezone	the timezone user was created in
username	the user name