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# Update Member Role

PATCH https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/{firm_slug}/members/{user_id}/role
Content-Type: application/json

Update a non-owner member's role.

**Allowed roles**:
- `owner`

**Path params**:
- `firm_slug` (string)
- `user_id` (int)

**Required fields**:
- `role` (string) — one of `owner | ca_staff | client`

**Response**:
- `id` (int)
- `firm_id` (int)
- `user_id` (int)
- `role` (string)

**Errors**:
- 401: Missing/invalid token
- 403: Forbidden
- 404: Firm or membership not found
- 409: Cannot demote firm owner role
- 422: Validation error

Reference: https://docs.whizcozy.com/api-reference/whiz-board-api/firms/update-member-role-api-v-1-firms-firm-slug-members-user-id-role-patch

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Path parameters

- `user_id` (integer, required)
- `firm_slug` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a MemberRoleUpdateRequest.

- `role` (enum, required) — Role of a user within a Firm (tenant).
  - Allowed values: `owner`, `ca_staff`, `client`

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `data` (MembershipResponse, required)
- `status` (string, optional, default: success)

## Errors

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### MembershipResponse

- `id` (integer, required)
- `firm_id` (integer, required)
- `user_id` (integer, required)
- `role` (enum, required) — Role of a user within a Firm (tenant).
  - Allowed values: `owner`, `ca_staff`, `client`
- `priority` (enum, required) — Priority assigned to a firm membership.
  - Allowed values: `LOW`, `NORMAL`, `HIGH`, `CRITICAL`

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)
- `input` (any, optional)
- `ctx` (ValidationErrorCtx, optional)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

### ValidationErrorCtx

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "role": "owner"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": 1,
    "firm_id": 1,
    "user_id": 1,
    "role": "owner",
    "priority": "LOW"
  },
  "status": "success"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role"

payload = { "role": "owner" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"role":"owner"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"role\": \"owner\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"role\": \"owner\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"role\": \"owner\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role', [
  'body' => '{
  "role": "owner"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"role\": \"owner\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["role": "owner"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://prod-whizboard-be-680473615767.asia-southeast1.run.app/api/v1/firms/firm_slug/members/1/role")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PATCH"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```