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Editing Account by Account ID

This section explains how to edit parameters of existing accounts.

Request

PUT https://<hostname>/api/v1/accounts/standard/{id}

Request Headers

The request header must contain an authorization token of the current session.

Request Parameters

The following parameters must be posted as URL.

Parameter

Description

id

The identification number of the standard account. Can be obtained as described in Getting Standard Accounts.

Request Body

Property

Type

Description

name

string

Sets the name to be assigned to the account record

description

string

Sets the description to be assigned to the account record.

password

string

Sets the password to be assigned to the account record.

Request Example

Request:

PUT https://abc.ukwest.cloudapp.azure.com/api/v1/accounts/standard/1001

 

Request Header:

Authorization: Bearer <Access-Token>

 

Request Body:

{

 "name": "New Name via REST",

 "description": "New Description via REST",

 "password": "ZbQIZIjVkEfLBE0y-"

}

Response

The server returns the following response to the client.

Response Codes

A successfully completed operation returns a response code 200 (OK).

Response Headers

The response to this request contains the following headers. The response may also include additional standard HTTPS headers.

Header

Description

Content-length

The length of the response body.

Content-type

The media type and syntax of the response body message: application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

The response contains the following information.

Property

Type

Description

id

string

Shows the identification number of the account record.

name

string

Shows the name of the account.

description

string

Shows the description.

_links

Dictionary of string [key] and Object [value]

Links to related resources (navigation property).

Response Example

Response:

200 OK

 

Response Body:

{

  "id": 1001,

  "name": "New name VIA REST",

  "description": "Edited VIA REST"

}

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