# Auth0's Management API v2 to update user profile

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** user-profile\
**Created:** [November 14, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113 "2021-11-14T21:14:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![randall2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/randall2/32/13366_2.png) [@randall2](https://community.auth0.com/u/randall2)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2021, 9:14pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113/1 "2021-11-14T21:14:46Z")

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Hi,

I’m new to auth0 and I’m trying to update my auth0 user profile. I’m following the ([Update Auth0 Applications using the Management API](https://community.auth0.com/t/update-auth0-applications-using-the-management-api/28098)) as a guide. I’m able to getUser, but not able to updateUser…below is my code. If anyone can help point out my error, it would be great

Auth0Manager.js

```auto
const axios = require('axios');
const ManagementClient = require('auth0').ManagementClient;

/**
 * The module to interact with the Auth0Management API
 *
 * Requirements:
 * - Have an Auth0 account and an account name.
 * - Have a management API: https://manage.auth0.com/dashboard/us/{DOMAIN}/apis
 *
 * How this works:
 * 1. Requests an access token using client_id and client_secret
 * 2. Uses the access token to create a new ManagementClient
 * 3. Use the ManagementClient to interact with the API:
 * https://auth0.github.io/node-auth0/module-management.ManagementClient.html
 *
 * Example usage to get a client:
 *
 * const Auth0Manager = require('./Auth0Manager');
 * Auth0Manager
 * .init()
 * .then(() => Auth0Manager.getClient())
 * .then(client => res.json(client))
 * .catch(err => res.json({ message: 'There was an error!', ...err }));
 */

module.exports = (function () {
    let managementClient;

    return {
        init,
        getClient,
        getUser,
        updateClient,
        updateUser
    };

    /**
     * Create a management client
     */
    function init() {
        return getToken()
            .then(data => data.access_token)
            .then(token => {
                const managementClient = new ManagementClient({
                    domain: `${process.env.CLIENT_DOMAIN}`,
                    token,
                    audience: `https://${process.env.CLIENT_DOMAIN}/api/v2/`
                });

                // set it so we can use it in our other methods
                this.managementClient = managementClient;
                return true;
            })
            .catch(err => err);
    }

    /**
     * Get an access token from the Auth0 API
     * We will use this access token to connect to the management API
     * To get a token, we need to provide client_id and client_secret
     * Both of these can be found in the APIs section of Auth0 dashboard
     */
    function getToken() {
        // get the info we need
        const clientId = process.env.CLIENT_ID;
        const clientSecret = process.env.CLIENT_SECRET;
        const url = `https://${process.env.CLIENT_DOMAIN}/oauth/token`;

        // make the call to the API via POST
        return axios
            .post(url, {
                client_id: clientId,
                client_secret: clientSecret,
                grant_type: 'client_credentials',
                audience: `https://${process.env.CLIENT_DOMAIN}/api/v2/`
            })
            .then(res => res.data)
            .catch(err => err);
    }

    /**
     * Make a call to the Management API to get all the data for a certain client
     * All the things that are available in the dashboard can be accessed here
     * @param string clientId
     */
    function getClient(clientId = null) {
        if (!clientId) clientId = process.env.CLIENT_ID;

        return this.managementClient
            .getClient({ client_id: clientId })
            .then(client => client)
            .catch(err => err);
    }

    function getUser(user_id = null) {
        if (!user_id) user_id = process.env.USER_ID;

        return this.managementClient
            .getUser({ user_id: user_id })
            .then(user => user)
            .catch(err => err);
    }

    /**
     * Take data and update the Auth0Client
     * This can be used to update the entire client via API instead of in the dashboard
     * Very helpful if moving settings from local to a production environment
     *
     * @param {Object} data The data that will overwrite anything in our dashboard
     * @param {String} clientId The client that we want to update
     */
    function updateClient(data, clientId = null) {
        if (!clientId) clientId = process.env.CLIENT_ID;

        return this.managementClient
            .updateClient({ client_id: clientId }, data)
            .then(client => client)
            .catch(err => err);
    }

    function updateUser(data, userID = null) {
        if (!userID) userID = process.env.USER_ID;

        return this.managementClient
            .updateUser({ user_id: userID }, data)
            .then(user => user)
            .catch(err => err);
    }

})();

```

update\_user.js

```auto
require("dotenv").config();
const Auth0Manager = require("./Auth0Manager");
var fs = require("file-system");

// the new data we want to set
let newData = fs.readFileSync(
  "./dev-data/data/user-data.json",
  "utf8",
  function (err, data) {
    if (err) {
      throw err;
    }
    return data;
  }
);
newData = JSON.parse(newData);
const updatedData = { nickname: `${newData[0].nickname}` };
// const userId = { user_id: `${newData[0].user_id}` };
console.log(newData);
console.log(updatedData);

Auth0Manager.init()
  .then(() => {
    return Auth0Manager.updateUser(updatedData);
  })
  .then((updatedUser) => {
    console.log("updatedUser", updatedUser);
    return updatedUser;
  })
  .catch((err) => ({ message: "There was an error!", ...err }));

```

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**Author:** ![rueben.tiow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/rueben.tiow/32/11646_2.png) [@rueben.tiow](https://community.auth0.com/u/rueben.tiow)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2021, 12:57am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113/3 "2021-11-16T00:57:38Z")

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Hi @randall2,

Welcome to the Auth0 Community!

I understand you’ve been unsuccessful in updating a user when using the ManagementClient.

After looking through your code, I don’t immediately see an issue that stands out to rationalize why you were unable to update a user.

Because of this, could you please clarify if updating the user with the [Management API Patch users by ID](https://auth0.com/docs/api/management/v2#!/Users/patch_users_by_id) with your user-data.json file work successfully?

I have gone ahead and tested this out myself and was able to update the user without any problems, following the [https://auth0.github.io/node-auth0/module-management.ManagementClient.html#updateUser](https://auth0.github.io/node-auth0/module-management.ManagementClient.html#updateUser) as a reference. See below for my tested code.

```auto
  const ManagementClient = require('auth0').ManagementClient;

  const management = new ManagementClient({
      domain: event.secrets.domain,
      clientId: event.secrets.client_id,
      clientSecret: event.secrets.client_secret,
  });

  const params = { id : event.user.user_id};
  const data = { "user_metadata":{"favorite_color": "blue"}};

  try {
    const res = await management.updateUser(params, data)
  } catch (e) {
    console.log(e)
    // Handle error
  }

```

Given that, I have a hunch that the issue may be related to your JSON data passed in the request.

Looking forward to your reply.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![randall2](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/randall2/32/13366_2.png) [@randall2](https://community.auth0.com/u/randall2)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 1:57am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113/4 "2021-11-18T01:57:58Z")

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Hi Rueben,

Thanks for the reply. After the data was “stringify”, the patch was completed successfully. Thanks for your help!

Randall

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**Author:** ![rueben.tiow](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/rueben.tiow/32/11646_2.png) [@rueben.tiow](https://community.auth0.com/u/rueben.tiow)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2021, 3:24am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113/5 "2021-11-18T03:24:55Z")

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Hi @randall2,

That’s great! I’m happy to hear that it works now, and thank you for sharing your fix.

Have a great rest of your day!

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2021, 3:25am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/auth0s-management-api-v2-to-update-user-profile/73113/6 "2021-12-03T03:25:53Z")

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