Update person

Merge traits into a person's profile. Returns a confirmation message, not the updated person — read it back with GET /people/{id} if you need the merged record.

curl -X PUT "https://api.flameup.ai/api/v1/people/example_string" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -d '{
  "traits": {}
}'

import requests
import json

url = "https://api.flameup.ai/api/v1/people/example_string"
headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
}
data = {
  "traits": {}
}

response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch("https://api.flameup.ai/api/v1/people/example_string", {
  method: "PUT",
  headers: {
  "Content-Type": "application/json",
  "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN"
},
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "traits": {}
})
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
)

func main() {
    data := []byte(`{
  "traits": {}
}`)

    req, err := http.NewRequest("PUT", "https://api.flameup.ai/api/v1/people/example_string", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }

    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.flameup.ai/api/v1/people/example_string')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
request.body = '{
  "traits": {}
}'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.body

{
  "message": "Person updated successfully"
}

PUT

/people/{id}

PUT

Base URLstring

Target server for requests. Edit to use your own host.

Bearer Token

Bearer Tokenstring

Required

Your Flameup API key (passed as Bearer token)

path

idstring

Required

The person's external ID — the userId you send to /identify and /track. Email is NOT accepted here.

Content-Typestring

Required

The media type of the request body

Options: application/json

traitsobject

Required

Attributes to update (merged with existing)

Request Preview

Response

Response will appear here after sending the request

Authentication

header

Authorizationstring

Required

Bearer token. Your Flameup API key (passed as Bearer token)

Path Parameters

idstring

Required

The person's external ID — the userId you send to /identify and /track. Email is NOT accepted here.

Body

application/json

traitsobject

Required

Attributes to update (merged with existing)

Responses

messagestring

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