UpdateUser - API Reference| Alibaba Cloud Documentation Center

This topic provides an example on how to change the name of a RAM user from zhangq**** to xiaoq****.

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Request parameters


Parameter	Type	Required	Example	Description
Action	String	Yes	UpdateUser	The operation that you want to perform. Set the value to UpdateUser.
UserName	String	Yes	zhangq****	The username of the RAM user.
NewUserName	String	Yes	xiaoq****	The new username of the RAM user. The username must be 1 to 64 characters in length, and can contain letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), and underscores (_).
NewDisplayName	String	No	xiaoq****	The new display name of the RAM user. The name must be 1 to 128 characters in length.
NewMobilePhone	String	No	86-1860000****	The new mobile phone number of the RAM user. Format: <Country code>-<Mobile phone number>. Note This parameter can be returned only on the China site (aliyun.com).
NewEmail	String	No	xiaoq****@example.com	The new email address of the RAM user. Note This parameter can be returned only on the China site (aliyun.com).
NewComments	String	No	This is a cloud computing engineer.	The new description of the RAM user. The description must be 1 to 128 characters in length.

For more information about common request parameters, see Common parameters.

Response parameters


Parameter	Type	Example	Description
User	Object		The information about the RAM user.
DisplayName	String	xiaoq****	The display name of the RAM user.
Email	String	xiaoq****@example.com	The email address of the RAM user. Note This parameter can be returned only on the China site (aliyun.com).
UpdateDate	String	2015-02-11T03:15:21Z	The point in time when the information about the RAM user was last modified. The time is displayed in UTC.
MobilePhone	String	86-1860000****	The mobile phone number of the RAM user. Note This parameter can be returned only on the China site (aliyun.com).
UserId	String	122748924538****	The ID of the RAM user.
Comments	String	This is a cloud computing engineer.	The description of the RAM user.
CreateDate	String	2015-01-23T12:33:18Z	The point in time when the RAM user was created. The time is displayed in UTC.
UserName	String	xiaoq****	The username of the RAM user.
RequestId	String	04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368	The ID of the request.

Examples

Sample requests

https://ram.aliyuncs.com/?Action=UpdateUser
&UserName=zhangq****
&NewUserName=xiaoq****
&<Common request parameters>

Sample success responses

XML format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/xml

<UpdateUserResponse>
    <RequestId>04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368</RequestId>
    <User>
        <UserId>122748924538****</UserId>
        <UserName>xiaoq****</UserName>
        <DisplayName>xiaoq*****</DisplayName>
        <MobilePhone>86-1860000****</MobilePhone>
        <Email>xiaoq****@example.com</Email>
        <Comments>This is a cloud computing engineer.</Comments>
        <CreateDate>2015-01-23T12:33:18Z</CreateDate>
        <UpdateDate>2015-02-11T03:15:21Z</UpdateDate>
    </User>
</UpdateUserResponse>

JSON format

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type:application/json

{
  "RequestId" : "04F0F334-1335-436C-A1D7-6C044FE73368",
  "User" : {
    "UserId" : "122748924538****",
    "UserName" : "xiaoq****",
    "DisplayName" : "xiaoq*****",
    "MobilePhone" : "86-1860000****",
    "Email" : "xiaoq****@example.com",
    "Comments" : "This is a cloud computing engineer.",
    "CreateDate" : "2015-01-23T12:33:18Z",
    "UpdateDate" : "2015-02-11T03:15:21Z"
  }
}

Error codes

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