How do you update (Patch) Extended user fields?

John Graser

How do you update (Patch or Post) such as Host ID and other Extended user fields?

Evan York

Hi John,


User Extended encompasses a lot of data fields. Besides Host ID, are there other specific fields you are looking to PATCH?


Thanks!

Evan

John Graser

Here are some of the other fields:


RELIGION

GENDER

BIRTH DATE

CITIZENSHIP

ETHNICITY

Salman Sheikh

Also


SSN

bbid_username

Brian Gray

The School API has very limited ability to add and update data. I make extensive use of the GETs, and write data to a CSF formatted for import (Core > System Tools > Data import).


Contact Card > General User import will update birthdate, gender, religion, and ssn.


Contact Card > Citizenship-Resident will update the citizenship info.


User management > BBID Username will import the ID.


It's a little tedious to do the imports, but it takes much less time than to do it all by hand.

Salman Sheikh

But the Core --> System Tools --> Data Import tool does not handle host_id.


So far, I am doing this in the web app by hand.


is there a better way?

John Graser

We need to do these updates with a automated job.

Brian Gray

Salman Sheikh‍ Data Import will do host IDs. It's in the User Management category. (I forgot to mention that in my first response.)


I don't see a way to do this with an automated job. The field doesn't appear in any of the Patch endpoints.

Salman Sheikh

Brian Gray:
Salman Sheikh‍ Data Import will do host IDs. It's in the User Management category. (I forgot to mention that in my first response.)


I don't see a way to do this with an automated job. The field doesn't appear in any of the Patch endpoints.

Tried it. It's a bust. It allows you to update host_id. it does not allow you to insert.


I am back to typing host_id by hand...

Salman Sheikh

To give scale to the problem I am trying to solve.

On Monday, I entered host_id by hand for 12 new students.

Last Thursday, I entered host_id by hand for 56 new students.

After Memorial Day weekend, I entered host_id by hand for 250 new students.

This remains one of the slowest parts of my process.

Evan York

Good news! We’ve added a few fields to PATCH User update, including Host ID, Gender, Date of Birth, Greeting, Affiliation, etc. Still more fields to come but in the meantime check it out!

Salman Sheikh

Huzzah!

The day is ours!

Looking forward to more improvements.

Salman