How do you update (Patch) Extended user fields?

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.

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...

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!