Hi Gregory,

For updating a single field on a user record, I would try doing a PATCH request 
with exactly the same payload as you were doing.

I do this type of request to disable a user in the User Management app, so it 
should work.

Best regards,
Hendrik
On 14 Aug 2018, 11:16 +0200, Greg Wilson <gwil...@baosystems.com>, wrote:
> Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here? According to the docs 
> (https://docs.dhis2.org/2.29/en/developer/html/dhis2_developer_manual_full.html#webapi_users_create_update)
>  this should work to update a user's account:
> > curl -X PUT -u "admin:district" -d @u.json -H "Content-Type: 
> > application/json" https://play.dhis2.org/2.26/api/26/users/DXyJmlo9rge
> In this case I am using {"firstName":"ATEST"} as the u.json file. 
> Unfortunately I keep receiving errors such as:
> > "Missing required property `surname`."
> If I send a more complete user object it complains that I am missing the 
> userCredentials.username property. When I add that, it complains that user 
> already exists.
>
> Gregory Wilson
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