Developers Information - API & Web Services

API Method /user_update

This method creates a new user. Only the fields passed as arguments will be modified. It returns the ID of the updated user.

Arguments

authentication
This method controls access via required user authentication.
new_email string optional
New user email address.
new_passwordstring optional
New user password.

Example Request

https://www.eventbrite.com/xml/user_update? new_email=user@eventbrite.com&new_password=xxxxx

Output Parameters

This method returns XML with the following structure:

id integer
The user ID.
status string
Processing status.
message string
Processing message.

Example XML Response

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<process>
	<id>908163459</id>
	<process>Update user complete for [**updated sections**]</message>
	<status>ok</status>
</user>

Error Codes

This method may return these errors in an error document:

Authentication Error
The specified user was not found or the login credentials didn't match.
New Email error
The new email adress is invalid.
The new email adress is identical to previous one.
The new email adress is already registred with Eventbrite.
New Password error
The new password is invalid.
The new password is identical to previous one.