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# Change a member role

PATCH https://api.bibleit.app/v1/organizations/{organization_id}/members/{member_id}
Content-Type: application/json

**Required scopes:** `membership.update`.

Changes an active membership to admin, operator or viewer. Owner roles and ownership transfers are protected (409). Rechecks current explicit service scopes after acquiring the organization lock. Token-management scope alone grants no membership access.

**Response headers:**

- `ETag` (200): Strong validator for this membership representation and row revision. Membership writes require the latest value unchanged.

Reference: https://docs.bibleit.dev/api-reference/organizations/identity-and-memberships/update-organization-member

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Organization-owned service token. Issue the initial token in organization credential settings. Scopes are documented per operation via x-required-scopes; they are not OAuth scopes.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `organization_id` (string, required) — Immutable organization UUID bound to the service token.
- `member_id` (string, required) — Immutable user UUID of an active organization membership. Protocol principals and handles are not accepted.

### Headers

- `If-Match` (string, required) — Strong validator for this membership representation and row revision. Membership writes require the latest value unchanged. Missing:428; stale:412; malformed, weak, wildcard or list:422.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a MembershipPatch.

- `role` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `admin`, `operator`, `viewer`

## Response

### 200

Successful operation

- `id` (string, required)
- `organization_id` (string, required)
- `display_name` (string, required)
- `handle` (string, required)
- `role` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `owner`, `admin`, `operator`, `viewer`

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

Error response. 400 malformed JSON; 401 invalid/expired/revoked token; 403 denied scope or domain policy; 404 unknown/foreign resource; 405 unsupported method; 409 quota/conflict or stopped Live; 412 stale state validator; 428 missing If-Match; 413 body too large; 415 unsupported media type; 422 invalid fields; 429 admission budget exhausted; 503 unavailable dependency.

- `type` (any, required)
- `title` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `code` (string, required)
- `request_id` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "role": "viewer"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "organization_id": "string",
  "display_name": "string",
  "handle": "string",
  "role": "owner"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.bibleit.app/v1/organizations/organization_id/members/member_id"

payload = { "role": "viewer" }
headers = {
    "If-Match": "If-Match",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.bibleit.app/v1/organizations/organization_id/members/member_id"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"role\": \"viewer\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("If-Match", "If-Match")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```