Update a consumer on a gateway group

PUT /apisix/admin/consumers/{username}

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Authorization

X-API-KEY<token>

In: header

Path Parameters

username*string

The unique identifier of the consumer.

Match^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$

Length1 <= length <= 512

Query Parameters

gateway_group_id*string

Gateway group ID. Optional when using the gateway group admin key to authenticate.

Length1 <= length

Request Body

application/json

The consumer description.

username*string

The unique identifier of the consumer.

Match^[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+$

Length1 <= length <= 512

plugins?

Key-value pairs of plugins and their configurations on the object.

desc?string

The object description.

Lengthlength <= 65536

labels?

Key-value pairs of labels.

Response Body

`application/json`

curl -X PUT "$API_BASE_URL/apisix/admin/consumers/johndoe?gateway_group_id=86fb9981-d9d2-4555-9df8-91ae92129335" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "username": "johndoe"  }'

Consumer updated successfully.

{
  "value": {
    "username": "johndoe",
    "plugins": {
      "key-auth": {}
    },
    "desc": "Object description.",
    "labels": {
      "version": "v2",
      "env": "prod"
    },
    "created_at": 1742288232,
    "updated_at": 1742288235
  }
}

Bad Request — The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters. Check the error_msg field for details.

{
  "value": {},
  "error_msg": "error message"
}

Complete operation details and schema variants

PUT /apisix/admin/consumers/{username}

Update a consumer on a gateway group

IAM Action: gateway:UpdateConsumer, Resource: arn:api7:gateway:gatewaygroup/%s/consumer/%s

Parameters

username (path, string, required): The unique identifier of the consumer.
gateway_group_id (query, string, required): Gateway group ID. Optional when using the gateway group admin key to authenticate.

Request body

Content type: application/json

username (string, required): The unique identifier of the consumer.
plugins (object, optional): Key-value pairs of plugins and their configurations on the object.
desc (string, optional): The object description.
labels (object, optional): Key-value pairs of labels.

Responses

200: Consumer updated successfully.
allOf variant 1
value (object, optional): The specific resource.
allOf variant 2
value (object, optional): The consumer with management fields.
allOf variant 1
value.username (string, required): The unique identifier of the consumer.
value.plugins (object, optional): Key-value pairs of plugins and their configurations on the object.
value.desc (string, optional): The object description.
value.labels (object, optional): Key-value pairs of labels.
allOf variant 2
value.created_at (integer, optional): The object created timestamp.
value.updated_at (integer, optional): The object updated timestamp.
400: Bad Request — The request was malformed or contained invalid parameters. Check the error_msg field for details.
value (object, optional): The specific resource.
error_msg (string, optional): The error message.

cURL

curl -X PUT '$API_BASE_URL/apisix/admin/consumers/{username}'

Update a consumer on a gateway group

200application/json

400application/json

`application/json`

`application/json`