Users

The externalId parameter is meant to be used as an external reference to the system that the user is being created from, it is required if Single Sign-On is enabled where it will be used to match the incoming NameID in SAML (or Subject in OIDC) to the correct User (more on that can be found in Single Sign On section of the documentation).Users need to be associated to Accounts via accountId attribute.

The search for users is driven by an index and eventually consistent. That means that an update to users may take a short while before it is reflected in search results.

To access billing information for users (credit billing), the user or credential making the API call must have the users-billing:read permissions.

Updates User with partial data. When updating or modifying billing data for user objects, the calling user or credential must possess a users-billing:read-write permission. This permission allows the user to make changes to the billing information associated with the specific user entity. Updating a user's email or name does not update nameOnCard on their charge cards; update it separately via PATCH /1/cards/{cardId}.