iNaturalist · Schema

PostUser

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Properties

Name Type Description
user object
icon_delete boolean Set to true to remove the current user icon.
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JSON Schema

postuser.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
  "title": "PostUser",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "user": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "login": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "email": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Display name for this user"
        },
        "locale": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Locale code for language/region localization. See\nhttps://github.com/inaturalist/inaturalist/tree/master/config/locales\nfor available locales. Valid strings can be derived from file\nnames, e.g. `es-MX` from `es-MX.yml`.\n"
        },
        "time_zone": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Default time zone for the user's observations. See\nhttp://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveSupport/TimeZone.html\nfor a list of values.\n"
        },
        "place_id": {
          "type": "integer",
          "description": "ID of the place for this user, customizes some common names and\ndefault search parameters\n"
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "User profile description"
        },
        "icon": {
          "type": "object",
          "description": "User's profile pic. Requires POST/PUT as a multipart request.\n"
        }
      }
    },
    "icon_delete": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "default": false,
      "description": "Set to true to remove the current user icon."
    }
  }
}

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