Unable to update member using REST API

[Neeraj Kumar Dixit]

When I tried to update a member, I got the result 401 "unauthorized member permission requested.".

The request I used to update the member is

PUT https://api.trello.com/1/members/{id}?fullName={full_name}&initials={initials}&username={user_name}&prefs%2Flocale={locale}&key={app_key}&token={token}

The token has been generated using the API

https://trello.com/1/authorize?expiration=never&scope=read,write,account&response_type=token&name={app_name}&key={app_key}

While generating token do we need to add any other scope to get the necessary access rights?

[Felix · Accepted solution]

Consent tokens, like the ones obtained via /1/authorize, are not allowed to modify member fields, like fullName, initials, username, or locale.

Only "authentication" tokens, like a web session cookie, are allowed to make these kinds of updates.

This is to ensure that updates to a member's profile and preferences are only made by the member themselves, and third-party applications don't override a member's personal preferences, or how a member appears to others in Trello.

If you provide some more info around your use-case, maybe we can find an alternative solution?

Hope this helps,

Felix