> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.nvisy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update member role > Updates a workspace member's role. Cannot update your own role or demote owners. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.json patch /workspaces/{workspaceSlug}/members/{username}/ openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Nvisy API summary: Document processing and annotation platform description: >- Nvisy provides intelligent document processing, annotation, and analysis capabilities. This API enables document upload, OCR processing, embedding generation, and semantic search across your document collections. termsOfService: https://nvisy.com/legal/terms-of-service contact: name: Nvisy Support url: https://nvisy.com email: hello@nvisy.com license: name: Proprietary url: https://nvisy.com/license version: 0.1.0 servers: [] security: [] tags: - name: Accounts description: Account management and profile operations - name: Authentication description: Login, signup, and token management - name: Workspaces description: Workspace creation and management - name: Files description: File upload, download, and management - name: Members description: Workspace member management - name: Invites description: Workspace invitation handling - name: API Tokens description: API token management - name: Connections description: External provider connections - name: Pipelines description: Redaction pipeline configuration - name: Pipeline Runs description: Pipeline run execution and review - name: Policies description: Redaction policy configuration - name: Webhooks description: Webhook configuration - name: Notifications description: Account notification management - name: Health description: Service health checks paths: /workspaces/{workspaceSlug}/members/{username}/: patch: tags: - Members summary: Update member role description: >- Updates a workspace member's role. Cannot update your own role or demote owners. parameters: - in: path name: workspaceSlug description: URL-safe workspace identifier. required: true schema: description: URL-safe workspace identifier. type: string style: simple - in: path name: username description: Public handle of the member's account. required: true schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Handle' description: Public handle of the member's account. style: simple requestBody: description: Request to update a member's role. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateMember' required: true responses: '200': description: Represents a workspace member. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Member' '400': description: >- HTTP error response representation with security-conscious design. This struct contains all the information needed to serialize an error response, including the error name, message, HTTP status code, resource information, and user-friendly messages. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '401': description: >- HTTP error response representation with security-conscious design. This struct contains all the information needed to serialize an error response, including the error name, message, HTTP status code, resource information, and user-friendly messages. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '403': description: >- HTTP error response representation with security-conscious design. This struct contains all the information needed to serialize an error response, including the error name, message, HTTP status code, resource information, and user-friendly messages. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '404': description: >- HTTP error response representation with security-conscious design. This struct contains all the information needed to serialize an error response, including the error name, message, HTTP status code, resource information, and user-friendly messages. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' '415': description: 'Expected request with `Content-Type: application/json`' content: text/plain: schema: type: string '422': description: Failed to deserialize the JSON body into the target type content: text/plain: schema: type: string security: - BearerAuth: [] components: schemas: Handle: description: >- Lowercase, dash-separated identifier used in URLs and as account handles. type: string maxLength: 32 minLength: 3 pattern: ^[a-z0-9]+(?:-[a-z0-9]+)*$ UpdateMember: description: Request to update a member's role. type: object properties: role: description: New role for the member. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkspaceRole' required: - role Member: description: Represents a workspace member. type: object properties: avatarUrl: description: Serve path of the member's avatar, when set. type: string createdAt: description: Timestamp when the member joined the workspace. type: string format: date-time displayName: description: Display name of the member, when set. type: string emailAddress: description: Email address of the member. type: string has2fa: description: Whether the member has two-factor authentication enabled. type: boolean memberRole: description: Role of the member in the workspace. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/WorkspaceRole' username: description: Handle of the member's account. allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Handle' required: - username - emailAddress - memberRole - has2fa - createdAt ErrorResponse: description: |- HTTP error response representation with security-conscious design. This struct contains all the information needed to serialize an error response, including the error name, message, HTTP status code, resource information, and user-friendly messages. type: object properties: message: description: User-friendly error message safe for client display type: string name: description: The error name/type identifier type: string resource: description: The resource that the error relates to (optional, set by handler) type: string suggestion: description: Helpful suggestion for resolving the error (optional) type: string validation: description: Validation error details for field-specific errors type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationErrorDetail' required: - name - message WorkspaceRole: description: >- Defines the role and permission level of a workspace member. This enumeration corresponds to the `WORKSPACE_ROLE` PostgreSQL enum and provides hierarchical access control for workspace members with clearly defined capabilities. oneOf: - description: Full workspace ownership and management capabilities type: string const: owner - description: >- Can manage members, integrations, and settings, but cannot delete workspace or transfer ownership type: string const: admin - description: >- Can edit content and manage files, but cannot manage members or workspace settings type: string const: member - description: Read-only access to workspace content type: string const: guest ValidationErrorDetail: description: Validation error details for field-specific errors. type: object properties: code: description: Error code for the validation failure type: string field: description: Field name that failed validation type: string message: description: Human-readable error message type: string params: description: Additional parameters related to the validation error type: object additionalProperties: true required: - field - code - message ````