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title: 'updateUserMetadata()' description: Use Clerk's JS Backend SDK to update the metadata associated with the specified user. sdk: js-backend

{/* clerk/javascript file: https://github.com/clerk/javascript/blob/main/packages/backend/src/api/endpoints/UserApi.ts#L171 */}

Updates the metadata associated with the specified user by merging existing values with the provided parameters.

A "deep" merge will be performed - "deep" means that any nested JSON objects will be merged as well. You can remove metadata keys at any level by setting their value to null.

Returns a User object.

function updateUserMetadata(userId: string, params: UpdateUserMetadataParams): Promise<User>

UpdateUserMetadataParams

<Properties> - `userId` - `string`

The ID of the user to update.


Metadata that can be read from the Frontend API and Backend API{{ target: '_blank' }} and can be set only from the Backend API.


Metadata that can be read and set only from the Backend API{{ target: '_blank' }}. </Properties>

Example

<Include src="_partials/backend/usage" />
const userId = 'user_123'

const response = await clerkClient.users.updateUserMetadata(userId, {
  publicMetadata: {
    example: 'metadata',
  },
})

Backend API (BAPI) endpoint

This method in the SDK is a wrapper around the BAPI endpoint PATCH/users/{user_id}/metadata. See the BAPI reference{{ target: '_blank' }} for more information.

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