Organizations

Update Member Role

Change an organization member's role.

POST /api/auth/organization/update-member-role

Updates the role(s) assigned to an existing organization member.

This endpoint uses POST, not PUT or PATCH.
This endpoint authenticates with your logged-in dashboard session, not an API key. Send your session cookie with the request.

Request Body

Prop

Type

Response

Returns the updated member object directly — the fields are at the top level, not nested under a member key.

Prop

Type

Request
curl -X POST "https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role" \
  -H "Cookie: better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"memberId": "mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h", "role": "admin"}'
Request
const response = await fetch(
  'https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role',
  {
    method: 'POST',
    credentials: 'include',
    headers: {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      memberId: 'mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h',
      role: 'admin'
    })
  }
);

const data = await response.json();
Request
import requests

response = requests.post(
    'https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role',
    json={
        'memberId': 'mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h',
        'role': 'admin'
    },
    headers={
        'Cookie': 'better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN'
    }
)

data = response.json()
Request
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode([
    'memberId' => 'mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h',
    'role' => 'admin'
]));
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Cookie: better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN',
    'Content-Type: application/json'
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

$data = json_decode($response, true);
Request
require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI("https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role")
req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
req['Cookie'] = 'better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = {
  memberId: 'mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h',
  role: 'admin'
}.to_json

res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) { |http| http.request(req) }
data = JSON.parse(res.body)
Request
body := bytes.NewBuffer([]byte(`{
  "memberId": "mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h",
  "role": "admin"
}`))
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role", body)
req.Header.Set("Cookie", "better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN")
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

client := &http.Client{}
resp, _ := client.Do(req)
defer resp.Body.Close()

var data map[string]interface{}
json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data)
Request
let client = reqwest::Client::new();
let res = client
    .post("https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role")
    .header("Cookie", "better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN")
    .json(&serde_json::json!({
        "memberId": "mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h",
        "role": "admin"
    }))
    .send()
    .await?;

let data: serde_json::Value = res.json().await?;
Request
HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
String json = "{\"memberId\": \"mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h\", \"role\": \"admin\"}";
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role"))
    .header("Cookie", "better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(json))
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
Request
using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Cookie", "better-auth.session_token=YOUR_SESSION_TOKEN");

var content = new StringContent(
    "{\"memberId\": \"mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h\", \"role\": \"admin\"}",
    Encoding.UTF8,
    "application/json"
);

var response = await client.PostAsync("https://app.rybbit.io/api/auth/organization/update-member-role", content);
var data = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
Response
{
  "id": "mem_7c6d5e4f3g2h",
  "userId": "user_5f4g...",
  "organizationId": "org_123",
  "role": "admin",
  "createdAt": "2026-01-10T12:00:00.000Z"
}