Change part of the organization's reader sign-in registry

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PATCHhttps://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth

Deep merge. Top-level keys: absent keeps, null deletes, a value sets. Each providers entry is matched by method (and order when more than one provider of that method exists — otherwise a 422 asks for it); unmatched entries are added; remove: true drops one; a matched provider's config merges key by key, null deleting a key (the only way to clear a secret). Providers you do not mention are untouched. The result is validated exactly as a PUT is.

Requires token scope: admin (the coarse method gate) for Atlas key (ak_), Personal Access Token (cft_) or OAuth (cfo_) auth — in addition to any catalog scope (GET /pats/scopes) the route’s capability needs. Session/cookie auth is governed by RBAC capabilities instead.

Parameters
orgIdstringpathrequired
forumulate-versionstringheader
API version negotiation. Send forumulate-version: 2026-12-01 on every request from a new integration; it is optional only so that integrations written before versioning keep working. Each version includes everything before it:
Idempotency-Keystringheader
Makes this write safe to retry. Optional — send any unique string (a UUID is ideal) and the first request runs while its response is remembered under that key for 24 hours; an identical retry replays that same status and body instead of acting twice, so a timeout or a 5xx from the edge can be retried without creating a second row. A retry sent while the first request is still in flight is refused with 409. The key is scoped to the method and path, so the same key on a different endpoint is a different request. Error responses of 5xx are never cached — those retries re-run. A key is bound to the BODY it was first used with: reusing it with a different body is a 409 idempotency.key_reused, not a replay, because replaying would tell you a write landed that never ran. Generate one key per request, never per process or per session.
Request body application/json
sourceOfTruthstring
providersobject[]
Show child parameters
methodstringrequired
password | email_code | magic_link | passkey | phone_sms | google | microsoft | apple | github | gitlab | discord | facebook | linkedin | x | oidc | saml | ldap | kerberos | discourse | external_jwt | atlas_byo
orderinteger
labelstring
configobject
provisionIdentityboolean
secretSetboolean
removeboolean
approveNewMembersboolean
hostedSignupboolean
signInUrlstring
signOutUrlstring
outboundSyncobject
Show child parameters
scimBaseUrlstring
scimBearerTokenstring
deprovisionActionstring
deactivate | delete
targetIdstring
statusstring
active | paused
lastErrorstring
{
  "sourceOfTruth": "customer",
  "providers": [
    {
      "method": "password",
      "order": 0,
      "label": "string",
      "config": {},
      "provisionIdentity": true,
      "secretSet": true,
      "remove": true
    }
  ],
  "approveNewMembers": true,
  "hostedSignup": true,
  "signInUrl": "string",
  "signOutUrl": "string",
  "outboundSync": {
    "scimBaseUrl": "string",
    "scimBearerToken": "string",
    "deprovisionAction": "deactivate",
    "targetId": "string",
    "status": "active",
    "lastError": "string"
  }
}
Code samples
cURL
curl -X PATCH "https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth" \
  -H "forumulate-version: <value>" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: <value>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"sourceOfTruth":"customer","providers":[{"method":"password","order":0,"label":"string","config":{},"provisionIdentity":true,"secretSet":true,"remove":true}],"approveNewMembers":true,"hostedSignup":true,"signInUrl":"string","signOutUrl":"string","outboundSync":{"scimBaseUrl":"string","scimBearerToken":"string","deprovisionAction":"deactivate","targetId":"string","status":"active","lastError":"string"}}'
TypeScript
const res = await fetch('https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth', {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    'forumulate-version': '<value>',
    'Idempotency-Key': '<value>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({"sourceOfTruth":"customer","providers":[{"method":"password","order":0,"label":"string","config":{},"provisionIdentity":true,"secretSet":true,"remove":true}],"approveNewMembers":true,"hostedSignup":true,"signInUrl":"string","signOutUrl":"string","outboundSync":{"scimBaseUrl":"string","scimBearerToken":"string","deprovisionAction":"deactivate","targetId":"string","status":"active","lastError":"string"}}),
});
const data = await res.json();
Python
import requests

res = requests.request(
    "PATCH",
    "https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth",
    headers={
    "forumulate-version": "<value>",
    "Idempotency-Key": "<value>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"sourceOfTruth": "customer", "providers": [{"method": "password", "order": 0, "label": "string", "config": {}, "provisionIdentity": True, "secretSet": True, "remove": True}], "approveNewMembers": True, "hostedSignup": True, "signInUrl": "string", "signOutUrl": "string", "outboundSync": {"scimBaseUrl": "string", "scimBearerToken": "string", "deprovisionAction": "deactivate", "targetId": "string", "status": "active", "lastError": "string"}},
)
data = res.json()
Go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"strings"
)

func main() {
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", "https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth", strings.NewReader(`{"sourceOfTruth":"customer","providers":[{"method":"password","order":0,"label":"string","config":{},"provisionIdentity":true,"secretSet":true,"remove":true}],"approveNewMembers":true,"hostedSignup":true,"signInUrl":"string","signOutUrl":"string","outboundSync":{"scimBaseUrl":"string","scimBearerToken":"string","deprovisionAction":"deactivate","targetId":"string","status":"active","lastError":"string"}}`))
	req.Header.Set("forumulate-version", "<value>")
	req.Header.Set("Idempotency-Key", "<value>")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}
PHP
<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'PATCH');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ['forumulate-version: <value>', 'Idempotency-Key: <value>', 'Content-Type: application/json']);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, '{"sourceOfTruth":"customer","providers":[{"method":"password","order":0,"label":"string","config":{},"provisionIdentity":true,"secretSet":true,"remove":true}],"approveNewMembers":true,"hostedSignup":true,"signInUrl":"string","signOutUrl":"string","outboundSync":{"scimBaseUrl":"string","scimBearerToken":"string","deprovisionAction":"deactivate","targetId":"string","status":"active","lastError":"string"}}');
$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);
echo $response;
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI('https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth')
req = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(uri)
req['forumulate-version'] = '<value>'
req['Idempotency-Key'] = '<value>'
req['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
req.body = '{"sourceOfTruth":"customer","providers":[{"method":"password","order":0,"label":"string","config":{},"provisionIdentity":true,"secretSet":true,"remove":true}],"approveNewMembers":true,"hostedSignup":true,"signInUrl":"string","signOutUrl":"string","outboundSync":{"scimBaseUrl":"string","scimBearerToken":"string","deprovisionAction":"deactivate","targetId":"string","status":"active","lastError":"string"}}'
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https') do |http|
  http.request(req)
end
puts res.body
Java
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.*;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest.BodyPublishers;

HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://forumulate.com/api/orgs/{orgId}/reader-auth"))
    .header("forumulate-version", "<value>")
    .header("Idempotency-Key", "<value>")
    .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .method("PATCH", BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"sourceOfTruth\":\"customer\",\"providers\":[{\"method\":\"password\",\"order\":0,\"label\":\"string\",\"config\":{},\"provisionIdentity\":true,\"secretSet\":true,\"remove\":true}],\"approveNewMembers\":true,\"hostedSignup\":true,\"signInUrl\":\"string\",\"signOutUrl\":\"string\",\"outboundSync\":{\"scimBaseUrl\":\"string\",\"scimBearerToken\":\"string\",\"deprovisionAction\":\"deactivate\",\"targetId\":\"string\",\"status\":\"active\",\"lastError\":\"string\"}}"))
    .build();
HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
Responses
200 Success.
Example
{
  "approveNewMembers": true,
  "hostedSignup": true,
  "outboundSync": {
    "deprovisionAction": "deactivate",
    "lastError": "string",
    "scimBaseUrl": "string",
    "scimBearerToken": "string",
    "status": "active",
    "targetId": "string"
  },
  "providers": [
    {
      "config": {},
      "label": "string",
      "method": "apple",
      "order": 0,
      "provisionIdentity": true,
      "secretSet": true
    }
  ],
  "signInUrl": "string",
  "signOutUrl": "string",
  "sourceOfTruth": "customer",
  "warnings": [
    "tags: \"Launch Day\" is stored as \"launch-day\""
  ]
}
Schema
approveNewMembersboolean
hostedSignupboolean
outboundSyncobject
Show child parameters
deprovisionActionstring
deactivate | delete
lastErrorstring
scimBaseUrlstringrequired
scimBearerTokenstring
statusstring
active | paused
targetIdstring
providersobject[]required
Show child parameters
configobjectrequired
labelstring
methodstringrequired
apple | atlas_byo | discord | discourse | email_code | external_jwt | facebook | github | gitlab | google | kerberos | ldap | linkedin | magic_link | microsoft | oidc | passkey | password | phone_sms | saml | x
ordernumberrequired
provisionIdentityboolean
secretSetboolean
signInUrlstring
signOutUrlstring
sourceOfTruthstringrequired
customer | forumulate
warningsstring[]
Values we ACCEPTED and then rewrote, one sentence each — a slugified tag, a normalised colour, a clamped range, a slug that was taken. Absent when nothing was rewritten, never []. The same sentences are on the X-Field-Warnings response header. If this is present, something you sent is not what is stored; read the resource back rather than assuming your own value.
400 The request could not be understood — a malformed header, path or query value (request.malformed). A value that was understood but is not acceptable is a 422 validation.failed.
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
401 No credential, or one that is expired or revoked (auth.required). Send a Bearer token or the session cookie.
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
403 Authenticated, and not allowed — always rbac.forbidden, whether what is missing is the capability, the token scope, or a resource the token is pinned away from. The message names the capability and, for a scope refusal, the scopes that would grant it. A refusal because of the PLAN is a 402 with quota.exceeded, not this.
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
404 No such thing — one of the ids in the path does not resolve, or resolves to something this caller may not see (*.not_found).
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
422 The body was understood and a value is unacceptable (validation.failed). error.details names the field paths.
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
429 Rate limited — see the RateLimit-* headers.
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
default Error — the stable { error: { code, message } } envelope.
Example
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string",
    "details": {},
    "docs": "string",
    "reason": "string",
    "slugs": [
      "string"
    ],
    "conflict": {
      "etag": "string",
      "ops": [
        null
      ]
    }
  },
  "requestId": "string"
}
Schema
errorobjectrequired
Show child parameters
codestringrequired
Stable, machine-readable error code, e.g. rbac.forbidden.
messagestringrequired
Human-readable explanation.
detailsobject
Field-level validation problems, keyed by field path (422 only).
docsstring
Where the vocabulary or format this error is about is published — an absolute URL, or an API route such as GET /space-types/{type}/presets. Present on errors over a controlled list, so the answer to "what am I allowed to send?" is in the error itself.
reasonstring
Why a credential was refused, as one stable word, where one status has several causes — e.g. an external_jwt redeem answers iat_too_old, iat_in_future, bad_signature, bad_issuer, bad_audience, expired and more. Branch on this, not on message.
slugsstring[]
The exact slugs that collided, on a slug-conflict 409 — space.slug_taken, page.slug_taken, collection.slug_taken, site.slug_taken or badge.slug_taken.
conflictobject
On a 409 from a content entry field write (PATCH …/entries/{entryId}/fields) whose If-Match was stale.
Show child parameters
etagstringrequired
The entry's current fields etag.
opsarrayrequired
The field operations since your If-Match that touch a path your own operations touch. Empty: none did — retry the batch unchanged under etag. null: the history no longer reaches your tag — re-read the entry first.
requestIdstring
The id of this request — the same value as the x-request-id and x-forumulate-request-id response headers. Quote it in a bug report: it is the only thing that finds your exact request in our logs. It is in the body because that is the part that survives — an SDK that throws the parsed body, a serverless log that keeps the body and drops the headers, a ticket with the JSON pasted in.
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