# Update affiliate

Updates the specified affiliate by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged.

## Request

| Method | URL                                              |
| ------ | ------------------------------------------------ |
| `PUT`  | `https://api.getrewardful.com/v1/affiliates/:id` |

### Parameters

| Parameter                              | Required? | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| -------------------------------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `first_name`                           | No        | The affiliate's first name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| `last_name`                            | No        | The affiliate's last name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `email`                                | No        | The affiliate's email address.                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `state`                                | No        | A string indicating the [affiliate's state](/rest-api/affiliates/object.md#state). Defaults to `active`.                                                                                                                                   |
| `stripe_customer_id`                   | No        | For customer referral programs, this is the Stripe Customer that will receive account credits as rewards. ***Note:** the customer must exist in your Stripe account in livemode.*                                                          |
| `campaign_id`                          | No        | The UUID of the campaign this affiliate should be moved to. [Learn more about moving affiliates between campaigns.](https://help.getrewardful.com/en/articles/2330644-working-with-multiple-campaigns#moving-affiliates-between-campaigns) |
| `paypal_email`                         | No        | The PayPal address that commissions should be paid to.                                                                                                                                                                                     |
| `wise_email`                           | No        | The Wise address that commissions should be paid to.                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `receive_new_commission_notifications` | No        | Whether or not the affiliate should receive emails when new rewards and commissions are earned. Accepts `true` or `false`.                                                                                                                 |

### Example

<pre class="language-bash"><code class="lang-bash"><strong>curl --request PUT \
</strong>  --url https://api.getrewardful.com/v1/affiliates/d0ed8392-8880-4f39-8715-60230f9eceab \
  -u YOUR_API_SECRET: \
  -d first_name=Jamie \
  -d email=james.bond@mi6.co.uk
</code></pre>

## Response

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Success" %}

| Response code | Body                                                         |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `200`         | An [affiliate object](/rest-api/affiliates/object.md) (JSON) |
| {% endtab %}  |                                                              |

{% tab title="Failures" %}

### Not found

| Response code | Body                              |
| ------------- | --------------------------------- |
| `404`         | JSON object describing the error. |

```javascript
{  "error": "Affiliate not found: " }
```

### Authentication failure

| Response code | Body                                       |
| ------------- | ------------------------------------------ |
| `401`         | Description of the authentication failure. |

```javascript
{  "error": "Invalid API Secret." }
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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