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## Update an Account



Update information about an account

<details style={{"marginBottom":"1rem"}} data-collapsed={false} open={true}><summary style={{}}><strong>Path Parameters</strong></summary><div><ul><ParamsItem className={"paramsItem"} param={{"in":"path","name":"accountId","required":true,"schema":{"type":"string"},"description":"The unique identifier of an account"}}></ParamsItem></ul></div></details><MimeTabs><TabItem label={"application/json"} value={"application/json-schema"}><details style={{}} data-collapsed={false} open={true}><summary style={{"textAlign":"left"}}><strong>Request Body</strong></summary><div style={{"textAlign":"left","marginLeft":"1rem"}}><div style={{"marginTop":"1rem","marginBottom":"1rem"}}>

update an account

</div></div><ul style={{"marginLeft":"1rem"}}><SchemaItem collapsible={true} className={"schemaItem"}><details style={{}}><summary style={{}}><strong>settings</strong><span style={{"opacity":"0.6"}}> AccountSettings</span><strong style={{"fontSize":"var(--ifm-code-font-size)","color":"var(--openapi-required)"}}> required</strong></summary><div style={{"marginLeft":"1rem"}}><SchemaItem collapsible={false} name={"peer_login_expiration_enabled"} required={true} schemaName={"boolean"} qualifierMessage={undefined} schema={{"description":"Enables or disables peer login expiration globally. After peer's login has expired the user has to log in (authenticate). Applies only to peers that were added by a user (interactive SSO login).","type":"boolean"}}></SchemaItem><SchemaItem collapsible={false} name={"peer_login_expiration"} required={true} schemaName={"integer"} qualifierMessage={undefined} schema={{"description":"Period of time after which peer login expires (seconds).","type":"integer"}}></SchemaItem></div></details></SchemaItem></ul></details></TabItem></MimeTabs><div><ApiTabs><TabItem label={"200"} value={"200"}><div>

An Account object

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Bad Request

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Requires authentication

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Forbidden

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Internal Server Error

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