Assigns a key-value pair for to an API client. If the specified key does not exist, it will be created. If the key does exists, then the current value of that key will be overwritten.
Your API call will return a Boolean value that tells you whether the key already existed: true indicates the key has been overwritten, while false indicates that a new key has been created.
Note. You cannot use settings/set to modify the application-wide default settings. Instead, use the settings/set_default endpoint to modify application settings.
This endpoint includes the following methods:
- POST
POST
API Client Permissions
The following table indicates the API clients that can (and the API clients that can't) be used to call this endpoint:
owner | access_issuer | direct_access | direct_read_access | login_client |
Yes | No | No | No | No |
Authentication
This endpoint supports Basic authentication.
How to Create an Authentication String
Base URL
The base URL for this endpoint is your Identity Cloud Capture domain; for example:
https://educationcenter.us-
Your Capture domains (also known as Registration domains) can be found in the Console on the Manage Application page:
Examples
Example Request
This command assigns the value Robert to the owner key for API client fghi7890fghi7890.
curl -X POST \ -H "Authorization: Basic
c2dueXZ1czZwYzRqbTdraHIybmVxNWdzODlnYnIyZXE6d3Q0YzN1bjl3a2tjZnZ5a25xeDQ0eW5jNDc2YWZzNjg=" \ --data-urlencode for_client_id=fghi7890fghi7890 \ --data-urlencode key=owner \ --data-urlencode value=Robert \ https://my-app.janraincapture.com/settings/set
Running this command in Postman
Authorized Clients
- owner login_client
- direct_read_access
- direct_access
- access_issuer
Security
- janrain-signed
- basic-auth
Query Parameters
Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
key | string | Yes | Key to add or modify. |
value | string | Yes | Value assigned to the key being added or modified. |
for_client_id | string | Client ID of the client whose settings are being modified. Note that only the application owner is authorized to send requests using this parameter. |
Responses
200 OK
Response Example (application/json)
{
"result": false,
"stat": "ok"
}