`updateUser()`

Updates a user with a given ID with attribute values provided in a params object.

The provided ID must be valid, otherwise an error will be thrown.

const userId = 'my-user-id';
 
const params = { firstName: 'John', lastName: 'Wick' }; 
 
const user = await clerkClient.users.updateUser(userId, params);

`UpdateUserParams`

Name	Type	Description
`userId`	`string`	The ID of the user to update.
`firstName?`	`string`	The user's first name.
`lastName?`	`string`	The user's last name.
`username?`	`string`	The user's username.
`password?`	`string`	The plaintext password to give the user.
`primaryEmailAddressID?`	`string`	Email address that will replays user's current primary email address. Must be unique across your instance.
`primaryPhoneNumberID?`	`string`	Phone number that will replace user's current primary phone number. Must be unique across your instance.
`primaryWeb3WalletID?`	`string`	Web3 wallet that will replace user's current primary web3 wallet. Must be unique across your instance.
`externalId?`	`string`	An external identifier for the user. Must be unique across your instance.
`publicMetadata?`	`Record<string, unknown>`	Metadata saved on the user, that is visible to both your Frontend and Backend APIs.
`privateMetadata?`	`Record<string, unknown>`	Metadata saved on the user that is only visible to your Backend API.
`unsafeMetadata?`	`Record<string, unknown>`	Metadata saved on the user, that can be updated from both the Frontend and Backend APIs. Note: Since this data can be modified from the frontend, it is not guaranteed to be safe.