Change a person's name or birth date

family.person.update

POST/api/v1/households/{household_id}/commands/family.person.update

Command
Rigel runs it
Applies offline

Sets only the fields given. To clear a birth date, send birth_date and birth_date_precision as null together.

Parameters#

Change a person's name or birth date: parameters
Field	Description
`household_id`pathstringrequired	The household's ID.
`Idempotency-Key`headerstringoptional	The command's ID. Reuse it when retrying the same command.

Request body#

JSON, as application/json.

Change a person's name or birth date: request body fields
Field	Description
`person_id`stringrequired	A person ID, such as per_01JC0000000000000000000000.
`name`stringoptional	What the family calls them, as written, 1–80 characters. at most 80 characters
`birth_date`string (date) or nulloptional	A calendar date, YYYY-MM-DD.
`birth_date_precision`one of: day, month, year, null or nulloptional	How much of birth_date is known: day (the full date), month (the day is 01 and means nothing), or year (the month and day are 01-01).

Response#

200 The command was applied.

Change a person's name or birth date: response fields
Field	Description
`result`objectrequired	What the command returned, such as the IDs it created.
`version`integerrequired	The household version after the command.

Errors#

Every error has the same envelope: error.code, error.message, error.details, error.recovery and error.request_id.

Change a person's name or birth date: errors
Status	Code	When
`400`	`validation_failed`	A field is missing, misspelled or out of range. details.fields lists each problem.
`401`	`unauthenticated`	The request has no valid session.
`404`	`person_not_found`	Someone who isn't there.
`404`	`not_found`	The household doesn't exist, or you aren't a member of it.
`409`	`idempotency_key_reused`	The Idempotency-Key was already used for a different command.

Examples#

These are real. Each scenario is one of the command's test cases, run on a household when this site was built, and the response is what the API returned.

Renaming leaves the birth date alone

Request, curl

curl -X POST 'https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update' \
  -H "Cookie: rigel_session=$RIGEL_SESSION" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' \
  -d '{
  "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  "name": "Nia Okafor"
}'

Request, TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
    Cookie: `rigel_session=${process.env.RIGEL_SESSION}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    person_id: "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
    name: "Nia Okafor",
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Request, HTTP

POST /api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update HTTP/1.1
Host: rigel.house
Cookie: rigel_session=<your session>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

{
  "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  "name": "Nia Okafor"
}

Response, 200

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-Id: req_01K9D9S2R089DSKPCJ1BN7WSY5

{
  "result": {},
  "version": 1
}

A birth date can be cleared

Request, curl

curl -X POST 'https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update' \
  -H "Cookie: rigel_session=$RIGEL_SESSION" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' \
  -d '{
  "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  "birth_date": null,
  "birth_date_precision": null
}'

Request, TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
    Cookie: `rigel_session=${process.env.RIGEL_SESSION}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    person_id: "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
    birth_date: null,
    birth_date_precision: null,
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Request, HTTP

POST /api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update HTTP/1.1
Host: rigel.house
Cookie: rigel_session=<your session>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

{
  "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  "birth_date": null,
  "birth_date_precision": null
}

Response, 200

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-Id: req_01K9D9S2R081RV104CJQGZ7QA0

{
  "result": {},
  "version": 1
}

Someone who isn't there

Request, curl

curl -X POST 'https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update' \
  -H "Cookie: rigel_session=$RIGEL_SESSION" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA' \
  -d '{
  "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  "name": "Nia"
}'

Request, TypeScript

const response = await fetch("https://rigel.house/api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Idempotency-Key": "cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA",
    Cookie: `rigel_session=${process.env.RIGEL_SESSION}`,
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    person_id: "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
    name: "Nia",
  }),
});
const data = await response.json();

Request, HTTP

POST /api/v1/households/hh_01K9BKKP003AHRZ6DMV29GQY5C/commands/family.person.update HTTP/1.1
Host: rigel.house
Cookie: rigel_session=<your session>
Content-Type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: cmd_01JC4N0000AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

{
  "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A",
  "name": "Nia"
}

Response, 404

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: application/json
X-Request-Id: req_01K9D9S2R0BQ8R1VW0AZ0DYC35

{
  "error": {
    "code": "person_not_found",
    "message": "That person isn't in the household any more. No changes were applied.",
    "details": {
      "person_id": "per_01JC000000000000000000000A"
    },
    "recovery": "Read the current state, then send a command that fits it.",
    "request_id": "req_01K9D9S2R0BQ8R1VW0AZ0DYC35"
  }
}

For Rigel#

Rigel's tool for this command is family_person_update. Rigel runs this on its own, then says what it did. The agent guide has the rest.