Update Customer Attribute
Updates a Customer Attribute. Multiple customer attributes can be updated in one call.
**Required Fields**
* id -- ID of the *Customer Attribute*
Once the data type is set, it can not be changed. The attribute will need to be deleted then created again with the new data type. This will also delete it from the customer.
**Limits**
* Limit of 3 concurrent requests.
Authentication
X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes
| UI Name | Permission | Parameter |
|:--------|:-----------|:----------|
| Customers | modify | `store_v2_customers` |
| Customers | read-only | `store_v2_customers_read_only` |
| Stored Payment Instruments | modify | `store_stored_payment_instruments` |
| Stored Payment Instruments | read-only | `store_stored_payment_instruments_read_only` |
### Authentication header
| Header | Argument | Description |
|:-------|:---------|:------------|
| `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#api-accounts). |
### Further reading
For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests).
For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#oauth-scopes).
For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).
Headers
Accept
Request
This endpoint expects a list of objects.
name
Attribute name.
id
Attribute ID.
Response
data
meta
Response metadata.
Errors
422
Unprocessable Entity Error
