Staff

Update a staff member

Updates the ORGANIZATIONAL record of a staff member (send only the fields to change): collection, tags, driving license, visibility in the planner and the external reference used to match them with the record in your system.

PATCH

/api/v1/staff/{staffId}

curl https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/staff/staf_8f2a1c \
  --request PATCH \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FILMO_API_KEY" \
  --header "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen 2>/dev/null || cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "externalRef": "HR-00412",
  "showInPlanner": true,
  "hasDrivingLicense": true
}'

Node.jsfetch('https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/staff/staf_8f2a1c', { method: 'PATCH', headers: { Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_FILMO_API_KEY', 'Idempotency-Key': crypto.randomUUID(), 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, body: JSON.stringify({ externalRef: 'HR-00412', showInPlanner: true, hasDrivingLicense: true }) })Pythonimport uuid import requests requests.patch( "https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/staff/staf_8f2a1c", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_FILMO_API_KEY", "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()), "Content-Type": "application/json" }, json={ "externalRef": "HR-00412", "showInPlanner": True, "hasDrivingLicense": True } )

{
  "data": {
    "id": "staff_member_9f3a2b",
    "fullName": "Example full name",
    "staffType": "employee",
    "collectionId": "collection_9f3a2b",
    "collectionName": "Example collection name",
    "hasDrivingLicense": true,
    "showInPlanner": true,
    "externalRef": "Example external ref",
    "createdAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00.000Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-09-01T08:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/validation_error",
  "title": "Validation error",
  "status": 400,
  "code": "validation_error",
  "detail": "2 validation errors",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c",
  "errors": [
    {
      "path": "name",
      "code": "too_small",
      "message": "Must be at least 1 characters long"
    },
    {
      "path": "contactType",
      "code": "invalid_value",
      "message": "Value not allowed; expected company, person"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "detail": "Missing Authorization header: Bearer <api key>",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/insufficient_scope",
  "title": "Insufficient scope",
  "status": 403,
  "code": "insufficient_scope",
  "detail": "The API key does not have the required scope (orders:write)",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c",
  "requiredScope": "staff:write"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/not_found",
  "title": "Not found",
  "status": 404,
  "code": "not_found",
  "detail": "Resource not found",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/conflict",
  "title": "Conflict",
  "status": 409,
  "code": "conflict",
  "detail": "The current state of the resource does not allow the operation",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c",
  "errors": [
    {
      "path": "",
      "code": "invalid_state",
      "message": "The current state of the resource does not allow the operation"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/precondition_failed",
  "title": "Precondition failed",
  "status": 412,
  "code": "precondition_failed",
  "detail": "The resource changed since you read it: read it again and retry",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/idempotency_key_reused",
  "title": "Idempotency-Key reused",
  "status": 422,
  "code": "idempotency_key_reused",
  "detail": "The Idempotency-Key header was already used with a different body",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/rate_limited",
  "title": "Rate limit exceeded",
  "status": 429,
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "detail": "Rate limit exceeded: retry in 30 seconds",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c",
  "retryAfter": 30
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.filmo.io/errors/internal_error",
  "title": "Internal error",
  "status": 500,
  "code": "internal_error",
  "detail": "Internal error",
  "requestId": "req_0b9f6c1d2e3a4f5a8b7c6d5e4f3a2b1c"
}

Generated from the schema

Identity, contact details and employment terms cannot be written here. Returns the updated member.

Authorizations

Bearer API key with the scope below. staff:write

Headers

Idempotency-Keystring

Unique identifier of the request, chosen by the client (a UUID works). Between 1 and 255 characters: an empty header is rejected with 400 validation_error, because the client would believe itself protected. Repeating the same key with the SAME body within 24 h returns the stored response without executing again, with the Idempotent-Replay: true header. With a DIFFERENT body it returns 422. It is the safe way to retry after a network timeout.

Limits: min length 1, max length 255

Example:"9f1c2f4e-3a5b-4f6d-8e7a-0b1c2d3e4f5a"

If-Matchstring

Optimistic locking: the ETag you read from the resource (or *). If the resource changed since, the write is rejected with 412 precondition_failed before doing anything; read it again and retry. Without the header the write always proceeds.

Example:"\"3sT3d9pBvZq4h2N0w8x1YkLmQ7c\""

Path parameters

staffIdstringRequired

Staff member identifier.

Limits: min length 1

Body

application/json

Body schema: StaffUpdateBody

fullNamestring

Full name.

Limits: min length 2

staffTypestring

Engagement type with the company.

Available options: employee, freelancer, contractor

collectionIdstring | null

Collection it belongs to; null removes them from any collection.

Limits: min length 1

tagsstring[]

Tags by identifier or name. Replaces the whole list.

hasDrivingLicenseboolean

Whether they hold a driving licence.

showInPlannerboolean

Whether they appear as an assignable resource in the planner.

externalRefstring | null

Reference in the integrator system. It is the field used to match the two records; null clears it.

Response

application/json

Successful response.

Response schema: StaffMemberDto

Envelope: StaffMemberResponse. meta.warnings is present only when the operation is deprecated.

Headers: X-Request-Id · RateLimit-Limit · RateLimit-Remaining · RateLimit-Reset · ETag · Idempotent-Replay

dataobject

Staff member, with the minimum projection needed for planning. Does NOT include contact, identity, employment or platform access data: see the resource documentation.

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data.idstring

Unique staff member identifier.

data.fullNamestring

Full name.

data.staffTypestring

Staff member type.

Available options: employee, freelancer, contractor

data.collectionIdstring | null

Identifier of the collection it belongs to; null if it is in none.

data.collectionNamestring | null

Collection path it belongs to; null if not applicable.

data.hasDrivingLicenseboolean

true if they hold a driving licence.

data.showInPlannerboolean

true if they appear in the planner of the account.

data.externalRefstring | null

External reference for matching with third-party systems; null if it has none.

data.createdAtstring<date-time> | null

Creation date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded.

data.updatedAtstring<date-time> | null

Last modification date in ISO 8601 UTC; null if not recorded.

metaobject

Additional information about the response.

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meta.warningsobject[]

Lifecycle warnings; present only when the operation is deprecated.

Show child attributes

meta.warnings.codestring

Stable warning code.

Available options: deprecated

meta.warnings.messagestring

For people: what is deprecated, until when, and what to use.

meta.warnings.sunsetstring

Day (YYYY-MM-DD) the operation stops being served.

meta.warnings.replacementstring | null

operationId of the operation to use instead, or null if there is none.

meta.warnings.linkstring

Where the deprecation is documented (the changelog).

Errors

Status	Codes	Meaning
400	`validation_error`	Malformed query or body. `errors[]` lists every offending field with its stable code.
404	`not_found`	It does not exist or is outside the scope of the API key.
409	`conflict`	The current state of the resource prevents the operation, a request with that Idempotency-Key is already in progress, or another conditional write (`If-Match`) held the resource for more than five seconds. `errors[0].code` says which: `in_progress` and `lock_timeout` are solved by retrying; `invalid_state` is not, because the state of the resource forbids the operation.
412	`precondition_failed`	The `If-Match` entity tag does not match the current representation. Read the resource again and retry.
422	`idempotency_key_reused`	The same key was used before with a different body. Change the key.

401, 403, 429, 500 can be returned by any operation. Errors

Deprecation

This operation is not deprecated. Deprecations are announced with a Deprecation header and a sunset date. Versioning policy

Operations
Staff member
Staff member, with the minimum projection needed for planning.

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