# Change an account's settings

> Page: https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/patch-v1-accounts-id. Index of every page: https://docs.flung.dev/llms.txt

Sets the default Pinterest board, or whether comments and mentions are read into the inbox.

`PATCH /v1/accounts/{id}`

## TL;DR

| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does it do? | Change an account's settings. |
| What does it need? | An API key or an OAuth access token. |
| What does it take? | A JSON body with the fields below, and `id` in the path. |
| What does it return? | Status 200 with a body of type [`Account`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#account). |
| In the SDK? | `flung.accounts.update()` |
| What can go wrong? | `401` Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key; `404` No such account in this workspace; `422` The request failed validation; `429` Too many requests for this credential; wait for `retry-after` seconds. Every failure has the same [error shape](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/errors.md). |

## Example

**curl**

```bash
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.flung.dev/v1/accounts/acct_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa' \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FLUNG_API_KEY" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
import { Flung } from '@flung.dev/sdk'

const flung = new Flung({ apiKey: process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY! })
const result = await flung.accounts.update({
  id: 'acct_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa',
})
```

**fetch**

```js
const response = await fetch('https://api.flung.dev/v1/accounts/acct_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa', {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.FLUNG_API_KEY}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({}),
})
if (!response.ok) throw new Error((await response.json()).error.message)
const result = await response.json()
```

A successful answer looks like this:

```json
{
  "id": "acct_aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "platform": "x",
  "platformUserId": "string",
  "username": "string",
  "profileId": "string",
  "status": "active",
  "renewal": "automatic",
  "tokenExpiresAt": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "reconnectBy": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "defaultBoard": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string"
  },
  "inbox": {
    "enabled": true,
    "readAt": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
    "error": "string"
  },
  "createdAt": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-11-01T09:00:00.000Z"
}
```

## Path parameters

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | `string` | yes |  |

## Request body

The body has the type an object, with the fields below.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `defaultBoardId` | `string` | no | Pinterest only: the board pins go to by default; one of GET /v1/accounts/{id}/boards. at least 1 character; at most 64 characters. |
| `inboxEnabled` | `boolean \| null` | no | Read comments and mentions (true), stop (false), or go back to the platform's default (null). |

## Responses

| Status | Meaning | Body |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | The account. | [`Account`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#account) |
| 401 | Missing, unknown, revoked or expired API key. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 404 | No such account in this workspace. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 422 | The request failed validation. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |
| 429 | Too many requests for this credential; wait for `retry-after` seconds. | [`Error`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#error) |

## Response body

A 200 answer has the type [`Account`](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md#account).

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `id` | `string` | yes |  |
| `platform` | `Platform` | yes |  |
| `platformUserId` | `string` | yes |  |
| `username` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `profileId` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `status` | `"active" \| "needs_reconnect" \| "disconnected"` | yes | `needs_reconnect`: the platform refused the token; start a reconnect. |
| `renewal` | `"automatic" \| "manual" \| "not_needed"` | yes | `automatic`: Flung refreshes the token before it expires, until `reconnectBy` if set. `manual`: only a reconnect renews it, by `reconnectBy`. `not_needed`: the token does not expire. |
| `tokenExpiresAt` | `string \| null` | yes | When the current access token expires. Flung renews `automatic` ones about a day before. |
| `reconnectBy` | `string \| null` | yes | The last moment the account works without a reconnect; null when it renews indefinitely. Flung sends `account.reconnect_required_soon` a week before. |
| `defaultBoard` | `object \| null` | yes | Pinterest only: where pins go unless a post picks another board. |
| `defaultBoard.id` | `string` | yes |  |
| `defaultBoard.name` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `inbox` | `object` | yes | Reading comments and mentions into GET /v1/inbox. |
| `inbox.enabled` | `boolean \| null` | yes | Whether comments and mentions are read. null is the platform's default: on, except X, where reading costs money. |
| `inbox.readAt` | `string \| null` | yes |  |
| `inbox.error` | `string \| null` | yes | Why the last read failed, such as a missing permission. |
| `createdAt` | `string` | yes |  |
| `updatedAt` | `string` | yes |  |

## See also

| Doc | Why |
|---|---|
| [API reference](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api.md) | Every endpoint |
| [Schemas](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/schemas.md) | Every request and response type |
| [Errors](https://docs.flung.dev/reference/api/errors.md) | Every error code and what to do about it |