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# Update a space membership

PUT https://api.contentful.com/spaces/{space_id}/space_memberships/{space_membership_id}
Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json

This endpoint allows you to change a space membership. Use this to assign additional roles or flag a user as 'admin'.

Reference: https://contentful.com/developers/docs/references/content-management-api/space-memberships/update-a-space-membership

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `space_id` (string, required) — ID of the space in a form of a string
- `space_membership_id` (string, required) — ID of the space membership in a form of a string

### Body (application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json)

This endpoint expects a map from string to any.

- `map from string to any`

## Response

### 200

OK - Request successful

- `map from string to any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "admin": false,
  "roles": [
    {
      "sys": {
        "id": "1ElgCn1mi1UHSBLTP2v4TD",
        "linkType": "Role",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "admin": false,
  "roles": [
    {
      "sys": {
        "id": "1ElgCn1mi1UHSBLTP2v4TD",
        "linkType": "Role",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    }
  ],
  "sys": {
    "createdAt": "2026-02-26T03:15:04.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "id": "0xWanD4AZI2AR35wW9q51n",
    "type": "SpaceMembership",
    "updatedAt": "2026-02-26T03:15:04.000Z",
    "updatedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU",
        "linkType": "User",
        "type": "Link"
      }
    },
    "version": 0
  },
  "user": {
    "sys": {
      "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ",
      "linkType": "User",
      "type": "Link"
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```android Android
// Create the Contentful client.
final CMAClient client =
    new CMAClient
        .Builder()
        .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
        .build();

client
    .spaceMemberships()
    .async()
    .fetchOne(
        "<space_id>",
        "<membership_id>",
        new CMACallback<CMASpaceMembership>() {
          @Override protected void onSuccess(CMASpaceMembership membership) {
            // Change something about the membership
            membership.addRole(new CMALink());

            // update the role
            client
                .spaceMemberships()
                .async()
                .update(
                    membership,
                    new CMACallback<CMASpaceMembership>() {
                      @Override protected void onSuccess(CMASpaceMembership result) {
                        new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                            .setTitle("Contentful")
                            .setMessage("Updating a membership was successful." +
                                "\n\nResult: " + result)
                            .show();
                      }

                      @Override protected void onFailure(RuntimeException exception) {
                        // An error occurred! Inform the user.
                        new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                            .setTitle("Contentful Error")
                            .setMessage("Could not update a membership." +
                                "\n\nReason: " + exception.toString())
                            .show();

                        super.onFailure(exception);
                      }
                    }
                );
          }

          @Override protected void onFailure(RuntimeException exception) {
            // An error occurred! Inform the user.
            new AlertDialog.Builder(context)
                .setTitle("Contentful Error")
                .setMessage("Could not fetch the membership." +
                    "\n\nReason: " + exception.toString())
                .show();

            super.onFailure(exception);
          }
        }
    );
```

```java Java
// Create the Contentful client.
final CMAClient client =
    new CMAClient
        .Builder()
        .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
        .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
        .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
        .build();

final CMASpaceMembership spaceMembership = client
    .spaceMemberships()
    .fetchOne("<membership_id>");

spaceMembership.setIsAdmin(false);

final CMASpaceMembership updatedMembership = client
    .spaceMemberships()
    .update(spaceMembership);
```

```kotlin Kotlin
// Create the Contentful client.
val client = CMAClient.Builder()
    .setAccessToken("<access_token>")
    .setSpaceId("<space_id>")
    .setEnvironmentId("<environment_id>")
    .build()

val spaceMembership = client
        .spaceMemberships()
        .fetchOne("<membership_id>")

spaceMembership.setIsAdmin(false)

val updatedMembership = client
        .spaceMemberships()
        .update(spaceMembership)
```

```swift Swift
We currently don't provide a CMA SDK for this platform.
```

```js-legacy JavaScript (legacy)
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

const client = createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
}, { type: 'legacy' })

client.getSpace('<space_id>')
.then((space) => space.getSpaceMembership('<membership_id>'))
.then((spaceMembership) => {
  spaceMembership.admin = false
  return spaceMembership.update()
})
.then((spaceMemberships) => console.log(`Space Membership ${spaceMemberships.sys.id} updated.`))
.catch(console.error)
```

```javascript JavaScript
import { createClient } from 'contentful-management'

// Client init
const client = contentful.createClient({
  accessToken: '<content_management_api_key>'
})

let spaceMembership = await client.spaceMembership.get({
  spaceId: '<space_id>',
  spaceMembershipId: '<membership_id>',
});

spaceMembership = await client.spaceMembership.update(
  {
    spaceId: '<space_id>',
    spaceMembershipId: '<membership_id>',
  },
  {
    ...spaceMembership,
    admin: true,
  }
);
```

```php PHP
$client = new \Contentful\Management\Client('<content_management_api_key>');

$space = $client->getSpaceProxy('<space_id>');

$spaceMembership = $space->getSpaceMembership('<membership_id>');

$spaceMembership->setAdmin(false);
$spaceMembership->update();
```

```ruby Ruby
require 'contentful/management'

client = Contentful::Management::Client.new('<content_management_api_key>')

space_membership = client.space_memberships('<space_id>').find('<membership_id>')
space_membership.admin = false
space_membership.save
```

```python Python
from contentful_management import Client

client = Client('<content_management_api_key>')

space_membership = client.space_memberships('<space_id>').find('<membership_id>')
space_membership.admin = False
space_membership.save()
```

```.net .NET
// This client should only be created once per application.
var httpClient = new HttpClient();

var client = new ContentfulManagementClient(httpClient, "<content_management_api_key>", "<space_id>");

var singleMembership = await client.GetSpaceMembership("<membership_id>");
singleMembership.Admin = false;

await client.UpdateSpaceMembership(singleMembership);
```