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updatedAt: 2026-05-13T09:04:09.000Z
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# Update or merge author handles by Care author ID

Update or merge existing author handles for the specified Care author ID

## Details

Updates or merges existing author handles for the specified Care author ID.

See [About Author API PUT actions](https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/reference/about-author-api-put-actions) for important details.

# Related endpoints

| Action | Endpoint                                                                                                       |
| ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| GET    | [/authors](https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/reference/authors)<br />Get all authors in a paginated response                                           |
| POST   | [/authors](https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/reference/authors-1)<br />Add an author to Care                                                           |
| PUT    | [/authors](https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/reference/authors-2)<br />Batch update author records associated with a single author                     |
| GET    | [/authors/lswUuid](https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/reference/authorslswuuid)(br />)Get author details by the unique Care author ID                   |
| GET    | [/authors/changed](https://developer.khoros.com/khoroscaredevdocs/reference/authorschanged)<br />Get a list of author records that have changed in a 24-hour period |

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
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  "info": {
    "title": "author-api-v2",
    "version": "1.1"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{instance}.response.lithium.com/api/v2/authors",
      "variables": {
        "instance": {
          "default": "instance"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {}
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/{lswUuid}": {
      "put": {
        "summary": "Update or merge author handles by Care author ID",
        "description": "Update or merge existing author handles for the specified Care author ID",
        "operationId": "authorslswuuid-1",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "lswUuid",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "The unique Care author ID",
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "required": true
          }
        ],
        "requestBody": {
          "content": {
            "application/json": {
              "schema": {
                "type": "object",
                "required": [
                  "RAW_BODY"
                ],
                "properties": {
                  "RAW_BODY": {
                    "type": "string",
                    "description": "{      \"attribute_name1\":\"value1\" }",
                    "format": "json"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "200",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {}
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "400",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "examples": {
                  "Result": {
                    "value": "{}"
                  }
                },
                "schema": {
                  "type": "object",
                  "properties": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "deprecated": false,
        "security": []
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "headers": [],
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "proxy-enabled": true
  },
  "x-readme-fauxas": true
}
```