curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/workspace/members' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "email": "example-email",
  "is_locked": true,
  "workspace_role": "workspace_admin",
  "workspace_seat_type": "workspace_admin",
  "allow_downgrade_to_basic_seat": false
}'

# POST /v1/workspace/members (ElevenLabs API)
Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Update Member

## Critical Gotchas
* Authentication uses the non-standard `xi-api-key` header, not `Authorization: Bearer`. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.
* Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (`--output speech.mp3`) rather than parsing it.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/workspace/members' \
  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"email":"example-email","is_locked":true}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| email | body | string | Yes | Email of the target user. |
| is_locked | body | boolean | No | Whether to lock or unlock the user ac... |
| workspace_role | body | string | No | The workspace role of the user. This... |
Other params: workspace_seat_type, allow_downgrade_to_basic_seat

## Response (200 OK)
{"status":"ok"}

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POST

POST /v1/workspace/members — ElevenLabs API

ElevenLabs API

Update Member

Base URL: https://api.elevenlabs.io
Auth: xi-api-key: <ELEVENLABS_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

Authentication uses the non-standard xi-api-key header, not Authorization: Bearer. Sending a Bearer token returns HTTP 401.

Text-to-speech responses are raw binary audio, not JSON. Write the body to a file (--output speech.mp3) rather than parsing it.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.elevenlabs.io/v1/workspace/members' \  -H "xi-api-key: $ELEVENLABS_API_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "email": "example-email",  "is_locked": true,  "workspace_role": "workspace_admin",  "workspace_seat_type": "workspace_admin",  "allow_downgrade_to_basic_seat": false}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
email	body	string	Yes	Email of the target user.
is_locked	body	boolean	No	Whether to lock or unlock the user account.
workspace_role	body	string	No	The workspace role of the user. This is deprecated, use `workspace_seat_type` instead.
workspace_seat_type	body	string	No	The workspace seat type
allow_downgrade_to_basic_seat	body	boolean	No	When unlocking a user whose original seat type has no seats available but a basic seat is available, downgrade the user to a basic seat instead of failing.

Response 200 OK

{
  "status": "ok"
}

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