---
title: "Configure Custom User Data"
method: PATCH
path: "/groups/{groupId}/apps/{appId}/custom_user_data"
tags: ["custom-user-data"]
---

# Configure Custom User Data

`PATCH /groups/{groupId}/apps/{appId}/custom_user_data`

Modify the [Custom User
Data](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/app-services/users/enable-custom-user-data/)
configuration for an Atlas App Services App.

## Request body

- CustomUserDataConfig
  - `database_name` string — The name of the database that contains custom user data.
  - `collection_name` string — The name of the collection that contains custom user data.
  - `user_id_field` string — The name of a field that appears in every custom user data document and that contains the user account ID of each document's corresponding user.
  - `enabled` boolean — If `true`, custom user data is enabled.
  - `mongo_service_id` string — The _id value of a linked MongoDB data source. You can list services with the [Get all services endpoint](#operation/adminListServices). Data sources are services whose `type` is "mongodb-atlas". Use the `_id` value for the data source you want to link to the Trigger.
  - `on_user_creation_function_id` string — The `_id` value of a [user creation function](https://www.mongodb.com/docs/atlas/app-services/users/enable-custom-user-data/#std-label-user-creation-function) that runs whenever a new user registers.

## Response `204`

Success

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