# Update an employer

Endpoint: PATCH /api/v1/employers/{employer_id}
Version: 0.0.1
Security: user_session, form_session, component_session, component_token, api_token

## Path parameters:

  - `employer_id` (string, required)
    Employer Identifier

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `name` (string)

  - `ein` (any)

  - `dba_name` (any)

  - `phone` (any)

  - `employee_count` (any)

  - `entity_structure` (any)

  - `naics_code` (any)

  - `address` (any)

  - `custom_attributes` (object)
    Record of custom attribute values keyed by string path.

  - `active_theme_id` (any)

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `id` (string, required)
    Employer Identifier

  - `name` (string, required)

  - `ein` (any, required)

  - `dba_name` (any, required)

  - `phone` (any, required)

  - `employee_count` (any, required)

  - `entity_structure` (any, required)

  - `naics_code` (any, required)

  - `address` (any, required)

  - `custom_attributes` (object, required)
    Record of custom attribute values keyed by string path.

  - `active_theme_id` (any, required)

  - `created_at` (string, required)
    a string to be decoded into a DateTime.Utc

  - `updated_at` (string, required)
    a string to be decoded into a DateTime.Utc

## Response 401 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string, required)

  - `_tag` (string, required)
    Enum: "Unauthorized"

## Response 403 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string, required)

  - `_tag` (string, required)
    Enum: "Forbidden"

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string, required)

  - `_tag` (string, required)
    Enum: "ResourceNotFoundError"