Members: Change Email Address (JavaScript)

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// This script will change an members email address, based on the memberId defined in the .env file
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// 1: Load environment variables from a specific .env file for configuration
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require('dotenv').config({ path: 'sigma-api-recipes/.env' });
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// 2: Import the function to obtain a bearer token from the authenticate-bearer module
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const getBearerToken = require('../get-access-token');
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// 3: Import Axios for making HTTP requests
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const axios = require('axios');
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// 4: Load use-case specific variables from environment variables
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const newemail = process.env.EMAIL; // The new account type you want to assign
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const memberId = process.env.MEMBERID; // The unique identifier of the member whose type you want to update
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const baseURL = process.env.baseURL; // Your base URL
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// Define an asynchronous function to update a member's account type
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async function updateMemberAccountType() {
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  const accessToken = await getBearerToken();
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  if (!accessToken) {
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    console.log('Failed to obtain Bearer token.');
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    return;
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  }
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  try {
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    // Construct the request URL using the base URL and member ID
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    const requestURL = `${baseURL}/members/${memberId}`;
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    // Log the constructed URL before sending the request
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    console.log(`URL sent to Sigma: ${requestURL}`);
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    // Make a PATCH request to the API to update the member's account type
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    const response = await axios.patch(requestURL, {
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      email: newemail, // Data payload for the PATCH request
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    }, {
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      headers: {
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        'Content-Type': 'application/json', // Indicate that the request body is JSON
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        'Authorization': `Bearer ${accessToken}` // Authenticate the request
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      }
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    });
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    // Log the response data to indicate success
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    console.log('User account type updated successfully:', JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2));
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  } catch (error) {
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    // Log detailed error information if the request fails
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    console.error('Error updating member account type:', error.response ? error.response.data : error);
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  }
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}
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// Execute the function to update a member's account type
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updateMemberAccountType();