# Make alternate email primary

Makes the specified alternate email address to become the primary email
address for the specified user.

> Who can use this operation?
> 
> Permissions: System Admin

* Only Enterprise plans with this feature activated by Support can use this method. If you want to activate this feature, please contact Support.

The alternate email address can only be made primary if both conditions are
met:
  * The primary email address domain is validated
  * The alternate email address is confirmed or the alternate email address domain is validated

Endpoint: POST /users/{userId}/alternateemails/{alternateEmailId}/makeprimary
Version: 2.0.0
Security: APIToken, OAuth2

## Header parameters:

  - `Authorization` (string)
    API Access Token used to authenticate requests to Smartsheet APIs.

  - `smartsheet-integration-source` (string)
    Uses the following metadata to distinguish between human-initiated API requests and third-party service-initiated calls by AI Connectors or ITSM:

- Integration source type
- Organization name
- Integration source name 

Format:


TYPE,OrgName,SourceName


Examples: 

AI,SampleOrg,My-AI-Connector-v2

SCRIPT,SampleOrg2,Accounting-updater-script

APPLICATION,SampleOrg3,SheetUpdater
    Example: "AI,SampleOrg,My-AI-Connector-v2"

## Path parameters:

  - `userId` (number, required)
    ID of the user being accessed.

  - `alternateEmailId` (number, required)
    ID of the alternate email being accessed.

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `message` (string)
    Message that indicates the outcome of the request. (One of SUCCESS or PARTIAL_SUCCESS.)
    Enum: "PARTIAL_SUCCESS", "SUCCESS"

  - `resultCode` (number)
    * '0' Success
* '3' Partial Success of Bulk Operation
    Enum: 0, 3

  - `data` (array)
    list of alternate email results

  - `data.id` (number)
    AlternateEmail ID.
    Example: 8150532427671428

  - `data.confirmed` (boolean)
    Indicates whether the alternate email address has been confirmed.
    Example: true

  - `data.email` (string)
    User's alternate email address.
    Example: "johnathan.doe@smartsheet.com"

## Response default fields (application/json):

  - `refId` (string)
    The ID of the specific error occurrence. Please include this information when contacting Smartsheet support.

  - `errorCode` (number)
    Custom error code from Smartsheet. See the complete [Error Code List](/api/smartsheet/error-codes).

  - `message` (string)
    Descriptive error message.


## Response 403 fields