From ec03af7a38cad60260bf182810f2dd4ae472fe66 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julian Lam <julian@nodebb.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:09:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] feat: allow passing subset of user settings on update route

---
 src/api/users.js | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/api/users.js b/src/api/users.js
index e6d523c36c..0379bdcd96 100644
--- a/src/api/users.js
+++ b/src/api/users.js
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ usersAPI.updateSettings = async function (caller, data) {
 		throw new Error('[[error:no-privileges]]');
 	}
 
-	return await user.saveSettings(data.uid, data.settings);
+	const current = await user.getSettings(data.uid);
+	const payload = { ...current, ...data.settings };
+	delete payload.uid;
+
+	return await user.saveSettings(data.uid, payload);
 };
 
 usersAPI.updateSetting = async function (caller, data) {