diff --git a/api/swagger.json b/api/swagger.json
index c9c36de1..cbad2856 100644
--- a/api/swagger.json
+++ b/api/swagger.json
@@ -958,8 +958,11 @@
         "/api/user/{id}": {
             "post": {
                 "description": "Allows admins to add/remove roles and projects for a user",
+                "consumes": [
+                    "application/json"
+                ],
                 "produces": [
-                    "text/plain"
+                    "application/json"
                 ],
                 "tags": [
                     "User"
@@ -974,35 +977,26 @@
                         "required": true
                     },
                     {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Role to add",
-                        "name": "add-role",
-                        "in": "formData"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Role to remove",
-                        "name": "remove-role",
-                        "in": "formData"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Project to add",
-                        "name": "add-project",
-                        "in": "formData"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Project to remove",
-                        "name": "remove-project",
-                        "in": "formData"
+                        "description": "Single Field Changes",
+                        "name": "request",
+                        "in": "body",
+                        "required": true,
+                        "schema": {
+                            "$ref": "#/definitions/api.UpdateUserAPIRequest"
+                        }
                     }
                 ],
                 "responses": {
                     "200": {
-                        "description": "Success message",
+                        "description": "OK",
                         "schema": {
-                            "type": "string"
+                            "$ref": "#/definitions/api.DefaultAPIResponse"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "400": {
+                        "description": "Bad Request",
+                        "schema": {
+                            "$ref": "#/definitions/api.ErrorResponse"
                         }
                     },
                     "403": {
@@ -1933,6 +1927,31 @@
                 }
             }
         },
+        "api.UpdateUserAPIRequest": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "add-role": {
+                    "description": "Role to add to user $ID",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "user"
+                },
+                "remove-role": {
+                    "description": "Role to remove from user $ID",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "user"
+                },
+                "add-project": {
+                    "description": "Project to add to user $ID managed array",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "abcd100"
+                },
+                "remove-project": {
+                    "description": "Project to remove from user $ID managed array",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "abcd100"
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "api.DefaultAPIResponse": {
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {
diff --git a/api/swagger.yaml b/api/swagger.yaml
index def939dd..7aa215eb 100644
--- a/api/swagger.yaml
+++ b/api/swagger.yaml
@@ -31,6 +31,25 @@ definitions:
         example: Debug
         type: string
     type: object
+  api.UpdateUserAPIRequest:
+    properties:
+      add-project:
+        description: Project to add to user $ID managed array
+        example: abcd100
+        type: string
+      add-role:
+        description: Role to add to user $ID
+        example: user
+        type: string
+      remove-project:
+        description: Project to remove from user $ID managed array
+        example: abcd100
+        type: string
+      remove-role:
+        description: Role to remove from user $ID
+        example: user
+        type: string
+    type: object
   api.DefaultAPIResponse:
     properties:
       msg:
@@ -1388,6 +1407,8 @@ paths:
       - Nodestates
   /api/user/{id}:
     post:
+      consumes:
+      - application/json
       description: Allows admins to add/remove roles and projects for a user
       parameters:
       - description: Username
@@ -1395,29 +1416,23 @@ paths:
         name: id
         required: true
         type: string
-      - description: Role to add
-        in: formData
-        name: add-role
-        type: string
-      - description: Role to remove
-        in: formData
-        name: remove-role
-        type: string
-      - description: Project to add
-        in: formData
-        name: add-project
-        type: string
-      - description: Project to remove
-        in: formData
-        name: remove-project
-        type: string
+      - description: Single Field Changes
+        in: body
+        name: request
+        required: true
+        schema:
+          $ref: '#/definitions/api.UpdateUserAPIRequest'
       produces:
-      - text/plain
+      - application/json
       responses:
         "200":
-          description: Success message
+          description: OK
           schema:
-            type: string
+            $ref: '#/definitions/api.DefaultAPIResponse'
+        "400":
+          description: Bad Request
+          schema:
+            $ref: '#/definitions/api.ErrorResponse'
         "403":
           description: Forbidden
           schema:
diff --git a/internal/api/docs.go b/internal/api/docs.go
index de3cf506..2c3b0540 100644
--- a/internal/api/docs.go
+++ b/internal/api/docs.go
@@ -965,8 +965,11 @@ const docTemplate = `{
         "/api/user/{id}": {
             "post": {
                 "description": "Allows admins to add/remove roles and projects for a user",
+                "consumes": [
+                    "application/json"
+                ],
                 "produces": [
-                    "text/plain"
+                    "application/json"
                 ],
                 "tags": [
                     "User"
@@ -981,35 +984,26 @@ const docTemplate = `{
                         "required": true
                     },
                     {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Role to add",
-                        "name": "add-role",
-                        "in": "formData"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Role to remove",
-                        "name": "remove-role",
-                        "in": "formData"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Project to add",
-                        "name": "add-project",
-                        "in": "formData"
-                    },
-                    {
-                        "type": "string",
-                        "description": "Project to remove",
-                        "name": "remove-project",
-                        "in": "formData"
+                        "description": "Single Field Changes",
+                        "name": "request",
+                        "in": "body",
+                        "required": true,
+                        "schema": {
+                            "$ref": "#/definitions/api.UpdateUserAPIRequest"
+                        }
                     }
                 ],
                 "responses": {
                     "200": {
-                        "description": "Success message",
+                        "description": "OK",
                         "schema": {
-                            "type": "string"
+                            "$ref": "#/definitions/api.DefaultAPIResponse"
+                        }
+                    },
+                    "400": {
+                        "description": "Bad Request",
+                        "schema": {
+                            "$ref": "#/definitions/api.ErrorResponse"
                         }
                     },
                     "403": {
@@ -1940,6 +1934,31 @@ const docTemplate = `{
                 }
             }
         },
+        "api.UpdateUserAPIRequest": {
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {
+                "add-role": {
+                    "description": "Role to add to user $ID",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "user"
+                },
+                "remove-role": {
+                    "description": "Role to remove from user $ID",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "user"
+                },
+                "add-project": {
+                    "description": "Project to add to user $ID managed array",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "abcd100"
+                },
+                "remove-project": {
+                    "description": "Project to remove from user $ID managed array",
+                    "type": "string",
+                    "example": "abcd100"
+                }
+            }
+        },
         "api.DefaultAPIResponse": {
             "type": "object",
             "properties": {