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<h1 className={"openapi__heading"}>Create an update profile action</h1>

<MethodEndpoint method={"post"} path={"/workflow_actions/update_profile_actions"}></MethodEndpoint>



Create an update profile action

## Request

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Expected response to a valid request

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Bad Request - unable to complete.

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