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Update Single Live Item

PATCH
https://api.webflow.com/v2/collections/:collection_id/items/:item_id/live
PATCH
/v2/collections/:collection_id/items/:item_id/live
$curl -X PATCH "https://api.webflow.com/v2/collections/580e63fc8c9a982ac9b8b745/items/580e64008c9a982ac9b8b754/live?skipInvalidFiles=true" \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "isArchived": false,
>  "isDraft": false,
>  "fieldData": {
>    "name": "The Hitchhiker'\''s Guide to the Galaxy",
>    "slug": "hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy",
>    "plain-text": "Don'\''t Panic.",
>    "rich-text": "<h3>A Guide to Interstellar Travel</h3><p>A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. <strong>Don'\''t forget yours!</strong></p>",
>    "main-image": {
>      "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
>      "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe_image.png"
>    },
>    "image-gallery": [
>      {
>        "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabd",
>        "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabd_image.png"
>      },
>      {
>        "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
>        "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe_image.png"
>      }
>    ],
>    "intro-video": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ83KAggd-4",
>    "official-site": "https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy",
>    "contact-email": "zaphod.beeblebrox@heartofgold.gov",
>    "support-phone": "424-242-4242",
>    "answer-to-everything": 42,
>    "release-date": "1979-10-12T00:00:00.000Z",
>    "is-featured": true,
>    "brand-color": "#000000",
>    "category": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabf",
>    "author": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab0",
>    "tags": [
>      "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab1",
>      "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab2"
>    ],
>    "downloadable-asset": {
>      "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab3",
>      "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab3_document.pdf"
>    }
>  }
>}'
1{
2  "id": "42b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
3  "lastPublished": "2022-11-29T16:22:43.159Z",
4  "lastUpdated": "2022-11-17T17:19:43.282Z",
5  "createdOn": "2022-11-17T17:11:57.148Z",
6  "fieldData": {
7    "name": "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy",
8    "slug": "hitchhikers-guide-to-the-galaxy",
9    "plain-text": "Don't Panic.",
10    "rich-text": "<h3>A Guide to Interstellar Travel</h3><p>A towel is about the most massively useful thing an interstellar hitchhiker can have. <strong>Don't forget yours!</strong></p>",
11    "main-image": {
12      "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
13      "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe_image.png"
14    },
15    "image-gallery": [
16      {
17        "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabd",
18        "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabd_image.png"
19      },
20      {
21        "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe",
22        "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabe_image.png"
23      }
24    ],
25    "intro-video": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJ83KAggd-4",
26    "official-site": "https://hitchhikers.fandom.com/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy",
27    "contact-email": "zaphod.beeblebrox@heartofgold.gov",
28    "support-phone": "424-242-4242",
29    "answer-to-everything": 42,
30    "release-date": "1979-10-12T00:00:00.000Z",
31    "is-featured": true,
32    "brand-color": "#000000",
33    "category": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cabf",
34    "author": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab0",
35    "tags": [
36      "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab1",
37      "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab2"
38    ],
39    "downloadable-asset": {
40      "fileId": "62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab3",
41      "url": "/files/62b720ef280c7a7a3be8cab3_document.pdf"
42    }
43  },
44  "cmsLocaleId": "653ad57de882f528b32e810e",
45  "isArchived": false,
46  "isDraft": false
47}

Update a selected live Item in a Collection. The updates for this Item will be published to the live site.

Required scope | CMS:write

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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

collection_idstringRequiredformat: "objectid"
Unique identifier for a Collection
item_idstringRequiredformat: "objectid"
Unique identifier for an Item

Query parameters

skipInvalidFilesbooleanOptionalDefaults to true
When true, invalid files are skipped and processing continues. When false, the entire request fails if any file is invalid.

Request

Details of the item to update
cmsLocaleIdstringOptional
Identifier for the locale of the CMS item
isArchivedbooleanOptional
Boolean determining if the Item is set to archived
isDraftbooleanOptional
Boolean determining if the Item is set to draft
fieldDataobjectOptional

Response

Request was successful
idstringRead-only
Unique identifier for the Item
lastPublishedstringRead-onlyformat: "date-string"
The date the item was last published
lastUpdatedstringRead-onlyformat: "date-string"
The date the item was last updated
createdOnstringRead-onlyformat: "date-string"
The date the item was created
fieldDataobject
cmsLocaleIdstring
Identifier for the locale of the CMS item
isArchivedbooleanDefaults to false
Boolean determining if the Item is set to archived
isDraftbooleanDefaults to false
Boolean determining if the Item is set to draft

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error
409
Conflict Error
429
Too Many Requests Error
500
Internal Server Error