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Update a property

PATCH
/property-types/{name}
 
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://example.com/api/v1/property-types/example \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{ "description": "example", "display_name": "example", "unit": "example", "validation": "example" }'

Patches a custom property’s label, description, unit, or validation (a nil field is unchanged). Data type and kind are fixed at creation. Official properties are read-only. Gated by property_type:update.

Parameters

Section titled “ Parameters ”

Path Parameters

Section titled “Path Parameters ”
name
required

The property’s name

string

The property’s name

Request Body required

Section titled “Request Body required ”
Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
description

What the property means

string
display_name

A human label

string
unit

A display unit

string
validation

A JSON Schema fragment (replaces wholesale)

Responses

Section titled “ Responses ”

200

Section titled “200 ”

OK

Media type application/json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
data_type
required
string
description
string
display_name
string
id
required

The property’s uuid, the stable form the contract and telemetry keys store

string
kind
string
name
required
string
official
required
boolean
unit
string
validation

A JSON Schema fragment constraining the value

Example 
{
  "$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/PropertyBody.json"
}

default

Section titled “default ”

Error

Media type application/problem+json
object
$schema

A URL to the JSON Schema for this object.

string format: uri
detail

A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.

string
errors

Optional list of individual error details

Array<object> | null
object
location

Where the error occurred, e.g. ‘body.items[3].tags’ or ‘path.thing-id’

string
message

Error message text

string
value

The value at the given location

instance

A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.

string format: uri
status

HTTP status code

integer format: int64
title

A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.

string
type

A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.

string format: uri
default: about:blank
Example 
{
  "$schema": "/api/v1/schemas/ErrorModel.json",
  "detail": "Property foo is required but is missing.",
  "instance": "https://example.com/error-log/abc123",
  "status": 400,
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "type": "about:blank"
}