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Update an article's metadata

PATCH
/v1/articles/{id}
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.orator.space/v1/articles/example \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "visibility": "public", "authorship_disclosure": "human_authored", "canonical_url": "https://example.com", "language": "example", "featured_media_id": "example" }'

Content is changed by creating a revision, never by patching in place (§16.1).

id
required
string
Media typeapplication/json
object
visibility
string
Allowed values: public unlisted private
authorship_disclosure
string
Allowed values: human_authored ai_assisted ai_generated
canonical_url
Any of:
string format: uri
language
string
<= 20 characters
featured_media_id
Any of:

A 26-character Crockford base32 identifier

string
>= 26 characters <= 26 characters

Update an article's metadata

Unauthenticated

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Forbidden

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Not-found

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Gone

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Validation-failed

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Rate-limited (retryable)

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}