---
title: Update an API
description: Update information about a specific API.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API > Update an API
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/stefon.simmons/docs-astro-web-10435/llms.txt).

# Update an API

## v2 (deprecated)

{% alert level="warning" %}
**Note**: This endpoint is deprecated.
{% /alert %}

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                         |
| ----------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| app.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi |
| us5.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | PUT https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | PUT https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | PUT https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/apicatalog/api/{id}/openapi  |

### Overview

Update information about a specific API. The given content will replace all API content of the given ID.
The ID is returned by the create API, or can be found in the URL in the API catalog UI.

This endpoint requires the `apm_api_catalog_write` permission.

OAuth apps require the `apm_api_catalog_write` authorization [scope](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/stefon.simmons/docs-astro-web-10435/api/latest/scopes.md#api-management) to access this endpoint.

### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Field           | Type   | Description             |
| --------------- | ------ | ----------------------- |
| id [*required*] | string | ID of the API to modify |

### Request

#### Body Data (required)

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
| Field             | Type   | Description                |
| ----------------- | ------ | -------------------------- |
| openapi_spec_file | binary | Binary `OpenAPI` spec file |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```bash
-F 'openapi_spec_file=@openapi-spec.yaml'
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Response

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="200" %}
API updated successfully

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Response for `UpdateOpenAPI`.

| Parent field     | Field            | Type     | Description                                 |
| ---------------- | ---------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------- |
|                  | data             | object   | Data envelope for `UpdateOpenAPIResponse`.  |
| data             | attributes       | object   | Attributes for `UpdateOpenAPI`.             |
| attributes       | failed_endpoints | [object] | List of endpoints which couldn't be parsed. |
| failed_endpoints | method           | string   | The endpoint method.                        |
| failed_endpoints | path             | string   | The endpoint path.                          |
| data             | id               | uuid     | API identifier.                             |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "attributes": {
      "failed_endpoints": [
        {
          "method": "string",
          "path": "string"
        }
      ]
    },
    "id": "90646597-5fdb-4a17-a240-647003f8c028"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="400" %}
Bad request

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail              | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source              | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header              | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter           | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer             | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status              | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title               | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="403" %}
Forbidden

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail              | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source              | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header              | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter           | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer             | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status              | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title               | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="404" %}
API not found error

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail              | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source              | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header              | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter           | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer             | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status              | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title               | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="429" %}
Too many requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
API error response.

| Field               | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------- | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Code Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Curl" %}
```bash
# Path parameters
export id="90646597-5fdb-4a17-a240-647003f8c028"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X PUT "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/apicatalog/api/${id}/openapi" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-F openapi_spec_file=@string
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// Update an API returns "API updated successfully" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
	"github.com/google/uuid"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "managed_api" in the system
	ManagedAPIDataID := uuid.MustParse(os.Getenv("MANAGED_API_DATA_ID"))

	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.SetUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.UpdateOpenAPI", true)
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewAPIManagementApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.UpdateOpenAPI(ctx, ManagedAPIDataID, *datadogV2.NewUpdateOpenAPIOptionalParameters().WithOpenapiSpecFile(func() io.Reader { fp, _ := os.Open("openapi-spec.yaml"); return fp }()))

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `APIManagementApi.UpdateOpenAPI`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `APIManagementApi.UpdateOpenAPI`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Java" %}
```java
// Update an API returns "API updated successfully" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.ApiManagementApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.ApiManagementApi.UpdateOpenAPIOptionalParameters;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.model.UpdateOpenAPIResponse;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.UUID;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    defaultClient.setUnstableOperationEnabled("v2.updateOpenAPI", true);
    ApiManagementApi apiInstance = new ApiManagementApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "managed_api" in the system
    UUID MANAGED_API_DATA_ID = null;
    try {
      MANAGED_API_DATA_ID = UUID.fromString(System.getenv("MANAGED_API_DATA_ID"));
    } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
      System.err.println("Error parsing UUID: " + e.getMessage());
    }

    try {
      UpdateOpenAPIResponse result =
          apiInstance.updateOpenAPI(
              MANAGED_API_DATA_ID,
              new UpdateOpenAPIOptionalParameters().openapiSpecFile(new File("openapi-spec.yaml")));
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ApiManagementApi#updateOpenAPI");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python" %}
```python
"""
Update an API returns "API updated successfully" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.api_management_api import APIManagementApi

# there is a valid "managed_api" in the system
MANAGED_API_DATA_ID = environ["MANAGED_API_DATA_ID"]

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
configuration.unstable_operations["update_open_api"] = True
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = APIManagementApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.update_open_api(
        id=MANAGED_API_DATA_ID,
        openapi_spec_file=open("openapi-spec.yaml", "rb"),
    )

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby" %}
```ruby
# Update an API returns "API updated successfully" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
  config.unstable_operations["v2.update_open_api".to_sym] = true
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::APIManagementAPI.new

# there is a valid "managed_api" in the system
MANAGED_API_DATA_ID = ENV["MANAGED_API_DATA_ID"]
opts = {
  openapi_spec_file: File.open("openapi-spec.yaml", "r"),
}
p api_instance.update_open_api(MANAGED_API_DATA_ID, opts)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Rust" %}
```rust
// Update an API returns "API updated successfully" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_api_management::APIManagementAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_api_management::UpdateOpenAPIOptionalParams;
use std::fs;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "managed_api" in the system
    let managed_api_data_id = uuid::Uuid::parse_str(&std::env::var("MANAGED_API_DATA_ID").unwrap())
        .expect("Invalid UUID");
    let mut configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    configuration.set_unstable_operation_enabled("v2.update_open_api", true);
    let api = APIManagementAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api
        .update_open_api(
            managed_api_data_id.clone(),
            UpdateOpenAPIOptionalParams::default()
                .openapi_spec_file(fs::read("openapi-spec.yaml").unwrap()),
        )
        .await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="TypeScript" %}
```typescript
/**
 * Update an API returns "API updated successfully" response
 */

import * as fs from "fs";
import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
configuration.unstableOperations["v2.updateOpenAPI"] = true;
const apiInstance = new v2.APIManagementApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "managed_api" in the system
const MANAGED_API_DATA_ID = process.env.MANAGED_API_DATA_ID as string;

const params: v2.APIManagementApiUpdateOpenAPIRequest = {
  id: MANAGED_API_DATA_ID,
  openapiSpecFile: {
    data: Buffer.from(fs.readFileSync("openapi-spec.yaml", "utf8")),
    name: "openapi-spec.yaml",
  },
};

apiInstance
  .updateOpenAPI(params)
  .then((data: v2.UpdateOpenAPIResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}