---
title: "Update/create a family variant"
method: PATCH
path: "/api/rest/v1/families/{family_code}/variants/{code}"
tags: ["Family variant"]
---

# Update/create a family variant

`PATCH /api/rest/v1/families/{family_code}/variants/{code}`

## Request

- Base URL: `http://demo.akeneo.com`
- URL: `http://demo.akeneo.com/api/rest/v1/families/{family_code}/variants/{code}`
- Auth: none declared

This endpoint allows you to update a given family variant. Know more about <a href="/documentation/update.html#update-behavior">Update behavior</a>. Note that if no family variant exists for the given code, it creates it.

## Path parameters

- `family_code` string, required
- `code` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `code` string, required: Family variant code
  - `variant_attribute_sets` object[], required: Attributes distribution according to the enrichment level
    - `level` integer, required: Enrichment level
    - `axes` string[], required: Codes of attributes used as variant axes
    - `attributes` string[]: Codes of attributes bind to this enrichment level
  - `labels` object: Family variant labels for each locale
    - `localeCode` string: Family variant label for the locale `localeCode`

## Response `201`

Created

## Other responses

- `204`: No content to return
- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Authentication required
- `403`: Access forbidden
- `415`: Unsupported Media type
- `422`: Unprocessable entity

---

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