---
title: "Update art for an object (Catalog Manager)"
method: POST
path: "/albums/{album_id}/update-art"
tags: ["Utilities"]
---

# Update art for an object (Catalog Manager)

`POST /albums/{album_id}/update-art`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://develop.ampache.dev/rest/8/json`
- URL: `https://develop.ampache.dev/rest/8/json/albums/{album_id}/update-art`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in header `auth`
  - API key in query parameter `auth`

Updates a single album, artist, song running the gather_art process Existing art is replaced unless you send overwrite=0, which keeps whatever is already there.

## Path parameters

- `album_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `overwrite` 0 | 1

## Request body

- UpdateArtRequest
  - `overwrite` 0 | 1

## Response `200`

Updated

- SuccessResponse
  - `success` string

## Other responses

- `400`: HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401`: HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403`: HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404`: HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500`: HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

## Changes

- **2026-07-31** `e8e6b266ea29`: 4 info
  - api operation id `updateArtAlbums` was added
  - added optional request body
  - added the non-success response with the status `401`
  - removed the non-success response with the status `410`
- **2026-07-31** `7ed7a764efd9`: 5 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `403`
  - added the non-success response with the status `404`
  - added the non-success response with the status `410`
  - …1 more
- **2026-02-26** `c3f202b17eb7`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-02-19** `07f53972fdd7`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/ampache/apis/ampache-rest-api/changes/albums/:album_id/update-art/post.md)

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