---
title: "Replace all species restrictions for a location. Pass empty array to remove all restrictions (unrestricted)."
method: PUT
path: "/Locations/{locationId}/species-restrictions"
tags: ["Locations"]
---

# Replace all species restrictions for a location. Pass empty array to remove all restrictions (unrestricted).

`PUT /Locations/{locationId}/species-restrictions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business`
- URL: `https://api.clinicos.vet/backend/business/Locations/{locationId}/species-restrictions`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `locationId` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateSpeciesRestrictionsDto
  - `speciesIds` string[]

## Response `200`

OK

- LocationResponseDto
  - `id` string
  - `name` string
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `isActive` boolean
  - `displayOrder` union
    - integer
    - string, int32
  - `createdAt` string, date-time
  - `updatedAt` string, date-time
  - `isVehicle` boolean
  - `isPersonalVehicle` boolean
  - `allowOnlineBooking` boolean
  - `allowOverbooking` boolean
  - `kind` 'Room' | 'Cage' | 'Run' | 'Ward': What a `Location` physically is (ITE-710). Exam rooms are where appointments happen and what the flowboard room grid shows; cages, runs and wards are where a hospitalized patient lives for the length of a `HospitalStay`. The admit picker filters on this, and the flowboard keeps hospitalization locations out of its grid. Stored as text; the default keeps every pre-existing location an exam room.
  - `allowedSpeciesIds` string[], nullable: Species IDs allowed at this location. If empty/null, all species are allowed.

## Changes

- **2026-09-11** `503cd0546309`: 3 info
  - added the optional property `kind` to the response with the `200` status (media type: text/plain)
  - added the optional property `kind` to the response with the `200` status (media type: application/json)
  - added the optional property `kind` to the response with the `200` status (media type: text/json)

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/clinicos/apis/pawthosx-business-api-v1/changes/Locations/:locationId/species-restrictions/put.md)

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