---
title: "Edit Directory"
method: PATCH
path: "/projects/{projectId}/directories/{directoryId}"
tags: ["Source Files"]
---

# Edit Directory

`PATCH /projects/{projectId}/directories/{directoryId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.crowdin.com/api/v2`
- URL: `https://api.crowdin.com/api/v2/projects/{projectId}/directories/{directoryId}`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/crowdin/apis/crowdin-enterprise-api-v2/docs/projects/:projectId/directories/:directoryId/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

**Required scopes:** `project.source.file` (Read and Write).

## Path parameters

- `projectId` integer, required
- `directoryId` integer, required

## Request body

- DirectoryOperation[]: A JSON Patch document as defined by <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#section-3" target="_blank">RFC 6902</a>
  - `op` 'replace' | 'test', required: Patch operation to perform
  - `path` '/branchId' | '/directoryId' | '/name' | '/title' | '/exportPattern' | '/priority', json-pointer, required: A JSON Pointer as defined by <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6901" target="_blank">RFC 6901</a>

## Response `200`

Directory was successfully updated

- DirectoryResource: Base schema of resource container. Container is a wrapper object that contains payload in required `data` property and provides space for adding any other metadata.
  - `data` Directory, required: Class DirectoryResponseModel
    - `id` integer
    - `projectId` integer
    - `branchId` integer, nullable
    - `directoryId` integer, nullable: Parent directory id
    - `name` string
    - `title` string: Title for translators
    - `exportPattern` string
    - `path` string
    - `priority` string
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, nullable
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid Request Body
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Project or directory with specified id was not found
- `405`: Method Not Allowed
- `500`: Internal Server Error
- `503`: Service Unavailable

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/crowdin/apis/crowdin-enterprise-api-v2.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/crowdin/apis/crowdin-enterprise-api-v2/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/crowdin/apis/crowdin-enterprise-api-v2/revisions/dc68744c5384?raw)