---
title: "Edit Project Strings Exporter Settings"
method: PATCH
path: "/projects/{projectId}/strings-exporter-settings/{systemStringsExporterSettingsId}"
tags: ["Projects and Groups"]
---

# Edit Project Strings Exporter Settings

`PATCH /projects/{projectId}/strings-exporter-settings/{systemStringsExporterSettingsId}`

## Request

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

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

Edit project strings exporter settings

__Note:__ Replacing `/format` requires replacing `/settings` in the same request — settings are format-specific

## Path parameters

- `projectId` integer, required
- `systemStringsExporterSettingsId` integer, required

## Request body

- SystemStringsExporterSettingsOperation[]: 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` '/format' | '/settings', json-pointer, required: A JSON Pointer as defined by <a href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6902#section-3" target="_blank">RFC 6902</a>

## Response `200`

Strings Exporter Settings was successfully updated

- SystemStringsExporterSettingsResource: 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` SystemStringsExporterSettings, required
    - `id` integer
    - `format` string
    - `settings` union: Defines file format settings
      - object
        - `convertPlaceholders` boolean: Convert placeholders to Android format.
        - `convertLineBreaks` boolean: Сonvert simple line breaks (Enter) to \n (e.g. New\nLine).
        - `useCdataForStringsWithTags` boolean: Encloses strings with HTML tags in CDATA sections (e.g., `<b>Name</b>` > `<![CDATA[<b>Name</b>]]>`). Does not apply to strings with only `<xliff:g>` tags.
      - object
        - `convertPlaceholders` boolean: Convert placeholders to MacOSX format.
        - `convertLineBreaks` boolean: Сonvert simple line breaks (Enter) to \n (e.g. New\nLine).
        - `exportContext` boolean: Export string context as a comment above each string (e.g. `/* Context */`).
      - object
        - `languagePairMapping` LanguagePairMapping: Defines language pair mapping
    - `createdAt` string, date-time
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid Request Parameters
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Project or Strings Exporter Settings Not Found
- `405`: Method Not Allowed
- `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)