---
title: "Update an actor."
method: POST
path: "/actor/{actor}"
tags: ["Domain management"]
---

# Update an actor.

`POST /actor/{actor}`

## Path parameters

- `actor` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateActorRequest — The data used to define the updates to make to a target actor.
  - `identifier` string — The actor's unique identifier in the specification, used to refer to it from test cases. Skip this if no update should be made.
  - `name` string — The actor's display name. Skip this if no update should be made.
  - `description` string — The actor's description. Skip this if no update should be made or provide as an empty string to remove the current value.
  - `reportMetadata` string — The actor's additional metadata for XML reports.
  - `default` boolean — Whether the actor should be considered as the default choice for new conformance statements within its specification. Skip this if no update should be made.
  - `hidden` boolean — Whether the actor should be hidden. Skip this if no update should be made.
  - `displayOrder` number — The actor's display order relative to other actors when presented in test execution diagrams. Skip this if no update should be made or set to a negative value to remove the ordering altogether.

## Response `200`

Actor updated.

## Other responses

- `429` — Call rate limit threshold exceeded for this operation.
- `default` — The received request was invalid.

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