articles

Update an article by id

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This endpoint allows the client to update an existing article by its unique numerical id.

Authorization Constraints:

  • The API key provided must belong to the author of the article, an admin of the article's organization, or a site admin.
  • Edits by anyone other than the author are recorded in the audit log.
  • Returns 404 if the article does not exist or the API key's user may not edit it.
  • Supports updating individual fields such as title, body_markdown, published, tags, ai_disclosure_level, etc.
  • Setting published: false on an already published article will revert it to draft status.
put/api/articles/{id}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://dev.to
  • Auth
    • API key in header api-key
    • or HTTP bearer

Path parameters

idinteger required

The unique numerical ID of the article to update.

Request body

Response

An Article

Changes