---
title: "Update Single Database"
method: POST
path: "/preprocessing/databases/{db_name}/update"
tags: ["preprocessing", "admin"]
---

# Update Single Database

`POST /preprocessing/databases/{db_name}/update`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.helena.bio` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.helena.bio/preprocessing/databases/{db_name}/update`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/helena-bioinformatics/apis/helix-insight-variant-analysis-service/docs/preprocessing/databases/:db_name/update/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Start the update pipeline for a single database.

Returns immediately with task_id. Poll GET /preprocessing/tasks/{task_id}
for progress.

## Path parameters

- `db_name` string, required

## Request body

- UpdateDatabaseRequest: Request for POST /preprocessing/databases/{db_name}/update.
  - `steps` string[]
  - `force` boolean

## Response `202`

Successful Response

- TaskCreatedResponse: Response for task creation endpoints (202 Accepted).
  - `task_id` string, required
  - `status` string, required
  - `databases` string[], nullable
  - `status_url` string, required
  - `message` string, nullable
  - `warning` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/helena-bioinformatics/apis/helix-insight-variant-analysis-service.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/helena-bioinformatics/apis/helix-insight-variant-analysis-service/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/helena-bioinformatics/apis/helix-insight-variant-analysis-service/revisions/a800b0b27feb?raw)