---
title: "Update a specific organization role"
method: PATCH
path: "/organisations/{org_id}/roles/{role_id}"
tags: ["roles"]
---

# Update a specific organization role

`PATCH /organisations/{org_id}/roles/{role_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://staging.api-golang.boilerplate.hng.tech/api/v1`
- URL: `https://staging.api-golang.boilerplate.hng.tech/api/v1/organisations/{org_id}/roles/{role_id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/hngprojects/apis/kimiko-golang-swagger/docs/organisations/:org_id/roles/:role_id/patch.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Updates the details of a specific role within an organization.

## Path parameters

- `org_id` string, uuid, required
- `role_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- OrgRoleUpdateSchema
  - `name` string, required: Updated name of the role.
  - `description` string, required: Updated description of the role.

## Response `200`

Role updated successfully

- OrgRoleUpdateResponseSchema
  - `status` string
  - `status_code` integer
  - `message` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `422`: Validation error

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `2d1d3ed96bb9`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-08-07** `06cecc2ac126`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/hngprojects/apis/kimiko-golang-swagger/changes/organisations/:org_id/roles/:role_id/patch.md)

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