---
title: "Update an existing path journey"
method: PATCH
path: "/api/v2/path_journeys/{id}"
tags: ["Path Journeys"]
---

# Update an existing path journey

`PATCH /api/v2/path_journeys/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com`
- URL: `https://yournation.nationbuilder.com/api/v2/path_journeys/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Updates an existing path journey

## Request body

- PathJourneyUpdateRequest: The JSON:API top-level document shape for update requests, whose data member identifies the resource by type and id and carries the changed attributes.
  - `data` object, required
    - `id` string, required: The ID of the resource being updated.
    - `type` 'path_journeys', required: The JSON:API resource type of the resource being updated.
    - `attributes` PathJourneyReadWriteAttributes: The attributes of a path_journey that can be both read and written.
      - `current_step_due_date` string, date-time, nullable: When the current step is due.
      - `current_step_id` string, nullable: The ID of the current step.
      - `current_step_point_person_id` string, nullable: The point person of the current step.
      - `description` string, nullable: This is the description on the signup's path.
      - `due_date` string, date-time, nullable: When the path is due to be completed.
      - `path_id` string, nullable: The associated path.
      - `point_person_id` string, nullable: The point person of this path journey.
      - `signup_id` string, nullable: The signup assigned to the path journey
      - `value_amount` string, float, nullable: Values are enabled by the path and assigned to the path journey.

## Response `200`

The updated path journey.

- PathJourneyShowResponse: The JSON:API top-level document shape for responses returning a single resource under the data member.
  - `data` object, required: A JSON:API resource identifier object, the type/id pair that uniquely identifies a single resource.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` 'path_journeys', required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The read-only attributes of a path_journey.
      - `current_step_due_date` string, date-time, nullable: When the current step is due.
      - `current_step_id` string, nullable: The ID of the current step.
      - `current_step_point_person_id` string, nullable: The point person of the current step.
      - `description` string, nullable: This is the description on the signup's path.
      - `due_date` string, date-time, nullable: When the path is due to be completed.
      - `path_id` string, nullable: The associated path.
      - `point_person_id` string, nullable: The point person of this path journey.
      - `signup_id` string, nullable: The signup assigned to the path journey
      - `value_amount` string, float, nullable: Values are enabled by the path and assigned to the path journey.
      - `created_at` string, date-time
      - `ended_at` string, date-time, nullable: When the path ended.
      - `journey_status` 'active' | 'completed' | 'abandoned' | 'deleted' | 'null', nullable: The current path journey status.
      - `last_moved_at` string, date-time, nullable: The last time the signup moved along the path journey.
      - `path_journey_status_change_id` string, nullable: The ID of the status change.
      - `updated_at` string, date-time
  - `included` Resource[]: Sideloaded resources requested via the include query parameter. Each entry is a full resource object whose shape is documented under its own resource type.
    - `id` string, required: Unique identifier of the resource.
    - `type` string, required: The JSON:API resource type.
    - `attributes` object: The attributes of the resource, as documented for its resource type.
    - `relationships` object: References from this resource to other resources in the document.
  - `meta` object: Non-standard information about the document. Empty unless the endpoint has metadata to convey.

## Other responses

- `400`: The request body or query parameters are invalid, such as an unknown attribute, filter, filter operator, sort field, or sideload.
- `401`: The access token is missing, expired, or not authorized to access this resource.
- `404`: No resource exists with the provided ID.
- `422`: Model validations failed for the resource being created or updated. Unlike this API's other errors, validation failures are returned as a JSON:API errors document locating each invalid field.
- `429`: The access token has exceeded its request quota for the current rate-limit window.

## Changes

- **2026-11-05** `d5c88ca497ac`: 4 breaking, 1 warning, 8 info
  - added `#/components/schemas/update_request_document, subschema #2` to the request body `allOf` list
  - the request's body type changed from `object` to no type
  - the response's body type changed from `object` to no type for status `200`
  - removed the required property `data` from the response with the `200` status
  - …9 more

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/nationbuilder/apis/nationbuilder-v2-api/changes/api/v2/path_journeys/:id/patch.md)

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