---
title: "Update Client"
method: PATCH
path: "/clients/{id}"
tags: ["Clients"]
---

# Update Client

`PATCH /clients/{id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.purplegrain.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.purplegrain.com/api/v1/clients/{id}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `include` string

## Request body

- ClientUpdateModelAttributes: Flat attributes-adapter request body (Content-Type application/json). Attribute fields and relationships live directly under `data` (no nested `attributes` / `relationships` envelopes). Each relationship is a resource identifier object ({ id, type }). Equivalent JSON:API (nested) shape: `ClientUpdateModel` sent as application/vnd.api+json.
  - `data` object, required
    - `name` string
    - `mobile` string
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `location` string, nullable

## Response `200`

Updated

- ClientsShowResponseAttributes: Single client response for Accept application/json (attributes adapter).
  - `data` ClientModelAttributes: Single client in attributes-adapter shape (Accept application/json). id, type, and attribute fields at top level; no nested attributes/relationships. The owner/user relationship keys may appear when include is used.
    - `id` string
    - `type` string
    - `name` string
    - `mobile` string, nullable
    - `email` string, nullable
    - `location` string, nullable
    - `tasks_count` integer
    - `last_task_at` string, date-time, nullable
    - `created_at` string, date-time
    - `updated_at` string, date-time
    - `owner` object: Present when include=owner
    - `user` object: Present when include=user
  - `meta` PaginationMeta
    - `current_page` number
    - `next_page` number, nullable
    - `prev_page` number, nullable

## Other responses

- `400`: The `include` query parameter names a relationship path this endpoint does not take (JSON:API 1.1, "Inclusion of Related Resources"). One error with `code: "unknown_include"` and `source.parameter: "include"`; its `detail` names the refused path(s) and the paths the endpoint allows (the parameter's `x-include-paths`). An endpoint whose serializer whitelists no relationship refuses any path. Rolling out as monitor then enforce: until the API's `JSONAPI_UNKNOWN_INCLUDE` is `reject`, an unknown path is dropped and logged instead.
- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict — the JSON:API request document names a different resource from the URL (JSON:API 1.1 §9.2 and §9.3). `errors[0].code` is `type_mismatch` when `data.type` is not one of this endpoint's resource types (`source.pointer` is `/data/type`), or `id_mismatch` when, on an update, `data.id` is not the id in the URL (`/data/id`). Only a body sent as `application/vnd.api+json` is checked; the flat `application/json` body has no resource object. Nothing was changed. Request validation runs first: a `data.type` outside the operation's documented enum, or missing where the schema requires it, is a `400` before this check, so the 409 is seen where the documented type is a free string, or when validation is off.
- `415`: Unsupported Media Type — the request's `Content-Type` is `application/vnd.api+json` with a media type parameter the JSON:API media type does not allow (anything other than `ext` and `profile`; `; charset=utf-8` is the usual one). Send the bare media type. The error's `code` is `unsupported_media_type` and `source.header` is `Content-Type`. Until the switch is on (`JSONAPI_CONTENT_TYPE_PARAMS=reject`) such a request is let through and logged; the operation documents the response it will have.
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity

## Changes

- **2026-10-30** `143d65e52617`: 3 info
  - added the non-success response with the status `400`
  - added the non-success response with the status `409`
  - added the non-success response with the status `415`
- **2026-10-30** `92c4663a1266`: 12 warning, 12 info
  - removed the optional property `_meta` from the response with the `404` status (media type: application/json)
  - removed the optional property `_meta` from the response with the `404` status (media type: application/vnd.api+json)
  - removed the optional property `_meta` from the response with the `422` status (media type: application/json)
  - removed the optional property `_meta` from the response with the `422` status (media type: application/vnd.api+json)
  - …20 more
- **2026-10-30** `c1bc18b1cdbc`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/purplegrain/apis/purple-grain-api/changes/clients/:id/patch.md)

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