---
title: "Publish an article to the customer's connected CMS. Defaults to a DRY RUN describing what would happen. When the person asked for this, call it with confirm=true. Delivery runs after this call returns. If the article does not go live, list_content shows its lastPublishError. Webhook receivers: https://rctrl.com/docs/webhook"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/content/publish"
---

# Publish an article to the customer's connected CMS. Defaults to a DRY RUN describing what would happen. When the person asked for this, call it with confirm=true. Delivery runs after this call returns. If the article does not go live, list_content shows its lastPublishError. Webhook receivers: https://rctrl.com/docs/webhook

`POST /api/v1/content/publish`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rctrl.com`
- URL: `https://api.rctrl.com/api/v1/content/publish`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Requires the `write:publish` scope.

## Request body

- object
  - `contentId` string, required: The content page id
  - `confirm` boolean: Set true to actually publish (default: dry run)

## Response `200`

Success; the payload is wrapped in a data envelope

- object
  - `data` unknown

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad input
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key
- `403`: API key lacks the required scope
- `404`: Not found in this workspace
- `429`: Rate limited; the body includes a retryAfterMs hint

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/rctrl/apis/rankcontrol-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/rctrl/apis/rankcontrol-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/rctrl/apis/rankcontrol-api/revisions/98ecd236394a?raw)