---
title: "Update an option"
method: PATCH
path: "/workspaces/{id}/questions/{questionId}/options/{optionId}"
tags: ["questions"]
---

# Update an option

`PATCH /workspaces/{id}/questions/{questionId}/options/{optionId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.swingfactor.ai/v1`
- URL: `https://api.swingfactor.ai/v1/workspaces/{id}/questions/{questionId}/options/{optionId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required
- `questionId` string, uuid, required
- `optionId` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- QuestionOptionPatchBody
  - `label` string
  - `description` string
  - `position` integer
  - `reason` string: Why — kept in the history.

## Response `200`

The updated option.

- QuestionOption
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `workspaceId` string, uuid, required
  - `questionId` string, uuid, required
  - `label` string, required
  - `description` string
  - `position` integer, required
  - `status` 'proposed' | 'accepted' | 'rejected', required: A person’s option stands accepted; a draft’s is proposed until a person decides it. Only accepted options compute; a rejected one is kept.
  - `decidedBy` string, uuid
  - `decidedByName` string
  - `decidedAt` string
  - `createdAt` string, required
  - `draftId` string, uuid: Set where SwingFactor drafted it.
  - `suggested` boolean: SwingFactor suggested it while the question was asked.
  - `updatedAt` string, required
  - `links` QuestionOptionLinks, required: Relative /v1 URLs to follow.
    - `self` string, required
    - `question` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: No token, or not a valid one: `unauthorized`.
- `404`: No such option.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/swingfactor/apis/swingfactor-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/swingfactor/apis/swingfactor-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/swingfactor/apis/swingfactor-api/revisions/c2fe881a39c3?raw)