---
title: "Update My Author"
method: PUT
path: "/v1/clients/my_authors/{author_id}"
tags: ["My Authors"]
---

# Update My Author

`PUT /v1/clients/my_authors/{author_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.textmaster.com`
- URL: `https://api.textmaster.com/v1/clients/my_authors/{author_id}`
- Auth: OAuth 2
  - Authorization code: `https://api.textmaster.com/oauth/authorize`
  - Token URL: `https://api.textmaster.com/oauth/token` scopes: `preferred_author:manage`, `preferred_author:write`

## Path parameters

- `author_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `my_author` object, required
    - `description` string: User note for this author
    - `status` 'preferred' | 'blacklisted' | 'uncategorized' | 'my_textmaster', required: (required) Category to file the author in. Possible values: * preferred * blacklisted * uncategorized * my_textmaster (legacy, prefer 'preferred')

## Response `200`

My Author Updated

- MyAuthor
  - `id` string
  - `author_id` string
  - `author_name` string
  - `author_ref` string
  - `created_at` Date
    - `day` integer
    - `month` integer
    - `year` integer
    - `full` string
  - `description` string, nullable
  - `latest_activity` string
  - `status` string
  - `tags` string[]
  - `updated_at` Date
    - `day` integer
    - `month` integer
    - `year` integer
    - `full` string

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: My Author Info Not Found
- `422`: Unprocessable Entity

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/textmaster/apis/textmaster-api-v1.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/textmaster/apis/textmaster-api-v1/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/textmaster/apis/textmaster-api-v1/revisions/cb8425b56de9?raw)