# File routes: update, delete

URL: /code/api/file/records-update · Id: `page:code/api/file/records-update`

> The File Verbs update, delete as api.sb routes, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [File](/business/nouns/file), one group of [File routes](/code/api/file).

### File.update
Changes the given properties of a File. [Verb page](/business/nouns/file/update?interface=api).

```text
PATCH /{namespace}/files/{id}
```

Path: `id`. Body, as JSON: the other inputs. Emits `File.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the File. |
| `contentType` | `string` | No | The media type, such as `application/pdf`. |
| `size` | `integer` | No | The size in bytes. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The file name it was uploaded with. |
| `visibility` | `string` | No | Who may read it: `Owner`, `Customer`, or `Public`. The default is `Owner`. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `file` | [File](/business/nouns/file) | Yes | The File. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X PATCH https://api.sb/leaseline.app/files/file_V1AuhyCTsH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"size":1}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "file": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/files/file_V1AuhyCTsH",
    "$type": "File",
    "contentType": "Example content type",
    "size": 1
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "File.update",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

### File.delete
Deletes a File: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by `Thing.restore`. [Verb page](/business/nouns/file/delete?interface=api).

```text
DELETE /{namespace}/files/{id}
```

Path: `id`. Emits `File.deleted`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the File. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `file` | [File](/business/nouns/file) | Yes | The File. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
curl -X DELETE https://api.sb/leaseline.app/files/file_V1AuhyCTsH \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "file": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/files/file_V1AuhyCTsH",
    "$type": "File",
    "contentType": "Example content type",
    "size": 1
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "File.delete",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```