# Interface routes: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Interface. |
| `kind` | `string` | No | One of `api`, `mcp`, `cli`, `sdk`, `site`, `app`, `docs`, or `webhooks`. |
| `path` | `string` | No | Where it is mounted on its Domain, such as `/api`. |
| `conformsTo` | `json` | No | The Standards it also speaks, each mapping the Standard’s operations onto the Product’s Verbs. |

**Returns**

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

**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/interfaces/interface_TMyQ3kh9uX \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"kind":"api"}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "interface": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/interfaces/interface_TMyQ3kh9uX",
    "$type": "Interface",
    "kind": "api"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Interface.update",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```

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

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

Path: `id`. Emits `Interface.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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/interfaces/interface_TMyQ3kh9uX \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "interface": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/interfaces/interface_TMyQ3kh9uX",
    "$type": "Interface",
    "kind": "api"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Interface.delete",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}
```