# Site routes: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Site. |
| `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. |
| `navigation` | `json` | No | The menus that link its Pages. |

**Returns**

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

**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/kilnbakery.com/sites/site_kqt1HxwFab \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"navigation":{}}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com",
  "site": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/sites/site_kqt1HxwFab",
    "$type": "Site",
    "kind": "api",
    "navigation": {}
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k",
    "operation": "Site.update",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k"
  }
}
```

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

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

Path: `id`. Emits `Site.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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/kilnbakery.com/sites/site_kqt1HxwFab \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com",
  "site": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/sites/site_kqt1HxwFab",
    "$type": "Site",
    "kind": "api"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k",
    "operation": "Site.delete",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k"
  }
}
```