# Theme routes: update, delete

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

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

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

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

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

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

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Theme. |
| `tokens` | `json` | No | The token values, in light and dark modes. |
| `css` | `text` | No | Extra CSS, applied after the tokens. |

**Returns**

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

**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/themes/theme_sZHbu0W683 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"tokens":{}}'
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com",
  "theme": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/themes/theme_sZHbu0W683",
    "$type": "Theme",
    "tokens": {}
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k",
    "operation": "Theme.update",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k"
  }
}
```

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

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

Path: `id`. Emits `Theme.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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/themes/theme_sZHbu0W683 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY"
```

```json
{
  "api": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com",
  "theme": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/themes/theme_sZHbu0W683",
    "$type": "Theme",
    "tokens": {}
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k",
    "operation": "Theme.delete",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/kilnbakery.com/actions/act_0y76a1jB6k"
  }
}
```