Thing routes: update, delete

Reference for Thing, one group of Thing routes.

Thing.update

Changes the given properties of a Thing. Verb page.

Text

PATCH /{namespace}/things/{id}

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

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`id`	`string`	required	The id of the Thing.
`type`	list of Noun		The Nouns this Thing is an instance of.
`outside`	`json`		The ids this Thing has in outside tools, one per Integration, so a re-run matches instead of duplicating.

Returns

Output	Type	Required	Description
`thing`	Thing	required	The Thing.

Refuses when

Check	Error	Fix	Then call
The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation.	`forbidden`	Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them.	None.

Example

Terminal

curl -X PATCH https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type":["noun_v0akLUrXCN"]}'

JSON

{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "thing": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/things/thing_8ds0r9vvRl",
    "$type": "Thing",
    "id": "Example id",
    "type": [
      "noun_v0akLUrXCN"
    ]
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Thing.update",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}

Thing.delete

Deletes a Thing: a soft delete that keeps its history, undone by Thing.restore. Verb page.