Visitor routes: update, delete

Reference for Visitor, one group of Visitor routes.

Visitor.update

Changes the given properties of a Visitor. Verb page.

Text

PATCH /{namespace}/visitors/{id}

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

Inputs

Input	Type	Required	Description
`id`	`string`	required	The id of the Visitor.
`firstSeenAt`	`datetime`		When the first request arrived.

Returns

Output	Type	Required	Description
`visitor`	Visitor	required	The Visitor.

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/visitors/visitor_M5gHadysq9 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $STARTUP_BUILDER_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"firstSeenAt":"2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"}'

JSON

{
  "api": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app",
  "visitor": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/visitors/visitor_M5gHadysq9",
    "$type": "Visitor",
    "firstSeenAt": "2026-10-22T12:00:00Z"
  },
  "action": {
    "$id": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG",
    "operation": "Visitor.update",
    "status": "done"
  },
  "links": {
    "self": "https://api.sb/leaseline.app/actions/act_br07HsG8MG"
  }
}

Visitor.delete

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