# Survey commands: update, delete

URL: /code/cli/survey/records-update · Id: `page:code/cli/survey/records-update`

> The Survey Verbs update, delete as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Survey](/business/nouns/survey), one group of [Survey commands](/code/cli/survey).

### Survey.update
Changes the given properties of a Survey. [Verb page](/business/nouns/survey/update?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Survey.update --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Survey.updated`.

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | Yes | The id of the Survey. |
| `fields` | `json` | No | The fields and their types. |

**Returns**

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

**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
npx startup-builder do Survey.update --json '{"id":"survey_NLUCLYDcII","fields":{}}'
```

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

```text
npx startup-builder do Survey.delete --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits `Survey.deleted`.

**Inputs**

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

**Returns**

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

**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
npx startup-builder do Survey.delete --json '{"id":"survey_NLUCLYDcII"}'
```