Update Document's Metadata by Path
POST /ws/rest/service/v1/dm/document/update
Purpose
Modifies the metadata for a document in a folder using the folder path value.
Request Format
Form Data (content Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded)
Request Parameters
The following parameters can be included in the request:
Request Parameter | Required? | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
projectnumber | No | String | The project number for the project /shell level DM. Not required for company level. If the projectnumber is not specified, the document is created in the Company Workspace. If the parent folder Id is not in the Company Workspace, the document will not be visible even in Company Workspace. |
Request Parameters in data JSON Object
The data JSON object contains a List of field and values for the Document Attribute form. The following parameters can be included in this object:
Request Parameter | Required? | Data Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Path | Yes | String | The full path of the document to update. For example, Example "/Project Documents/Service docs/Folder1/pipeline estimate.doc" |
Description | No | String | A description about the document to be updated. |
Name | No | String | The name to be used for renaming the document. |
Title | No | String | The title of the document. |
Revison No. | No | Integer | The revision number of the file when it is duplicated with the same file name. |
Issue Date | No | Date | The date on which the document was originally issued. |
% Complete | No | Integer | The amount of work completed on that type of file/document. |
Response Format
A JSON object is returned in the following format.
{
"data": [],
"message": [],
"status": <REST status code value>
}
Note: The read-only fields will not be updated with values from input.
Sample Request
To update a document "response.tif" in the "/test" folder, specify the request as:
projectnumber: "AP"
and
data:[{"Path":"/test/response(2).tif",
"Title":"Tiff File",
"Description":"Viewing file as tiff for an output",
"Revision No.":"1",
"% Complete":"100",
"Issue Date":"01/18/2024 11:44 AM"
}]
Use the Get Folders or Documents Metadata by Path or Get Folders or Documents Metadata by Parent Folder ID to get the structure of the JSON data.
Sample Success Response
The REST service returns a successful response with status code 200 for the above request:
{
"data":[{
"Path":"/test/response(2).tif",
"Revision No.":"1",
"Description":"Viewing file as tiff for an output",
"Title":"Tiff File",
"Issue Date":"01/18/2024 11:44 AM",
"% Complete":"100"
}],
"message":[{"message":"OK"}],
"status":200
}
Sample Error Request
The following request is sent specifying an invalid folder name, test.
projectnumber:AP
data:[{"Path":"/test/trialtes.doc",
"% Complete":"100"
}]
Sample Failed Response
A failed response displays in the following format with status code 505 when an invalid folder is specified:
{
"data":[{
"Path":"/test/trialtes.doc",
"% Complete":"100"
}],
"message":[{"message":"Invalid folder name."}],
"status":505
}
Supported Validation Messages and Status Codes
The following validation messages and status codes display in the response when incorrect values are provided in the request.
Field Name | Use-case Scenario | Status code | Error Message |
|---|---|---|---|
projectnumber | projectnumber is invalid. | 602 | Project/Shell Number is not correct. |
projectnumber | projectnumber is blank and path is invalid. | 505 | Invalid folder name. |
Path | Path is invalid. | 1039 | Parent path or node id is invalid or does not exists. |
Path | Path is blank. | 500 | Server Error, contact system administrator. |
Description | Description exceeds 4000 characters. | 505 |
|
Name | File name is blank or just the file extension is specified. | 505 | New file name is not valid |
Name | Invalid Name is given(against the rules of naming). | 200 | (uploading even invalid) |
Name | Existing folder name is duplicated(upper or lower case). | 200 | (appends (1) to the name and updates.) |
Name | Name is a read-only field. | 505 | Cannot rename as the node_name field is readonly. |
Name | Document is locked. | 505 | Cannot rename locked node. |
Name | File extension is changed. | 505 | File extension cannot be changed. |
Name | Current name is specified as the new name. | 505 | New node name and old node name are same. |
Title | Title exceeds 250/2000 characters. | 505 |
|
Revision No. | Revision No. exceeds 250/2000 characters. | 505 |
|
Issue Date | Date is invalid. |
|
|
% Complete | Characters are given | 200 | In UI, characters are not reflected instead "0" is kept. |
Related Topics
Create Documents by Parent Folder ID
Update Document Metadata by Document ID
Get Documents by Parent Folder ID
Search Document or Folder Properties
Rename Unpublished Document by File ID
Last Published Tuesday, July 1, 2025