(Quick Reference)
Service: Update an authority
Description: This web service is used to update an authority object
URL:
https://BASE_URL/api/VERSION/authorities/{id}:
https://BASE_URL/api/VERSION/authorities/reference/{id}: PUT
Request content type: application/json
Parameters:
| Name | Description | Type | Required | Example values |
|---|
| id | id of the desired record to update | Long/String | yes | 777 |
| name | | String | yes | |
The name of authority can be used as an external ID
Success Output
Success case: response.status = 20
{
"id": 11,
"name": "CEO",
"dateCreated": "2016-09-09T08:18:51Z",
"lastUpdated": "2016-09-09T08:18:51Z"
} Failure Output
Failure case:response.status = 400
{
"error": "missing_param",
"error_description": "name parameter is missing"
}{
"error": "save_failed",
"error_description": "Failed to save instance"
}{
"error": "not_found",
"error_description": "The authority with the id 999 doesn't exist."
} Failure case:response.status = 500
{
"error": "server_error",
"error_description": "Oops! Something went wrong..."
}
