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id: update-a-list
title: "Update a list"
description: "Update list by its id"
sidebar_label: "Update a list"
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import RequestSchema from "@theme/RequestSchema";
import StatusCodes from "@theme/StatusCodes";
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<Heading
  as={"h1"}
  className={"openapi__heading"}
  children={"Update a list"}
>
</Heading>

<MethodEndpoint
  method={"patch"}
  path={"/lists/{listId}"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Update list by its id

<Heading
  id={"request"}
  as={"h2"}
  className={"openapi-tabs__heading"}
  children={"Request"}
>
</Heading>

<ParamsDetails
  parameters={[{"schema":{"type":"string","example":"ieidlxygmwj87oxz5hxttoc8","title":"ListId"},"required":true,"name":"listId","in":"path"}]}
>
  
</ParamsDetails>

<RequestSchema
  title={"Body"}
  body={{"description":"The data to update. Only the fields you want to update need to be provided.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string","minLength":1,"maxLength":40},"description":{"type":"string","nullable":true,"minLength":0,"maxLength":100},"icon":{"type":"string"},"parentId":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"query":{"type":"string","minLength":1}}}}}}}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
  id={undefined}
  label={undefined}
  responses={{"200":{"description":"The updated list","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"id":{"type":"string"},"name":{"type":"string"},"description":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"icon":{"type":"string"},"parentId":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"type":{"type":"string","enum":["manual","smart"],"default":"manual"},"query":{"type":"string","nullable":true}},"required":["id","name","icon","parentId"],"title":"List"}}}},"404":{"description":"List not found","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["code","message"]}}}}}}
>
  
</StatusCodes>


      