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

<MethodEndpoint
  method={"patch"}
  path={"/highlights/{highlightId}"}
  context={"endpoint"}
>
  
</MethodEndpoint>



Update highlight by its id

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

<ParamsDetails
  parameters={[{"schema":{"type":"string","example":"ieidlxygmwj87oxz5hxttoc8","title":"HighlightId"},"required":true,"name":"highlightId","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":{"color":{"type":"string","enum":["yellow","red","green","blue"]},"note":{"type":"string","nullable":true}}}}}}}
>
  
</RequestSchema>

<StatusCodes
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  label={undefined}
  responses={{"200":{"description":"The updated highlight","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"bookmarkId":{"type":"string"},"startOffset":{"type":"number"},"endOffset":{"type":"number"},"color":{"type":"string","enum":["yellow","red","green","blue"],"default":"yellow"},"text":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"note":{"type":"string","nullable":true},"id":{"type":"string"},"userId":{"type":"string"},"createdAt":{"type":"string"}},"required":["bookmarkId","startOffset","endOffset","text","note","id","userId","createdAt"],"title":"Highlight"}}}},"404":{"description":"Highlight not found","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["code","message"]}}}}}}
>
  
</StatusCodes>