{"id": "json_api:rowupdateview", "page": "json_api", "ref": "rowupdateview", "title": "Updating a row", "content": "To update a row, make a  POST  to  /<database>/<table>/<row-pks>/-/update . This requires the  update-row  permission. \n                 POST /<database>/<table>/<row-pks>/-/update\nContent-Type: application/json\nAuthorization: Bearer dstok_<rest-of-token> \n                 {\n    \"update\": {\n        \"text_column\": \"New text string\",\n        \"integer_column\": 3,\n        \"float_column\": 3.14\n    }\n} \n                 <row-pks>  here is the  tilde-encoded  primary key value of the row to update - or a comma-separated list of primary key values if the table has a composite primary key. \n                 You only need to pass the columns you want to update. Any other columns will be left unchanged. \n                 If successful, this will return a  200  status code and a  {\"ok\": true}  response body. \n                 Add  \"return\": true  to the request body to return the updated row: \n                 {\n    \"update\": {\n        \"title\": \"New title\"\n    },\n    \"return\": true\n} \n                 The returned JSON will look like this: \n                 {\n    \"ok\": true,\n    \"row\": {\n        \"id\": 1,\n        \"title\": \"New title\",\n        \"other_column\": \"Will be present here too\"\n    }\n} \n                 Any errors will return  {\"errors\": [\"... descriptive message ...\"], \"ok\": false} , and a  400  status code for a bad input or a  403  status code for an authentication or permission error. \n                 Pass  \"alter: true  to automatically add any missing columns to the table. This requires the  alter-table  permission.", "breadcrumbs": "[\"JSON API\", \"The JSON write API\"]", "references": "[]"}