Update an entry

What it does

Updates an entry’s technical name, base term, and/or context info. This endpoint does not move the entry to another group.

Request

PATCH /api/v1/entries/{id}


Auth	Required
Query parameters	None

Path parameters

Name	Type	Description
`id`	string	Entry id

Headers

Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>
Content-Type: application/json

Body

All fields optional:

{
  "technicalName": "labelLegalImprint",
  "baseTerm": "Legal imprint",
  "contextInfo": null
}

Field	Type	Description
`technicalName`	string \| null	New technical name
`baseTerm`	string \| null	New base term
`contextInfo`	string \| null	New context, or `null` to clear

Example

curl -sS -X PATCH https://collingo.app/api/v1/entries/clentry0123456789abcdefg \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <your-api-key>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"baseTerm": "Legal imprint"}'

Response

200 OK

{
  "id": "clentry0123456789abcdefg",
  "groupId": "clgroupaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
  "technicalName": "labelImprint",
  "baseTerm": "Legal imprint",
  "contextInfo": "Footer legal link",
  "createdAt": "2026-07-01T12:15:00Z"
}

Errors

Status	When
`400`	Validation failed
`401`	Missing or invalid API key (`ERR_UNAUTHORIZED`)
`403`	Insufficient role (`ERR_FORBIDDEN`)
`404`	Entry not found
`409`	Duplicate technical name
`500`	Database or internal error