Update Category
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/ \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"meta_title": "<string>",
"meta_description": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"category_brand_color": "<string>",
"priority": 123
}
'import requests
url = "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"meta_title": "<string>",
"meta_description": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"category_brand_color": "<string>",
"priority": 123
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
meta_title: '<string>',
meta_description: '<string>',
content: '<string>',
category_brand_color: '<string>',
priority: 123
})
};
fetch('https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'meta_title' => '<string>',
'meta_description' => '<string>',
'content' => '<string>',
'category_brand_color' => '<string>',
'priority' => 123
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"category_brand_color\": \"<string>\",\n \"priority\": 123\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/")
.header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"category_brand_color\": \"<string>\",\n \"priority\": 123\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"category_brand_color\": \"<string>\",\n \"priority\": 123\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "success",
"message": "Updated Successfully"
}{
"detail": "Invalid Auth Credentials"
}Update Category
english_name, slug, and content_type are immutable after creation and cannot be changed via update.PATCH
/
publisher
/
{publisher_id}
/
category
/
{id}
/
Update Category
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/ \
--header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "<string>",
"meta_title": "<string>",
"meta_description": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"category_brand_color": "<string>",
"priority": 123
}
'import requests
url = "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/"
payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"meta_title": "<string>",
"meta_description": "<string>",
"content": "<string>",
"category_brand_color": "<string>",
"priority": 123
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
meta_title: '<string>',
meta_description: '<string>',
content: '<string>',
category_brand_color: '<string>',
priority: 123
})
};
fetch('https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'name' => '<string>',
'meta_title' => '<string>',
'meta_description' => '<string>',
'content' => '<string>',
'category_brand_color' => '<string>',
'priority' => 123
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"category_brand_color\": \"<string>\",\n \"priority\": 123\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/")
.header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"category_brand_color\": \"<string>\",\n \"priority\": 123\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/category/{id}/")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Basic <encoded-value>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_title\": \"<string>\",\n \"meta_description\": \"<string>\",\n \"content\": \"<string>\",\n \"category_brand_color\": \"<string>\",\n \"priority\": 123\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "success",
"message": "Updated Successfully"
}{
"detail": "Invalid Auth Credentials"
}Authorizations
HTTP Basic Auth using your Publive API key pair, base64-encoded.
Body
application/json
Response
Updated
Last modified on August 10, 2026
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