curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/{id}/ \
  --header 'Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --data 'filename=<string>' \
  --data 'alt_text=<string>' \
  --data 'caption=<string>' \
  --data 'source=<string>' \
  --data 'meta_data={}'

import requests

url = "https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/{id}/"

payload = {
    "filename": "<string>",
    "alt_text": "<string>",
    "caption": "<string>",
    "source": "<string>",
    "meta_data": "{}"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
}

response = requests.patch(url, data=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Basic <encoded-value>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  },
  body: new URLSearchParams({
    filename: '<string>',
    alt_text: '<string>',
    caption: '<string>',
    source: '<string>',
    meta_data: '{}'
  })
};

fetch('https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/{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}/media-library/{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 => "filename=%3Cstring%3E&alt_text=%3Cstring%3E&caption=%3Cstring%3E&source=%3Cstring%3E&meta_data=%7B%7D",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Basic <encoded-value>",
    "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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}/media-library/{id}/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("filename=%3Cstring%3E&alt_text=%3Cstring%3E&caption=%3Cstring%3E&source=%3Cstring%3E&meta_data=%7B%7D")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")

	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}/media-library/{id}/")
  .header("Authorization", "Basic <encoded-value>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
  .body("filename=%3Cstring%3E&alt_text=%3Cstring%3E&caption=%3Cstring%3E&source=%3Cstring%3E&meta_data=%7B%7D")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://cms.thepublive.com/publisher/{publisher_id}/media-library/{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/x-www-form-urlencoded'
request.body = "filename=%3Cstring%3E&alt_text=%3Cstring%3E&caption=%3Cstring%3E&source=%3Cstring%3E&meta_data=%7B%7D"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Updated Successfully",
  "data": {
    "id": 999,
    "filename": "budget-2026.jpg",
    "alt_text": "Updated alt text",
    "caption": "Budget session in Parliament",
    "path": "https://cdn.publive.com/images/budget-2026.jpg",
    "source": "Reuters",
    "type": "Image",
    "meta_data": {
      "width": 1200,
      "height": 630
    }
  }
}

{
  "detail": "Invalid Auth Credentials"
}