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`/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}` [block:callout] { "type": "danger", "title": "Heads Up!", "body": "This page documents the Advanced Access version (think \"beta\" but with fewer bugs) of the Datasets API functionality." } [/block] This call edits a dataset. You can use it to change the dataset name and description. [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}", "language": "http", "name": "API path" } ] } [/block] [block:callout] { "type": "info", "body": "If your client does not support PATCH requests, you can use POST to send this request, along with the query parameter `_method=PATCH`, e.g:\n\nhttps://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}?_method=PATCH" } [/block] ##Request ###Example request [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "PATCH /v2/datasets/rfranklin/pnoc-dipg-pa-02\nHost: cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com\nX-SBG-Auth-Token: 3259c50e1ac5426ea8f1273259740f74\nContent-Type: application/json\nX-SBG-advance-access: advance", "language": "http", "name": "HTTP" }, { "code": "curl -X PATCH -H \"X-SBG-Auth-Token: 5f2d7a4d8186488694fa3dc3844b7b06\" -H \"x-sbg-advance-access: advance\" -H \"Content-Type: application/json\" -d '{\n \"name\": \"New name for my dataset\",\n \"description\" : \"New description for my dataset\"\n}' \"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/rfranklin/pnoc-dipg-pa-02\"", "language": "curl", "name": "cURL" } ] } [/block] ##Request body [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Key", "h-1": "Data type of value", "h-2": "Description of value", "0-0": "`name`", "0-1": "string", "0-2": "Enter the new name for your dataset.", "1-0": "`description`", "1-1": "string", "1-2": "Enter the new description for your dataset." }, "cols": 3, "rows": 2 } [/block] ###Example request body [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "{\n \"name\" : \"New name for my dataset\",\n \"description\" : \"New description for my dataset\"\n}", "language": "json", "name": "Example request body" } ] } [/block] ###Header fields [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Name", "h-1": "Description", "0-0": "`X-SBG-Auth-Token`\n*required*\n", "0-1": "Your Cavatica authentication token.", "1-0": "`X-SBG-Advance-Access`\n*required*", "1-1": "`advance`" }, "cols": 2, "rows": 2 } [/block] ###Path parameters [block:parameters] { "data": { "h-0": "Name", "h-1": "Description", "0-0": "`owner`", "0-1": "The owner of the dataset you are editing.", "1-0": "`dataset`", "1-1": "The name of the dataset you are editing." }, "cols": 2, "rows": 2 } [/block] ##Response [See a list of Cavatica-specific response codes that may be contained in the body of the response. ](doc:api-status-codes). ###Example response body [block:code] { "codes": [ { "code": "{\n \"href\": \"http://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/rfranklin/pnoc-dipg-pa-02\",\n \"id\": \"rfranklin/pnoc-dipg-pa-02\",\n \"name\": \"New name for my dataset\",\n \"description\": \"New description form my dataset\"\n} ", "language": "json", "name": "Example response body" } ] } [/block]