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You can use it to change the dataset name and description.\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"https://cavatica-api.sbgenomics.com/v2/datasets/{owner}/{dataset}\",\n      \"language\": \"http\",\n      \"name\": \"API path\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\n\n[block:callout]\n{\n  \"type\": \"info\",\n  \"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\"\n}\n[/block]\n##Request\n\n###Example request\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"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\",\n      \"language\": \"http\",\n      \"name\": \"HTTP\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"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\\\"\",\n      \"language\": \"curl\",\n      \"name\": \"cURL\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\n##Request body\n[block:parameters]\n{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"h-0\": \"Key\",\n    \"h-1\": \"Data type of value\",\n    \"h-2\": \"Description of value\",\n    \"0-0\": \"`name`\",\n    \"0-1\": \"string\",\n    \"0-2\": \"Enter the new name for your dataset.\",\n    \"1-0\": \"`description`\",\n    \"1-1\": \"string\",\n    \"1-2\": \"Enter the new description for your dataset.\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 3,\n  \"rows\": 2\n}\n[/block]\n###Example request body\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"code\": \"{\\n    \\\"name\\\" : \\\"New name for my dataset\\\",\\n    \\\"description\\\" : \\\"New description for my dataset\\\"\\n}\",\n      \"language\": \"json\",\n      \"name\": \"Example request body\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]\n###Header fields\n[block:parameters]\n{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"h-0\": \"Name\",\n    \"h-1\": \"Description\",\n    \"0-0\": \"`X-SBG-Auth-Token`\\n*required*\\n\",\n    \"0-1\": \"Your Cavatica authentication token.\",\n    \"1-0\": \"`X-SBG-Advance-Access`\\n*required*\",\n    \"1-1\": \"`advance`\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 2,\n  \"rows\": 2\n}\n[/block]\n###Path parameters\n[block:parameters]\n{\n  \"data\": {\n    \"h-0\": \"Name\",\n    \"h-1\": \"Description\",\n    \"0-0\": \"`owner`\",\n    \"0-1\": \"The owner of the dataset you are editing.\",\n    \"1-0\": \"`dataset`\",\n    \"1-1\": \"The name of the dataset you are editing.\"\n  },\n  \"cols\": 2,\n  \"rows\": 2\n}\n[/block]\n##Response\n[See a list of Cavatica-specific response codes that may be contained in the body of the response.\n](doc:api-status-codes).\n\n###Example response body\n[block:code]\n{\n  \"codes\": [\n    {\n      \"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} \",\n      \"language\": \"json\",\n      \"name\": \"Example response body\"\n    }\n  ]\n}\n[/block]","excerpt":"","slug":"edit-a-dataset","type":"endpoint","title":"Edit a dataset"}

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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]