REST API
Update a note
Renames the note, moves it into or out of a folder, or pins it. Only the fields you send change. Content is written with PUT /notes/{noteId}/content.
Required scopes: notes:update
AuthorizationBearer <token>
In: header
Path Parameters
noteId*string
Note id, scoped to the key's user.
Match
^([0-9a-fA-F]{8}-[0-9a-fA-F]{4}-[1-8][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3}-[0-9a-fA-F]{12}|00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000|ffffffff-ffff-ffff-ffff-ffffffffffff)$Format
uuidRequest Body
application/json
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Send only the fields to change. Content changes go through PUT /notes/{noteId}/content (replace) and POST /notes/{noteId}/content/append.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
curl -X PATCH "https://example.com/notes/497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{}'{ "data": { "id": "3c2b1a09-8f7e-4d6c-9b5a-4f3e2d1c0b9a", "name": "Photosynthesis", "folder": { "id": "9a8b7c6d-5e4f-4a3b-8c2d-1e0f9a8b7c6d", "name": "Biology", "subjectId": null }, "subjectId": null, "createdAt": "2026-01-15T09:30:00.000Z", "updatedAt": "2026-02-01T12:00:00.000Z", "fullWidth": false, "contentFormat": "tiptap", "contentUnstable": true, "content": { "type": "doc", "content": [ { "type": "paragraph", "attrs": { "id": "6d5c4b3a-2f1e-4d0c-9b8a-7f6e5d4c3b2a" }, "content": [ { "type": "text", "text": "Light becomes chemical energy." } ] } ] }, "markdown": "Light becomes chemical energy.", "markdownLosses": [], "version": 3, "pinned": false, "summary": { "summary": "How plants turn light into sugar.", "keywords": [ "chlorophyll", "glucose", "light reactions" ], "createdAt": "2026-02-01T12:00:00.000Z" } }}