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PATCH
/
templates
/
{id}
@firma-dev/sdk
import { FirmaClient } from "@firma-dev/sdk";

const firma = new FirmaClient({ apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY" });

const response = await firma.templates.patchTemplate({
    id: "id",
    body: {
        name: "Updated Template Name",
        expiration_hours: 72
    }
});
console.log(response);
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "Updated Template Name",
"expiration_hours": 72
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{id}"

payload = {
"name": "Updated Template Name",
"expiration_hours": 72
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({name: 'Updated Template Name', expiration_hours: 72})
};

fetch('https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{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://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{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' => 'Updated Template Name',
'expiration_hours' => 72
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>",
"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://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{id}"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"Updated Template Name\",\n \"expiration_hours\": 72\n}")

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

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
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://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"Updated Template Name\",\n \"expiration_hours\": 72\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.firma.dev/functions/v1/signing-request-api/templates/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"Updated Template Name\",\n \"expiration_hours\": 72\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "updated_fields": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "user": {}
}
{
"error": "Validation Error",
"message": "Invalid input data",
"details": {
"name": "Name is required",
"email": "Invalid email format"
}
}
{
"error": "Unauthorized",
"message": "Invalid API key"
}
{
"error": "Not Found",
"message": "The requested resource was not found"
}
{
"error": "Rate Limit Exceeded",
"message": "Too many requests. Please wait before retrying.",
"details": {
"retry_after": 45
}
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key for authentication. Use your API key directly without any prefix (e.g., 'your-api-key'). Bearer prefix is optional but not required.

Path Parameters

id
string<uuid>
required

Body

application/json

Update template properties

name
string

Template name

Maximum string length: 255
description
string

Template description

document
string<byte>

Base64-encoded PDF or DOCX to replace document. DOCX files are automatically converted to PDF. Maximum size: 20MB

expiration_hours
integer

Hours until expiration

Required range: x >= 1
settings
object

Response

Template partially updated successfully

Template partial update result

message
string
required
updated_fields
string[]
required

Returned when updating properties

user
object

Returned when updating/creating a user