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# Update a visualization

PATCH https://platform.labric.co/api/v1/visualizations/{visualization_id}
Content-Type: application/json

Requires edit access to the visualization.

Requires an API key with the `write` scope.

Reference: https://docs.labric.co/api-reference/labric-api/visualizations/update

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `visualization_id` (string, required)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a VisualizationPatchSchema.

- `name` (string, optional) — New name.
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — New description, or null to clear it.
- `publish_status` (enum, optional) — New publish status. Authors may submit their own drafts for review. Any other change requires an organization admin.
  - Allowed values: `draft`, `in_review`, `published`
- `dataset_id` (string, optional) — ID of the dataset the visualization plots.
- `specification` (map from string to any, optional) — New chart specification. It replaces the saved one whole.

## Response

### 200

OK

- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `publish_status` (enum, required) — Whether an authored object is finished enough for others to rely on. In review marks a draft its author considers ready for an admin to publish.
  - Allowed values: `draft`, `in_review`, `published`
- `date_updated` (datetime, required)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `dataset` (DatasetSchema, optional, nullable)
- `specification` (map from string to any, optional, nullable)
- `user` (UserSchema, optional, nullable)
- `access_level` (enum, optional, nullable) — What a grant lets its grantee do. Manage includes edit and adds sharing, archiving and deleting.
  - Allowed values: `edit`, `manage`

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `detail` (string, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `detail` (string, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `detail` (string, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `detail` (string, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Content

- `detail` (list of map from string to any, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `detail` (string, required)

## Types

### DatasetSchema

- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `publish_status` (enum, required) — Whether an authored object is finished enough for others to rely on. In review marks a draft its author considers ready for an admin to publish.
  - Allowed values: `draft`, `in_review`, `published`
- `date_updated` (datetime, required)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `query` (string, optional, nullable)
- `default_parameters` (map from string to any, optional, nullable)
- `user` (UserSchema, optional, nullable)
- `access_level` (enum, optional, nullable) — What a grant lets its grantee do. Manage includes edit and adds sharing, archiving and deleting.
  - Allowed values: `edit`, `manage`

### UserSchema

- `clerk_id` (string, required)
- `email` (string, required)
- `first_name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `last_name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `image_url` (string, optional, nullable)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": "string",
  "name": "string",
  "publish_status": "draft",
  "date_updated": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "description": "string",
  "dataset": {
    "id": "string",
    "name": "string",
    "publish_status": "draft",
    "date_updated": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
    "description": "string",
    "query": "string",
    "default_parameters": {},
    "user": {
      "clerk_id": "string",
      "email": "string",
      "first_name": "string",
      "last_name": "string",
      "image_url": "string"
    },
    "access_level": "edit"
  },
  "specification": {},
  "user": {
    "clerk_id": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "image_url": "string"
  },
  "access_level": "edit"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://platform.labric.co/api/v1/visualizations/visualization_id"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <api_key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```