Update author
Update an existing author by ID or slug. Requires a private API key.
PATCH
/
v1
/
authors
/
{identifier}
Update author
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "John Doe",
"slug": "john-doe",
"bio": "Updated bio",
"role": "Senior Editor",
"email": "john@example.com",
"image": "https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg",
"socials": [
{
"platform": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/johndoe"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}"
payload = {
"name": "John Doe",
"slug": "john-doe",
"bio": "Updated bio",
"role": "Senior Editor",
"email": "john@example.com",
"image": "https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg",
"socials": [
{
"platform": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/johndoe"
}
]
}
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: 'John Doe',
slug: 'john-doe',
bio: 'Updated bio',
role: 'Senior Editor',
email: 'john@example.com',
image: 'https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg',
socials: [{platform: 'x', url: 'https://x.com/johndoe'}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}', 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.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}",
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' => 'John Doe',
'slug' => 'john-doe',
'bio' => 'Updated bio',
'role' => 'Senior Editor',
'email' => 'john@example.com',
'image' => 'https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg',
'socials' => [
[
'platform' => 'x',
'url' => 'https://x.com/johndoe'
]
]
]),
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.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"slug\": \"john-doe\",\n \"bio\": \"Updated bio\",\n \"role\": \"Senior Editor\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"image\": \"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg\",\n \"socials\": [\n {\n \"platform\": \"x\",\n \"url\": \"https://x.com/johndoe\"\n }\n ]\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.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"slug\": \"john-doe\",\n \"bio\": \"Updated bio\",\n \"role\": \"Senior Editor\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"image\": \"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg\",\n \"socials\": [\n {\n \"platform\": \"x\",\n \"url\": \"https://x.com/johndoe\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}")
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\": \"John Doe\",\n \"slug\": \"john-doe\",\n \"bio\": \"Updated bio\",\n \"role\": \"Senior Editor\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"image\": \"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg\",\n \"socials\": [\n {\n \"platform\": \"x\",\n \"url\": \"https://x.com/johndoe\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"author": {
"id": "cryitfjp3456lm06xfpzcgl0",
"name": "John Doe",
"slug": "john-doe",
"bio": "Technical writer and developer",
"role": "Editor",
"image": "https://media.marblecms.com/avatar.jpg",
"socials": [
{
"url": "https://twitter.com/johndoe",
"platform": "twitter"
}
]
}
}{
"error": "Invalid query parameters",
"details": [
{
"field": "limit",
"message": "Expected number, received string"
}
],
"message": "Validation failed"
}{
"error": "Forbidden",
"message": "Write operations require a private API key (msk_...). Public keys are read-only."
}{
"error": "Post not found",
"message": "The requested resource does not exist"
}{
"error": "Slug already in use",
"message": "A resource with this slug already exists in this workspace"
}{
"error": "Internal server error",
"message": "Failed to fetch resource"
}Authorizations
Your Marble API key
Path Parameters
Author ID or slug
Example:
"john-doe"
Body
application/json
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"John Doe"
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"john-doe"
Example:
"Updated bio"
Example:
"Senior Editor"
Example:
"john@example.com"
Example:
"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg"
Social media links. Replaces all existing socials when provided.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Author updated successfully
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
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Update author
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier} \
--header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"name": "John Doe",
"slug": "john-doe",
"bio": "Updated bio",
"role": "Senior Editor",
"email": "john@example.com",
"image": "https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg",
"socials": [
{
"platform": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/johndoe"
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}"
payload = {
"name": "John Doe",
"slug": "john-doe",
"bio": "Updated bio",
"role": "Senior Editor",
"email": "john@example.com",
"image": "https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg",
"socials": [
{
"platform": "x",
"url": "https://x.com/johndoe"
}
]
}
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: 'John Doe',
slug: 'john-doe',
bio: 'Updated bio',
role: 'Senior Editor',
email: 'john@example.com',
image: 'https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg',
socials: [{platform: 'x', url: 'https://x.com/johndoe'}]
})
};
fetch('https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}', 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.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}",
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' => 'John Doe',
'slug' => 'john-doe',
'bio' => 'Updated bio',
'role' => 'Senior Editor',
'email' => 'john@example.com',
'image' => 'https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg',
'socials' => [
[
'platform' => 'x',
'url' => 'https://x.com/johndoe'
]
]
]),
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.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"slug\": \"john-doe\",\n \"bio\": \"Updated bio\",\n \"role\": \"Senior Editor\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"image\": \"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg\",\n \"socials\": [\n {\n \"platform\": \"x\",\n \"url\": \"https://x.com/johndoe\"\n }\n ]\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.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n \"slug\": \"john-doe\",\n \"bio\": \"Updated bio\",\n \"role\": \"Senior Editor\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"image\": \"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg\",\n \"socials\": [\n {\n \"platform\": \"x\",\n \"url\": \"https://x.com/johndoe\"\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.marblecms.com/v1/authors/{identifier}")
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\": \"John Doe\",\n \"slug\": \"john-doe\",\n \"bio\": \"Updated bio\",\n \"role\": \"Senior Editor\",\n \"email\": \"john@example.com\",\n \"image\": \"https://media.marblecms.com/new-avatar.jpg\",\n \"socials\": [\n {\n \"platform\": \"x\",\n \"url\": \"https://x.com/johndoe\"\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"author": {
"id": "cryitfjp3456lm06xfpzcgl0",
"name": "John Doe",
"slug": "john-doe",
"bio": "Technical writer and developer",
"role": "Editor",
"image": "https://media.marblecms.com/avatar.jpg",
"socials": [
{
"url": "https://twitter.com/johndoe",
"platform": "twitter"
}
]
}
}{
"error": "Invalid query parameters",
"details": [
{
"field": "limit",
"message": "Expected number, received string"
}
],
"message": "Validation failed"
}{
"error": "Forbidden",
"message": "Write operations require a private API key (msk_...). Public keys are read-only."
}{
"error": "Post not found",
"message": "The requested resource does not exist"
}{
"error": "Slug already in use",
"message": "A resource with this slug already exists in this workspace"
}{
"error": "Internal server error",
"message": "Failed to fetch resource"
}