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# Replace a template document

PUT https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/{id}
Content-Type: application/json

Replaces a template document.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/automation-studio/update-template

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required) — Template id.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `update` (object, optional) — An entity representing an update to an existing template document.
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `group` (string, required)
  - `command` (string, required)
  - `description` (string, required)
  - `template` (string, required)
  - `data` (string, required)
  - `type` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `textfsm`, `jinja2`
  - `projectId` (string, optional, nullable)

## Response

### 200

Response object.

- `updated` (object, required) — An entity representing a data template.
  - `name` (string, required)
  - `group` (string, required)
  - `command` (string, required)
  - `description` (string, required)
  - `template` (string, required)
  - `data` (string, required)
  - `type` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `textfsm`, `jinja2`
  - `_id` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of the automation
  - `namespace` (object, optional)
    - `type` (any, required)
    - `_id` (object, required) — A MongoDB ObjectId
    - `name` (string, required)
  - `createdBy` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of the automation
  - `created` (string, optional)
  - `lastUpdatedBy` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of the automation
  - `lastUpdated` (string, optional)
  - `version` (double, optional)
  - `tags` (list of object, optional)
    - `_id` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of the automation
    - `name` (string, optional) — user-given, unique string to ID tag
- `edit` (string, required) — URI to the edit page for the updated template.

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "updated": {
    "name": "arista_eos_show_clock",
    "group": "Arista",
    "command": "show clock",
    "description": "Arista Show Clock Info",
    "template": "Value TIME (d+:d+:d+)\nValue TIMEZONE (S+)\nValue DAYWEEK (w+)\nValue MONTH (w+)\nValue DAY (d+)\nValue YEAR (d+)\n\nStart\n  ^${DAYWEEK}s+${MONTH}s+${DAY}s+${TIME}s+${YEAR}\n  ^[t|T]imezone(:|sis)s+${TIMEZONE} -> Record\n",
    "data": "Mon Jan 14 18:42:49 2013\ntimezone is US/Central",
    "type": "textfsm",
    "_id": "string",
    "namespace": {
      "type": null,
      "_id": {},
      "name": "Juniper JUNOS"
    },
    "createdBy": "string",
    "created": "2019-11-25T22:51:39.201Z",
    "lastUpdatedBy": "string",
    "lastUpdated": "2019-11-25T22:51:39.201Z",
    "version": 1,
    "tags": [
      {
        "_id": "string",
        "name": "string"
      }
    ]
  },
  "edit": "string"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id"

payload = {}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id';
const options = {method: 'PUT', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{}'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/automation-studio/templates/id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```