# Update A Video Entity

## /v1/video\_entities/:id

<mark style="color:orange;">`PUT`</mark> `https://api.uiza/sh/v1/video_entities/:id`

#### Path Parameters

| Name | Type   | Description                                       |
| ---- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------- |
| id   | string | The identifier of the video entity to be updated. |

#### Request Body

| Name               | Type   | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
| ------------------ | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| name               | string | <p>The new name of the video entity to be updated. <br>This parameter cannot be empty in your body request.</p>                                                                                                                      |
| description        | string | <p>The new description of the video entity to be updated. <br>This version does not support update description as an empty string. In case your old description is incorrect, replace it with the new one that makes more sense.</p> |
| short\_description | string | The new short description of the video entity to be updated. Same as description, replace it with the new one when your old is incorrect.                                                                                            |
| poster             | string | The URL of the new video entity's poster image to be updated. Same as description, replace it with the new one when your old is incorrect.                                                                                           |
| thumbnail          | string | The URL of the new video entity's thumbnail image to be updated. Same as description, replace it with the new one when your old is incorrect.                                                                                        |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 " %}

```
{
 "id": "f42b4ac3-869e-4010-8e21-042e40be7655",
 "name": "Sample Demo-Video 1",
 "description": "Habemus nusquam tractatos ut eam, eu brute aliquam fuisset sea",
 "short_description": "Duo ad graeci principes, legimus mnesarchum scribentur ut pro",
 "view": 1000,
 "poster": "Lorem ipsum dolor",
 "thumbnail": "Lorem ipsum dolor",
 "input_type": "VOD",
 "duration": 11213,
 "publish_to_cdn": "queue",
 "created_at": "2019-12-11T02:47:04Z",
 "updated_at": "2019-12-11T02:47:04Z"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400 " %}

```
{
 "message": "Your request is missing id parameter. Please, verify and resubmit.",
 "error_type": "invalid_request_error"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401 " %}

```
{
 "message": "You are unauthorized to access the requested resource. Please verify and resubmit.",
 "error_type": "invalid_request_error"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="404 " %}

```
{
 "message": "The video entity you requested does not exist.",
 "error_type": "invalid_request_error"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="500 " %}

```
{
 "message": "An unexpected error occurred on Uiza's end.",
 "error_type": "api_error"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% code title="Sample Request" %}

```
curl -X PUT https://api.uiza.sh/v1/video_entities/f42b4ac3-869e-4010-8e21-042e40be7655 
     -H 'Authorization: uap-c1ffbff4db954ddcb050c6af0b43ba56-41193b64' 
     -d '{"name":"Sample Demo-Video 1", "description":"Habemus nusquam tractatos ut eam, eu brute aliquam fuisset sea"}'
```

{% endcode %}


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