---
title: "Update Person"
method: POST
path: "/tree/persons/{pid}"
tags: ["Persons"]
---

# Update Person

`POST /tree/persons/{pid}`

Update a single Person by the person ID including the names, gender, and facts of the person.

Conclusions in the body with a conclusion ID are assumed to be updates; otherwise, they are creates.

The response will contain the person payload passed in with conclusion IDs added for new conclusions.

## Path parameters

- `pid` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml', required
- `Accept` 'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml', required
- `X-Reason` string

## Response `200`

The read was successful. Expect conclusion ids to be returned in the response body.

## Other responses

- `404` — If the requested person is not found.
- `410` — If the requested person has been deleted or merged.
- `429` — The request was throttled.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/familysearch/apis/authentication-endpoints.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/familysearch/apis/authentication-endpoints/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/familysearch/authentication-endpoints/versions/2b5020574a62/schema)