Sources
Update Source Description
Update a Source Description.
The Source Description resource updates a user's source description. The FamilySearch implementation of the Source Description resource does not support all properties of a source description as defined by GEDCOM X. Support is limited to the following:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| id | A local identifier for the source description. |
| about | URI to the resource being described, if any. |
| title | Label, title, or other name to display to the user for the source. |
| citation | The citation for the source. FamilySearch only supports the value of the citation and not any template or associated citation fields. |
| notes | Notes about the source provided by a user. |
post/sources/descriptions/{sdid}
Path parameters
sdidstring required
The id of the source description to update. To find source description IDs, see <a href="/reference/readusersourcedescriptions" target="_blank">Read User Source Descriptions</a>, or <a href="/reference/createsourcedescription" target="_blank">Create Source Description</a> to create a new source description.
Headers
Content-Type'application/x-fs-v1+json' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+json' | 'application/x-fs-v1+xml' | 'application/x-gedcomx-v1+xml' required
Specifies the media type of the entity-body sent to the server in the request.
Response
The update was successful.