---
title: "Private Collection Publish"
method: POST
path: "/account/collections/{collection_id}/publish"
tags: ["collections"]
---

# Private Collection Publish

`POST /account/collections/{collection_id}/publish`

When a collection is published, a new public version will be generated. Any further updates to the collection will affect the private collection data. In order to make these changes publicly visible, an explicit publish operation is needed.

## Path parameters

- `collection_id` integer, required

## Response `201`

Created

- Location
  - `location` string, url, required — Url for item

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `403` — Forbidden
- `500` — Internal Server Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/figshare/apis/figshare-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/figshare/apis/figshare-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/figshare/figshare-api/versions/9dfb419f4430/schema)