---
title: "Partially update project"
method: PATCH
path: "/account/projects/{project_id}"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# Partially update project

`PATCH /account/projects/{project_id}`

Partially update a project; only provided keys will be changed. For institutions with item-type based metadata enabled, send the keys to update inside `fields:{}` — keys not present are preserved. `funding_list` entries accept `{"id": <int>}` or `{"title": "..."}`. Unrecognised field names inside `fields` (e.g. a typo) are rejected with 422.

## Path parameters

- `project_id` integer, required

## Request body

- ProjectUpdate
  - `title` string — The title for this project - mandatory. 3 - 1000 characters.
  - `description` string — Project description
  - `funding` string — Grant number or organization(s) that funded this project. Up to 2000 characters permitted.
  - `funding_list` FundingCreate[] — Funding creation / update items
    - `id` integer — A funding ID as returned by the Funding Search endpoint. Use either id or title, not both.
    - `title` string — The title of the new user created funding. Use either title or id, not both.
  - `custom_fields` object — List of key, values pairs to be associated with the project
  - `custom_fields_list` CustomArticleFieldAdd[] — List of custom fields values, supersedes custom_fields parameter
    - `name` string, required — Custom metadata name
    - `value` union, required — Custom metadata value (can be either a string, an array of strings, or empty)
      - string
      - string[]
      - object

## Response `205`

Reset Content

## Other responses

- `403` — Forbidden
- `404` — Not Found
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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