---
title: "Update Documents in a Collection"
method: POST
path: "/api/collections/data/update"
tags: ["Database Management"]
---

# Update Documents in a Collection

`POST /api/collections/data/update`

Update the documents in a collection. You can pass in the values as a Collection and we will update the document. SPECIAL CASE: Nested JSON. If you want to update a nested JSON, there are two ways. You can either replace the entire Nested JSON by passing in the New JSON Value or you can replac any specific key in the Nested JSON by passing it in as a dot-notation key value pair.

## Request body

- object
  - `collection` string — The Name of the Collection or the Group where you want to store all your data.
  - `docId` string — The ID of the Document that you want to update.
  - `data` object — The Data that you want to update in the Collection. You can add your documents to a Collection using this endpoint in the form of Json. To update Nested JSONs, you can either pass in the entire Nested JSON or you can pass in the key value pair in the form of dot-notation to update a specific key in the Nested JSON.
    - `sampleDbContent` string — The data that you want to store in the Collection.
    - `sampleDbContent2` string — The data that you want to store in the Collection.

## Response `200`

Output from the Database Collection Addition Process

- object
  - `status` string — Status indicating the success of the text moderation.
  - `processing_time` integer — The time taken to process the request, in milliseconds.
  - `processing_id` string — A universally unique identifier for the request. This can be used to track the request in the logs.
  - `processing_count` integer — The number of times the request has been processed. This is what is considered in the Billing Process. This is either the number of times the image is processed or the number of words that the server processes.
  - `data` object
    - `databaseId` string — The ID of the Database where the data is stored.
    - `collection` string — The Name of the Collection or the Group where you want to store all your data.
    - `elapsed_time` integer — The time taken to process the request, in milliseconds.
    - `documentId` string — The ID of the Document that you added to the Collection.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request.
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `404` — Not Found
- `406` — Not Acceptable
- `500` — Internal Server Error

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