Update collection

Update collection fields such as name, description, status.

PATCH /collections/{id}
Update collection fields such as name, description, status.

Authentication

API Key (header: X-API-Key) API Key (cookie: better-auth.session_token)

Path Parameters

id string required path
Resource ID (32-char hex)
Example: "a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6"

Request Body required

Request body

application/json
name string
Collection name
description string
Optional description
primary_key_path string
JSONPath to the record primary key
event_type_field string
Field used to determine event type
status string
Collection status
Enum: active, paused, disabled

Responses

200 Updated collection
application/json
collection object | null REQUIRED
id string REQUIRED
org_id string REQUIRED
env_id string REQUIRED
name string REQUIRED
slug string REQUIRED
source_id string REQUIRED
primary_key_path string REQUIRED
event_type_field string | null REQUIRED
description string | null REQUIRED
status string REQUIRED
record_count integer REQUIRED
last_sync_at string | null REQUIRED
created_at string REQUIRED
updated_at string REQUIRED
backfill_status string | null REQUIRED
backfill_progress integer | null REQUIRED
backfill_total integer | null REQUIRED
backfill_cursor string | null REQUIRED
backfill_started_at string | null REQUIRED
backfill_completed_at string | null REQUIRED
backfill_error string | null REQUIRED
source_name string | null REQUIRED
400 Bad request
401 Unauthorized
404 Not found 
curl -X PATCH 'https://hookstream.io/v1/collections/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6' \  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "string",  "description": "string",  "primary_key_path": "string",  "event_type_field": "string",  "status": "active"}'
const response = await fetch('https://hookstream.io/v1/collections/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6', {  method: 'PATCH',  headers: {      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",      "Content-Type": "application/json"  },  body: JSON.stringify({    "name": "string",    "description": "string",    "primary_key_path": "string",    "event_type_field": "string",    "status": "active"  })});const data = await response.json();console.log(data);
import requestsheaders = {    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'}response = requests.patch('https://hookstream.io/v1/collections/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6', headers=headers, json={  "name": "string",  "description": "string",  "primary_key_path": "string",  "event_type_field": "string",  "status": "active"})print(response.json())
package mainimport (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http"	"strings")func main() {	body := strings.NewReader(`{  "name": "string",  "description": "string",  "primary_key_path": "string",  "event_type_field": "string",  "status": "active"}`)	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", "https://hookstream.io/v1/collections/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6", body)	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")	resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)	defer resp.Body.Close()	result, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)	fmt.Println(string(result))}
200 Response 
{  "collection": {    "id": "<string>",    "org_id": "<string>",    "env_id": "<string>",    "name": "<string>",    "slug": "<string>",    "source_id": "<string>",    "primary_key_path": "<string>",    "event_type_field": "<string>",    "description": "<string>",    "status": "<string>",    "record_count": 123,    "last_sync_at": "<string>",    "created_at": "<string>",    "updated_at": "<string>",    "backfill_status": "<string>",    "backfill_progress": 123,    "backfill_total": 123,    "backfill_cursor": "<string>",    "backfill_started_at": "<string>",    "backfill_completed_at": "<string>",    "backfill_error": "<string>",    "source_name": "<string>"  }}