# Update a package

To [update](https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/updating-resources) an existing package, send a `PATCH` request to the `/api/packages/:id` endpoint, where `id` is the ID of the resource that you want to update.

Here below the list of all the possible arguments that you can pass with the request body.

## Request

**PATCH** <https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/:id>

### Arguments

| Body Parameter                    | Type     | Required |
| --------------------------------- | -------- | -------- |
| **type**                          | `string` | Required |
| **id**                            | `string` | Required |
| attributes.**name**               | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**code**               | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**length**             | `float`  | Optional |
| attributes.**width**              | `float`  | Optional |
| attributes.**height**             | `float`  | Optional |
| attributes.**unit\_of\_length**   | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**reference**          | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**reference\_origin**  | `string` | Optional |
| attributes.**metadata**           | `object` | Optional |
| relationships.**stock\_location** | `object` | Optional |

### Example

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The following request updates the package identified by the ID "XAyRWNUzyN":

```shell
curl -g -X PATCH \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "packages",
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "attributes": {
      "code": "YYYY 2000"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "stock_location": {
        "data": {
          "type": "stock_locations",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'
```

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On success, the API responds with a `200 OK` status code, returning the updated resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "XAyRWNUzyN",
    "type": "packages",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Large (60x40x30)",
      "code": "YYYY 2000",
      "length": 40.0,
      "width": 40.0,
      "height": 25.0,
      "unit_of_length": "gr",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "stock_location": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/stock_location",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/stock_location"
        }
      },
      "parcels": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/parcels",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/parcels"
        }
      },
      "attachments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/attachments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/attachments"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/versions"
        }
      },
      "event_stores": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/relationships/event_stores",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/packages/XAyRWNUzyN/event_stores"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```

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