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description: How to update an existing stock line item via API
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# Update a stock line item

To [update](https://docs.commercelayer.io/core/updating-resources) an existing stock line item, send a `PATCH` request to the `/api/stock_line_items/: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/stock\_line\_items/:id

### Arguments

| Body Parameter                    | Type      | Required |
| --------------------------------- | --------- | -------- |
| **type**                          | `string`  | Required |
| **id**                            | `string`  | Required |
| attributes.**sku\_code**          | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**quantity**           | `integer` | Optional |
| attributes.**\_reserve\_stock**   | `boolean` | Optional |
| attributes.**\_release\_stock**   | `boolean` | Optional |
| attributes.**\_decrement\_stock** | `boolean` | Optional |
| attributes.**reference**          | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**reference\_origin**  | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**metadata**           | `object`  | Optional |
| relationships.**shipment**        | `object`  | Optional |
| relationships.**line\_item**      | `object`  | Optional |
| relationships.**stock\_item**     | `object`  | Optional |
| relationships.**sku**             | `object`  | Optional |

### Example

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{% tab title="Request" %}
The following request updates the stock line item identified by the ID "xYZkjABcde":

```shell
curl -g -X PATCH \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "stock_line_items",
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "attributes": {
      "sku_code": "TSHIRTMM000000FFFFFFXLXX"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "shipment": {
        "data": {
          "type": "shipments",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'
```
{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Response" %}
On success, the API responds with a `200 OK` status code, returning the updated resource object:

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "stock_line_items",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "sku_code": "TSHIRTMM000000FFFFFFXLXX",
      "bundle_code": "BUNDLEMM000000FFFFFFXLXX",
      "quantity": 4,
      "name": "Men's Black T-shirt with White Logo (XL)",
      "image_url": "https://img.yourdomain.com/skus/xYZkjABcde.png",
      "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": {
      "shipment": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/relationships/shipment",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/shipment"
        }
      },
      "line_item": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/relationships/line_item",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/line_item"
        }
      },
      "stock_item": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/relationships/stock_item",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/stock_item"
        }
      },
      "sku": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/relationships/sku",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/sku"
        }
      },
      "stock_reservation": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/relationships/stock_reservation",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/stock_reservation"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/stock_line_items/xYZkjABcde/versions"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}
```
{% endtab %}
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