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# Updating cart quantities

## Problem

You have some items in your shopping cart and you want to update their quantity.

![A sample cart quantity selection](/files/31VjoafneWEnOwKuVbhl)

## Solution

To set the quantity of an item in your shopping cart you need to change its `quantity` attribute. To do that, send a `PATCH` request to the `/api/line_items/:id` endpoint.

### Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Request" %}
The following request updates the line item identified by the "aBmNkPQRst" ID with a quantity of 6:

```javascript
curl -g -X PATCH \
  'http://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_items/aBmNkPQRst' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "id": "aBmNkPQRst",
    "type": "line_items",
    "attributes": {
      "quantity": 6
    }
  }
}'
```

{% endtab %}

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

```javascript
{
  "data": {
    "id": "aBmNkPQRst",
    "type": "line_items",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/line_items/aBmNkPQRst"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "sku_code": "TSHIRTB5B5B5XL",
      "quantity": 6,
      "currency_code": "EUR",
      "unit_amount_cents": 12900,
      "unit_amount_float": 129.0,
      "formatted_unit_amount": "129,00€",
      "options_amount_cents": 0,
      "options_amount_float": 0.0,
      "formatted_options_amount": "$0.00",
      "total_amount_cents": 77400,
      "total_amount_float": 774.0,
      "formatted_total_amount": "774,00€",
      "name": "Grey T-Shirt XL",
      "image_url": "https://img.yourdomain.com/skus/TSHIRTB5B5B5XL.png",
      "tax_rate": null,
      "tax_breakdown": {},
      "item_type": "skus",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": null,
      "metadata": {}
    },
    "relationships": {
      "order": {
        "links": {...}
      },
      "item": {
        "links": {...}
      },
      "line_item_options": {
        "links": {...}
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "Qr8sStTuUv",
      "trace_id": "0a3b6c9d2e5f8a1b4c7d0e3f6a9b2c5d8e1f4a7b0c3d6e9f2a5b8c1d4e7f0a3b6"
    }
  },
  "meta": {
    "mode": "test",
    "organization_id": "Qr8sStTuUv",
    "trace_id": "0a3b6c9d2e5f8a1b4c7d0e3f6a9b2c5d8e1f4a7b0c3d6e9f2a5b8c1d4e7f0a3b6"
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

### Mapping

The image below shows how the related action on the product quantity is mapped to a specific attribute of the line item object.

![A sample cart quantity update mapping](/files/EY9dwwiT2PGD31gRdg5p)

## More to read

See our documentation if you need more information on how to [update a line item](https://docs.commercelayer.io/developers/v/api-reference/line_items/update).


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