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# Update FeatureLibrary

PATCH https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/feature-library/{feature_library_id}
Content-Type: application/json

Update FeatureLibrary.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/docs/api/benchling-api/feature-library/update

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `feature_library_id` (string, required) — ID of the FeatureLibrary.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Description of the Feature Library
- `name` (string, optional) — Library names must be non-empty after trimming whitespace, at most 128 characters, and unique within the owner (case-insensitive).

## Response

### 200

OK

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `createdAt` (string, optional) — DateTime the Feature Library was created
- `description` (string, optional, nullable) — Description of the Feature Library
- `features` (string, optional) — List of Feature Library Items in this library
- `id` (string, optional)
- `modifiedAt` (string, optional) — DateTime the Feature Library was last modified
- `name` (string, optional) — Name of the Feature Library
- `owner` (OwnerRef, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Feature Library Update Request Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 403 Feature Library Update Request Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 404 Feature Library Update Request Not Found Error

Not Found

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 409 Feature Library Update Request Conflict Error

Conflict

- `detail` (GeneralErrorDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)

### 429 Feature Library Update Request Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `detail` (TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `invalidId` (string, optional)
- `violated-policies` (list of enum, optional) — The budget policies that rejected the request, in canonical order: `user`, `integration`, then `tenant`.
  - Allowed values: `user`, `integration`, `tenant`

### 500 Feature Library Update Request Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `detail` (InternalServerErrorBodyDetail, required, nullable)
- `instance` (string, required)
- `status` (integer, required)
- `title` (string, required, nullable)
- `type` (string, required)
- `errorId` (string, optional)

## Types

### OwnerRef

- `__typename` (string, optional)
- `id` (string, optional)

### GeneralErrorDetail

### TooManyRequestsErrorBodyDetail

### InternalServerErrorBodyDetail

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "description": "Updated promoter motifs for auto-annotation.",
  "name": "Common promoters (v2)"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "__typename": "__typename",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "description": "description",
  "features": "features",
  "id": "id",
  "modifiedAt": "modifiedAt",
  "name": "name",
  "owner": {
    "__typename": "__typename",
    "id": "id"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/feature-library/feature_library_id"

payload = {
    "description": "Updated promoter motifs for auto-annotation.",
    "name": "Common promoters (v2)"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{tenant_name}.benchling.com/api/v3/feature-library/feature_library_id';
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"description":"Updated promoter motifs for auto-annotation.","name":"Common promoters (v2)"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```