Update an existing manual position

What this endpoint does: Updates an existing manual position. Supports partial updates - you only need to provide the fields you want to change.

How partial updates work:

Only provided fields are updated
Fields not included in the request remain unchanged
To remove a category, set categoryId to null
Description can be updated with new HTML or Markdown content

Description updates:

If description is provided, it will be converted from HTML/Markdown to internal IDoc format
If description is not provided, the existing description remains unchanged
Empty descriptions are allowed

Validation rules:

Position must exist and belong to the specified project
Name must not be empty if provided
Price must be greater than or equal to 0 if provided
Category ID must be a valid UUID if provided (or null to remove)
Project must exist and user must have access

Permission requirements:

Requires Projects.manageManualPositions permission
Requires api scope
Requires read access to the project

Use cases:

Correct pricing or descriptions
Update position details before creating quotes
Reassign positions to different categories
Modify positions based on client feedback

PATCH/projects/{projectId}/manual-positions/{id}

Authorization

AuthorizationOAuth2 access token · headerrequired

Scopes:api:write

AuthorizationBearer token (JWT) · headerrequired

Path parameters

projectIdstringrequired

idstringrequired

Query parameters

fieldsToReturnstring

Comma-separated list of top-level response fields to return. Overrides the endpoint compact default unless responseShape=full is used.

responseShapestring

Advanced override. Omit for the endpoint compact default. Use full only when you need the complete endpoint response, including nested fields that are not selectable with fieldsToReturn.

Allowed:compactfull

Header parameters

LT-Response-Shapestring

Advanced override. Set to full only when you need the complete endpoint response, including nested fields that are not selectable with fieldsToReturn.

Allowed:full

Request body

requiredapplication/json

categoryIdobject | null

Updated category ID. Provide a valid UUID to assign a category, or null to remove the category assignment. Only provide this field if you want to change the category.

descriptionstring

Updated description. Can be provided as HTML or Markdown - the system will automatically detect and convert the format. Only provide this field if you want to change the description. To clear the description, provide an empty string.

discountAmountnumber

Discount amount to apply. For percentage discounts, this is the percentage (0-100). For fixed discounts, this is the amount in workspace currency. Set to 0 to remove the discount.

min 0

discountTypestring

Type of discount. "Percentage" applies a percentage reduction, "Fixed" applies a fixed amount reduction. Required when discountAmount is provided.

Allowed:FixedPercentage

namestring

Updated name of the manual position. Only provide this field if you want to change the name.

pricenumber

Updated price in the workspace currency. Must be a non-negative number. Only provide this field if you want to change the price.

min 0

Responses

200

categoryIdobject | null

Category ID if the position is assigned to a category, or null if no category is assigned. Categories help organize related positions together.

createdAtstringrequired

ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the position was created

descriptionstringrequired

Description of the position in HTML format. The description is converted from internal IDoc format to HTML for API responses. May be empty if no description was provided.

discountAmountnumberrequired

Discount amount applied to this position. 0 means no discount.

discountTypestringrequired

Type of discount: "Fixed" (fixed amount) or "Percentage" (percentage of price)

Allowed:FixedPercentage

idstringrequired

Unique identifier of the manual position (UUID)

namestringrequired

Name of the manual position as it appears in quotes and invoices

pricenumberrequired

Price of the position in the workspace currency (net price before taxes)

sortnumberrequired

Sort order of the position. Lower numbers appear first. Used to control the display order in project planning views, quotes, and invoices.

401Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication token

403Forbidden - Insufficient API scopes or permissions

Request

curl -X PATCH "https://leadtime.app/api/public/projects/string/manual-positions/string" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "categoryId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "description": "<p>Professional consulting services</p>",
  "discountAmount": 10,
  "discountType": "Percentage",
  "name": "Consulting Hours",
  "price": 150
}'

const response = await fetch("https://leadtime.app/api/public/projects/string/manual-positions/string", {
  method: "PATCH",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "categoryId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "description": "<p>Professional consulting services</p>",
  "discountAmount": 10,
  "discountType": "Percentage",
  "name": "Consulting Hours",
  "price": 150
})
});

import requests

response = requests.patch(
    "https://leadtime.app/api/public/projects/string/manual-positions/string",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "categoryId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "description": "<p>Professional consulting services</p>",
  "discountAmount": 10,
  "discountType": "Percentage",
  "name": "Consulting Hours",
  "price": 150
},
)

Response

{
  "categoryId": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "createdAt": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "description": "<p>Professional consulting services</p>",
  "discountAmount": 10,
  "discountType": "Fixed",
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Consulting Hours",
  "price": 150,
  "sort": 0
}