Partially update a component library component

Updates only the provided fields of an existing library component (name, description, icon, tags, internalNote). The description and internalNote fields accept HTML or Markdown and will be converted to the internal format. Only library components (projectId is null) can be updated through this endpoint.

PATCH/administration/project-components/componentsDetails/{id}

Authorization

AuthorizationOAuth2 access token · headerrequired

Scopes:api:write

AuthorizationBearer token (JWT) · headerrequired

Path parameters

idstringrequired

Component UUID

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

descriptionstring

Component description (HTML or Markdown)

iconobject | null

Icon identifier (can be set to null). Format: :icon_name: (e.g., :rocket:, :box:, :star:)

internalNotestring

Internal note (HTML or Markdown)

namestring

Component name

tagsstring[]

Array of tag IDs

Responses

200Component updated successfully

idstring<uuid>

400Invalid request: invalid UUID format for component ID or tag IDs

401Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication token

403Insufficient permissions to edit component library

404Component not found, component does not belong to library (has projectId), or component already deleted

422Editor content conversion errors

Request

curl -X PATCH "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/project-components/componentsDetails/e57dc37b-7693-4d06-b49c-17084b773aff" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "description": "<p>This component handles user authentication and authorization.</p>",
  "icon": ":box:",
  "internalNote": "<p>Implementation notes for the development team.</p>",
  "name": "User Authentication Module",
  "tags": [
    "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  ]
}'

const response = await fetch("https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/project-components/componentsDetails/e57dc37b-7693-4d06-b49c-17084b773aff", {
  method: "PATCH",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "description": "<p>This component handles user authentication and authorization.</p>",
  "icon": ":box:",
  "internalNote": "<p>Implementation notes for the development team.</p>",
  "name": "User Authentication Module",
  "tags": [
    "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  ]
})
});

import requests

response = requests.patch(
    "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/project-components/componentsDetails/e57dc37b-7693-4d06-b49c-17084b773aff",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "description": "<p>This component handles user authentication and authorization.</p>",
  "icon": ":box:",
  "internalNote": "<p>Implementation notes for the development team.</p>",
  "name": "User Authentication Module",
  "tags": [
    "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
  ]
},
)

Response

{
  "id": "e57dc37b-7693-4d06-b49c-17084b773aff"
}