Partially update project category

Partially updates an existing project category. Only provided fields will be updated.

Optional fields (update only what you need):

name: Update display name
icon: Update icon identifier
description: Update or clear description
translations: Update translations (partial updates supported)

Note: Fields not included in the request will remain unchanged. This is useful when you only need to update specific properties without fetching the full current state.

PATCH/administration/project-settings/categories/{id}

Authorization

AuthorizationOAuth2 access token · headerrequired

Scopes:api:write

AuthorizationBearer token (JWT) · headerrequired

Path parameters

idstringrequired

Request body

requiredapplication/json

descriptionobject

Description of the project category

iconstring

Icon for the project category in format :icon_name:

namestring

Name of the project category

translationsProjectCategoryTranslationDto[]

Translations for the project category

Show properties

Array of ProjectCategoryTranslationDto

descriptionobject

Translated description of the project category in this language. Provides context about when to use this category.

languagestringrequired

ISO 639-1 language code for the translation (e.g., "en" for English, "de" for German)

nameobject

Translated name of the project category in this language. Used for multilingual display in the user interface.

Responses

200Project category updated successfully

descriptionobject

Optional description providing context about when to use this category.

iconstringrequired

Icon identifier in emoji format (e.g., ":rocket:"). Displayed next to the category name throughout the application.

idstringrequired

Unique identifier (UUID) for the project category. Used to reference this category when creating or updating projects.

namestringrequired

Display name of the project category. Shown in dropdowns and project lists.

sortnumber

Numeric sort order for display purposes. Lower numbers appear first in lists and dropdowns. May be undefined if not explicitly set.

translationsProjectCategoryTranslationDto[]required

Complete array of translations for all supported languages. Each translation contains the language code and localized name/description.

Show properties

Array of ProjectCategoryTranslationDto

descriptionobject

Translated description of the project category in this language. Provides context about when to use this category.

languagestringrequired

ISO 639-1 language code for the translation (e.g., "en" for English, "de" for German)

nameobject

Translated name of the project category in this language. Used for multilingual display in the user interface.

401Unauthorized - Invalid or missing authentication token

403Forbidden - Insufficient API scopes or permissions

Request

curl -X PATCH "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/project-settings/categories/string" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "description": "Projects related to software development",
  "icon": ":rocket:",
  "name": "Development",
  "translations": [
    {
      "description": "Software development projects",
      "language": "en",
      "name": "Development"
    }
  ]
}'

const response = await fetch("https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/project-settings/categories/string", {
  method: "PATCH",
  headers: {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
  "description": "Projects related to software development",
  "icon": ":rocket:",
  "name": "Development",
  "translations": [
    {
      "description": "Software development projects",
      "language": "en",
      "name": "Development"
    }
  ]
})
});

import requests

response = requests.patch(
    "https://leadtime.app/api/public/administration/project-settings/categories/string",
    headers={
        "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
  "description": "Projects related to software development",
  "icon": ":rocket:",
  "name": "Development",
  "translations": [
    {
      "description": "Software development projects",
      "language": "en",
      "name": "Development"
    }
  ]
},
)

Response

{
  "description": "Projects related to software development",
  "icon": ":rocket:",
  "id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
  "name": "Development",
  "sort": 1,
  "translations": [
    {
      "description": "Software development projects",
      "language": "en",
      "name": "Development"
    },
    {
      "description": "Softwareentwicklungsprojekte",
      "language": "de",
      "name": "Entwicklung"
    }
  ]
}