Update a file

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Autumn brochure"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref}"

payload = { "name": "Autumn brochure" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({name: 'Autumn brochure'})
};

fetch('https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'Autumn brochure'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"Autumn brochure\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"Autumn brochure\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vocily.ai/v1/files/{file_ref}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"Autumn brochure\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "label": "autumn-brochure_7bq2xk",
  "id": "00000001-0000-4000-8000-000000000001",
  "name": "Autumn brochure",
  "description": "Two-page product brochure, updated October.",
  "filename": "autumn-brochure.pdf",
  "mime_type": "application/pdf",
  "kind": "document",
  "size_bytes": 184320,
  "status": "ready",
  "created_at": "2026-10-16T09:14:02Z"
}

{
  "detail": "Invalid API key",
  "code": "UNAUTHORIZED"
}

{
  "detail": {
    "code": "validation_error",
    "message": "<string>",
    "errors": [
      {
        "field": "<string>",
        "message": "<string>",
        "type": "<string>"
      }
    ]
  },
  "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR"
}

{
  "code": "rate_limited"
}