Change a section

Changes a draft section. Fields you send in content replace those fields (the rest stay); the result is checked against the type's content_schema. A section can't change type — add a new one.

PATCH/api/v1/sites/{site_id}/sections/{section_id}

Authentication

An API key as Authorization: Bearer or x-api-key. It needs the sites:write scope — edit draft pages and sections.

sites:writeChanges the draft or a recordIdempotency-Key optionalMCP tool: update_section

Parameters

Named placeholders go in the path; the rest in a JSON body.

site_idstringPath · required: The site's id.1 to 100 characters
section_idstringPath · required: The section's id.1 to 100 characters
contentobjectBody · optional: Top-level content fields to replace.
hiddenbooleanBody · optional
positionintegerBody · optional: 0-based place on its page.0 to 200

Response

200 with JSON on success (schema on the right). Errors use the standard envelope; a retry with the same Idempotency-Key gets the first answer back (how retries work).

curl

curl -X PATCH 'https://websites.workflowcorp.com/api/v1/sites/SITE_ID/sections/SECTION_ID' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WEBSITEBUDDY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"content":{"heading":"Open seven days"}}'

Example arguments

{
  "site_id": "SITE_ID",
  "section_id": "SECTION_ID",
  "content": {
    "heading": "Open seven days"
  }
}

Response schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "page_id": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "type_label": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "position": {
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": -9007199254740991,
      "maximum": 9007199254740991
    },
    "hidden": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "content": {
      "type": "object",
      "propertyNames": {
        "type": "string"
      },
      "additionalProperties": {},
      "description": "The section's content; its shape is the type's content_schema (List section types)."
    },
    "is_sample": {
      "type": "boolean"
    },
    "saved_section_id": {
      "anyOf": [
        {
          "type": "string"
        },
        {
          "type": "null"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Set when this is a LINKED placement of a saved section (Saved sections): its content is the saved section's."
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "id",
    "page_id",
    "type",
    "type_label",
    "position",
    "hidden",
    "content",
    "is_sample",
    "saved_section_id"
  ],
  "additionalProperties": false
}