Replace partial item data

Replace part of an item's data.

This route uses JSON pointer syntax to specify the data to replace.

PUT https://api.jsonpad.io/lists/{listId}/items/{itemId}/data/{pointer}

Example

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curl https://api.jsonpad.io/lists/120d71c7-f6df-428b-ba3e-7aa4eff0fb38/items/9bfd7f6a-74d4-428a-b8da-f71075d3a52e/data/locations \
  -X PUT \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-token: <YOUR TOKEN>" \
  -d '[
        {
          "city": "Chicago",
          "state": "IL"
        },
        {
          "city": "Houston",
          "state": "TX"
        }
      ]'

Parameters

required
listIdstringA list id or path name.
required
itemIdstringAn item id or alias.
required
pointerstringA JSON pointer to the field in the item's data that will be returned.
optional
includeDatabooleanhttps://api.jsonpad.io/lists/54ad2b2b-f265-437a-bdf0-b069b1fef06a/items/c37bd5ed-eb5c-4681-8e8b-c845092e0951/data/locations?includeData=true
Whether to include the item data in the response or not. Can be true or false.
Defaults to true.

Request headers

required
x-api-tokenstringYour API token.
optional
x-identity-tokenstringAn identity token.
optional
x-identity-groupstringAn identity group.

Request body

[0: {city: "Chicago"
state: "IL"
}
1: {city: "Houston"
state: "TX"
}
]

required
*anyData which will replace the item's current data at the specified pointer.

Response body

200 OK

{id: "ea45f93c-982c-41bf-ab7f-453e8c33df58"
createdAt: "2026-09-05T11:30:12.109Z"
updatedAt: "2026-09-05T11:30:12.109Z"
data: {name: "John Doe"
age: 30
locations: [0: {city: "New York"
state: "NY"
}
1: {city: "Los Angeles"
state: "CA"
}
]
}
version: "1"
readonly: false
activated: true
description: "This is a sample item"
size: 111
locked: false
}

Response headers

etagaf2bdbe1aa9b6ec1e2ade1d694f41fc71a831d0268e9891562113d8a62add1bfA SHA-256 hash of the item.
last-modified2026-09-05T11:30:12.109ZThe date this item was last modified.

2024-10-29