--- title: Updates the content type at the current location or create a new one if it doesn't already exist. slug: cms-12/api/updates-the-content-type-at-the-current-location-or-create-a-new-one-if-it-doesnt-already-exist docTags: createdAt: 2026-08-28T13:16:06.833Z --- { "id": "zIU45SgTPVEgQXLOqNkK2", "type": "api-oas-v2", "data": { "method": "PUT", "url": "/api/episerver/v3.0/contenttypes/{id}", "servers": [], "name": "Updates the content type at the current location or create a new one if it doesn't already exist.", "description": "", "contentType": "application/json", "request": { "pathParameters": [ { "kind": "required", "name": "id", "type": "string", "description": "The identifier of the content type.", "format": "uuid" } ], "headerParameters": [ { "name": "accept", "type": "string", "kind": "optional", "description": "Generated from available response content types", "enum": [ "application/json", "application/problem+json" ], "default": "application/json" } ], "queryParameters": [ { "kind": "optional", "name": "allowedDowngrades", "type": "object", "description": "Defines which types of downgrades that are allowed.", "customType": "versionComponent", "schema": [], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/versionComponent" }, { "kind": "optional", "name": "allowedUpgrades", "type": "object", "description": "Defines which types of upgrades that are allowed.", "customType": "versionComponent", "schema": [], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/versionComponent" } ], "bodyDataParameters": [ { "kind": "required", "name": "body", "type": "object", "description": "The content type that should be created or updated.", "customType": "contentType", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The unique identifier of the content type.", "format": "uuid" }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the content type.", "maxLength": 50, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "baseType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The base type for this content type." }, { "name": "version", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The version of the content type.", "example": "2.1.0" }, { "name": "supportedMediaExtensions", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "

A comma-separated list of supported media types for media content types.

", "example": "gif,bmp" }, { "name": "editSettings", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines settings for content type that affects how it is displayed when edited.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentTypeEditSettings", "customType": "contentTypeEditSettings", "schema": [ { "name": "displayName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The name that should be used when editing the content type.", "maxLength": 50 }, { "name": "description", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The description that should be used when editing the content type.", "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "available", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Determines if the content type is available when editing." }, { "name": "sortOrder", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "The field order used for ordering the content types when editing.", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 } ] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentType", "isExpanded": true } ], "formDataParameters": [], "oAuthParameters": [], "cookieParameters": [] }, "responses": [ { "statusCode": "200", "description": "OK", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "A content type definition describes the format of content items.", "customType": "contentType", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The unique identifier of the content type.", "format": "uuid" }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the content type.", "maxLength": 50, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "baseType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The base type for this content type." }, { "name": "version", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The version of the content type.", "example": "2.1.0" }, { "name": "supportedMediaExtensions", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "

A comma-separated list of supported media types for media content types.

", "example": "gif,bmp" }, { "name": "editSettings", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines settings for content type that affects how it is displayed when edited.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentTypeEditSettings", "customType": "contentTypeEditSettings", "schema": [ { "name": "displayName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The name that should be used when editing the content type.", "maxLength": 50 }, { "name": "description", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The description that should be used when editing the content type.", "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "available", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Determines if the content type is available when editing." }, { "name": "sortOrder", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "The field order used for ordering the content types when editing.", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 } ] }, { "name": "properties", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "readOnly": true, "nullable": true, "description": "A list with the properties of this content type.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentTypeProperty", "customType": "contentTypeProperty[]", "schema": [ { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the property.", "maxLength": 100, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "dataType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The main data type name.", "maxLength": 255, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][(\\w\\s*\\w?),\\.]*" }, { "name": "branchSpecific", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Indicates if the property has specific values for each content branch or if values are shared between all branches." }, { "name": "required", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Indicates if the property is required." }, { "name": "editSettings", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines settings for content type properties that affects how the property is displayed when edited.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/propertyEditSettings", "customType": "propertyEditSettings", "schema": [ { "name": "visibility", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "Specifies the visibility status of a property in edit view.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/visibilityStatus", "customType": "visibilityStatus", "schema": [] }, { "name": "displayName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The name that should be used when editing the property.", "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "groupName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Name of the property group that this property should be displayed in.", "maxLength": 100, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "sortOrder", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "The field order used for ordering the properties when editing.", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 }, { "name": "helpText", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The text that should be used as help when editing the property.", "maxLength": 2000 }, { "name": "hint", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "A hint that will be used when resolving which editor that should be used when editing this property.", "maxLength": 255 } ] }, { "name": "imageDescriptor", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines a thumbnail image format.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/propertyImageDescriptor", "customType": "propertyImageDescriptor", "schema": [ { "name": "height", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "Thumbnail image height", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 }, { "name": "width", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "Thumbnail image width", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 }, { "name": "pregenerated", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "If the thumbnail should be pregenerated when a new image is uploaded rather than when first requested" } ] }, { "name": "validation", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "readOnly": true, "nullable": true, "description": "The validation settings of the property.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/propertyValidationSettings", "customType": "propertyValidationSettings[]", "schema": [ { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the validation type that should be performed." }, { "name": "severity", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/validationErrorSeverity", "customType": "validationErrorSeverity", "schema": [] }, { "name": "errorMessage", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The error message to use for any validation error." } ] }, { "name": "itemType", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The item type for cases when the 'dataType' is 'PropertyBlock'.", "maxLength": 255, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][(\\w\\s*\\w?),\\.]*" } ] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentType", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "201", "description": "Created", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true, "schema": [ { "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "A content type definition describes the format of content items.", "customType": "contentType", "schema": [ { "name": "id", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "The unique identifier of the content type.", "format": "uuid" }, { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the content type.", "maxLength": 50, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "baseType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The base type for this content type." }, { "name": "version", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The version of the content type.", "example": "2.1.0" }, { "name": "supportedMediaExtensions", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "

A comma-separated list of supported media types for media content types.

", "example": "gif,bmp" }, { "name": "editSettings", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines settings for content type that affects how it is displayed when edited.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentTypeEditSettings", "customType": "contentTypeEditSettings", "schema": [ { "name": "displayName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The name that should be used when editing the content type.", "maxLength": 50 }, { "name": "description", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The description that should be used when editing the content type.", "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "available", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Determines if the content type is available when editing." }, { "name": "sortOrder", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "The field order used for ordering the content types when editing.", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 } ] }, { "name": "properties", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "readOnly": true, "nullable": true, "description": "A list with the properties of this content type.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentTypeProperty", "customType": "contentTypeProperty[]", "schema": [ { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the property.", "maxLength": 100, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "dataType", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The main data type name.", "maxLength": 255, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][(\\w\\s*\\w?),\\.]*" }, { "name": "branchSpecific", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Indicates if the property has specific values for each content branch or if values are shared between all branches." }, { "name": "required", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "Indicates if the property is required." }, { "name": "editSettings", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines settings for content type properties that affects how the property is displayed when edited.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/propertyEditSettings", "customType": "propertyEditSettings", "schema": [ { "name": "visibility", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "Specifies the visibility status of a property in edit view.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/visibilityStatus", "customType": "visibilityStatus", "schema": [] }, { "name": "displayName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The name that should be used when editing the property.", "maxLength": 255 }, { "name": "groupName", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "Name of the property group that this property should be displayed in.", "maxLength": 100, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][\\w]*" }, { "name": "sortOrder", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "The field order used for ordering the properties when editing.", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 }, { "name": "helpText", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The text that should be used as help when editing the property.", "maxLength": 2000 }, { "name": "hint", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "A hint that will be used when resolving which editor that should be used when editing this property.", "maxLength": 255 } ] }, { "name": "imageDescriptor", "kind": "optional", "type": "object", "description": "Defines a thumbnail image format.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/propertyImageDescriptor", "customType": "propertyImageDescriptor", "schema": [ { "name": "height", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "Thumbnail image height", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 }, { "name": "width", "kind": "optional", "type": "integer", "description": "Thumbnail image width", "format": "int32", "minimum": 0, "maximum": 2147483647 }, { "name": "pregenerated", "kind": "optional", "type": "boolean", "description": "If the thumbnail should be pregenerated when a new image is uploaded rather than when first requested" } ] }, { "name": "validation", "kind": "optional", "type": "array", "readOnly": true, "nullable": true, "description": "The validation settings of the property.", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/propertyValidationSettings", "customType": "propertyValidationSettings[]", "schema": [ { "name": "name", "kind": "required", "type": "string", "description": "The name of the validation type that should be performed." }, { "name": "severity", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "description": "", "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/validationErrorSeverity", "customType": "validationErrorSeverity", "schema": [] }, { "name": "errorMessage", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The error message to use for any validation error." } ] }, { "name": "itemType", "kind": "optional", "type": "string", "nullable": true, "description": "The item type for cases when the 'dataType' is 'PropertyBlock'.", "maxLength": 255, "pattern": "[a-zA-Z][(\\w\\s*\\w?),\\.]*" } ] } ], "modelRef": "#/components/schemas/contentType", "isExpanded": true } ] }, { "statusCode": "400", "description": "Bad Request", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true }, { "statusCode": "403", "description": "Forbidden", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true }, { "statusCode": "409", "description": "Conflict", "jsonExample": "", "isExpanded": true } ], "hasXCodeSamples": false, "examples": { "languages": [ { "id": "vtk5ScFnEQsGCv_VT4ec8", "language": "curl", "label": "cURL", "code": "curl --request PUT \\\n --url '/api/episerver/v3.0/contenttypes/{id}?allowedDowngrades=object&allowedUpgrades=object' \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"baseType\": \"\"\n }'" }, { "id": "gSPSoi7m3S2XImUQWu9Pt", "language": "javascript", "label": "javascript", "code": "var myHeaders = new Headers();\nmyHeaders.append(\"accept\", \"application/json\");\nmyHeaders.append(\"content-type\", \"application/json\");\n\nvar raw = JSON.stringify({\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"baseType\": \"\"\n});\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'PUT',\n headers: myHeaders,\n body: raw,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"/api/episerver/v3.0/contenttypes/{id}?allowedDowngrades=object&allowedUpgrades=object\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));" }, { "id": "4UgAKbCsyXNceDEW07HHC", "language": "ruby", "label": "Ruby", "code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"/api/episerver/v3.0/contenttypes/{id}?allowedDowngrades=object&allowedUpgrades=object\")\n\nhttp = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest.body = JSON.dump({\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"baseType\": \"\"\n})\n\nresponse = http.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n" }, { "id": "rRGfA5hGMqn4tUhk1EIUb", "language": "python", "label": "Python", "code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"/api/episerver/v3.0/contenttypes/{id}?allowedDowngrades=object&allowedUpgrades=object\"\n\npayload = json.dumps({\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"baseType\": \"\"\n})\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"PUT\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "vtk5ScFnEQsGCv_VT4ec8" }, "results": { "languages": [ { "id": "response-0-200", "language": "200", "code": "// OK\n{\n \"id\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"baseType\": \"\",\n \"version\": \"2.1.0\",\n \"supportedMediaExtensions\": \"gif,bmp\",\n \"editSettings\": {\n \"displayName\": \"\",\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"available\": false,\n \"sortOrder\": \"\"\n },\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"dataType\": \"\",\n \"branchSpecific\": false,\n \"required\": false,\n \"editSettings\": {\n \"visibility\": \"\",\n \"displayName\": \"\",\n \"groupName\": \"\",\n \"sortOrder\": \"\",\n \"helpText\": \"\",\n \"hint\": \"\"\n },\n \"imageDescriptor\": {\n \"height\": \"\",\n \"width\": \"\",\n \"pregenerated\": false\n },\n \"validation\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"severity\": \"\",\n \"errorMessage\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"itemType\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n}" }, { "id": "response-1-201", "language": "201", "code": "// Created\n{\n \"id\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"baseType\": \"\",\n \"version\": \"2.1.0\",\n \"supportedMediaExtensions\": \"gif,bmp\",\n \"editSettings\": {\n \"displayName\": \"\",\n \"description\": \"\",\n \"available\": false,\n \"sortOrder\": \"\"\n },\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"dataType\": \"\",\n \"branchSpecific\": false,\n \"required\": false,\n \"editSettings\": {\n \"visibility\": \"\",\n \"displayName\": \"\",\n \"groupName\": \"\",\n \"sortOrder\": \"\",\n \"helpText\": \"\",\n \"hint\": \"\"\n },\n \"imageDescriptor\": {\n \"height\": \"\",\n \"width\": \"\",\n \"pregenerated\": false\n },\n \"validation\": [\n {\n \"name\": \"\",\n \"severity\": \"\",\n \"errorMessage\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"itemType\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n}" }, { "id": "response-2-400", "language": "400", "code": "// Bad Request\n" }, { "id": "response-3-403", "language": "403", "code": "// Forbidden\n" }, { "id": "response-4-409", "language": "409", "code": "// Conflict\n" } ], "selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200" } }, "children": [ { "text": "" } ] }