---
title: Sync content types
slug: graph/api/sync-content-types
docTags:
createdAt: 2026-08-28T18:28:55.472Z
---
{
"id": "TVSiAbjKixWmW984G8uK4",
"type": "api-oas-v2",
"data": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "https://cg.optimizely.com/api/content/v2/types",
"servers": [
{
"url": "https://cg.optimizely.com/api/content/v2/types"
}
],
"name": "Sync content types",
"description": "Warning: Deprecated\nSynchronize content types from one source
",
"contentType": "application/json",
"request": {
"pathParameters": [],
"headerParameters": [],
"queryParameters": [],
"bodyDataParameters": [
{
"kind": "required",
"name": "body",
"type": "object",
"example": "{\"languages\":[\"en\"],\"links\":{},\"contentTypes\":[{\"name\":\"IContent\",\"contentType\":[],\"properties\":[{\"name\":\"id\",\"type\":\"string\"},{\"name\":\"Name\",\"type\":\"string\"}]},{\"name\":\"StartPage\",\"contentType\":[\"IContent\"],\"properties\":[{\"name\":\"MainBody\",\"type\":\"string\"},{\"name\":\"MainContentArea\",\"type\":\"string\"}]}],\"propertyTypes\":[]}",
"description": "",
"customType": "ContentSource_V2",
"schema": [
{
"name": "useTypedFieldNames",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "languages",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"example": "",
"default": [],
"itemType": "string",
"customType": "string[]",
"itemExample": "",
"itemDefault": ""
},
{
"name": "links",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/LinkMap",
"customType": "LinkMap",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "contentTypes",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentType_V2",
"customType": "ContentType_V2[]",
"schema": [
{
"name": "properties",
"kind": "required",
"type": "object",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentTypeProperty_V2",
"customType": "ContentTypeProperty_V2[]",
"schema": [],
"complexType": "allOf",
"complexItems": [
{
"name": "Property_V2",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Property_V2",
"schema": [
{
"name": "index",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "searchable",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "type",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "name",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "object",
"description": "",
"schema": [
{
"name": "helpText",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Optional_string_",
"customType": "Optional_string_",
"schema": []
}
]
}
]
},
{
"name": "abstract",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "base",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "description",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Optional_string_",
"customType": "Optional_string_",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "sortOrder",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "number",
"description": "",
"format": "double"
},
{
"name": "displayName",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "string",
"nullable": true,
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Optional_string_",
"customType": "Optional_string_",
"schema": []
},
{
"name": "contentType",
"kind": "required",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"example": "",
"itemType": "string",
"customType": "string[]",
"itemExample": "",
"itemDefault": ""
},
{
"name": "name",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "propertyTypes",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/PropertyType_V2",
"customType": "PropertyType_V2[]",
"schema": [
{
"name": "properties",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "array",
"description": "",
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/Property_V2",
"customType": "Property_V2[]",
"schema": [
{
"name": "index",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "searchable",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "boolean",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "type",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
},
{
"name": "name",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
},
{
"name": "name",
"kind": "required",
"type": "string",
"description": ""
}
]
}
],
"modelRef": "#/components/schemas/ContentSource_V2",
"isExpanded": true
}
],
"formDataParameters": [],
"oAuthParameters": [
{
"id": "epi-hmac",
"name": "Authorization",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "apiKey",
"description": "HMAC authentication (epi-hmac xxx)
",
"in": "header"
},
{
"id": "Bearer",
"name": "Bearer",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "http",
"description": "JWT token",
"scheme": "bearer"
},
{
"id": "Basic",
"name": "Basic",
"kind": "optional",
"type": "http",
"description": "HMAC credentials",
"scheme": "basic"
}
],
"cookieParameters": []
},
"responses": [
{
"statusCode": "200",
"description": "Successfully updated content type",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true
},
{
"statusCode": "400",
"description": "Content type languages could not be updated",
"jsonExample": "",
"isExpanded": true
}
],
"hasXCodeSamples": false,
"deprecated": true,
"examples": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "ofnIX9TvoHphbxZCu8xQx",
"language": "curl",
"label": "cURL",
"code": "curl --request POST \\\n --url https://cg.optimizely.com/api/content/v2/types \\\n --header 'accept: application/json' \\\n --header 'content-type: application/json' \\\n --data '{\n \"languages\": [],\n \"contentTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n },\n \"contentType\": [],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"propertyTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n }'"
},
{
"id": "y9WswLaSShZN2M8yeXUhj",
"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 \"languages\": [],\n \"contentTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n },\n \"contentType\": [],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"propertyTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n});\n\nvar requestOptions = {\n method: 'POST',\n headers: myHeaders,\n body: raw,\n redirect: 'follow'\n};\n\nfetch(\"https://cg.optimizely.com/api/content/v2/types\", requestOptions)\n .then(response => response.text())\n .then(result => console.log(result))\n .catch(error => console.log('error', error));"
},
{
"id": "1C6Nr6w4jaH0SCoHmadNS",
"language": "ruby",
"label": "Ruby",
"code": "require \"uri\"\nrequire \"json\"\nrequire \"net/http\"\n\nurl = URI(\"https://cg.optimizely.com/api/content/v2/types\")\n\nhttps = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)\nhttps.use_ssl = true\n\nrequest = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)\nrequest[\"accept\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest[\"content-type\"] = \"application/json\"\nrequest.body = JSON.dump({\n \"languages\": [],\n \"contentTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n },\n \"contentType\": [],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"propertyTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n})\n\nresponse = https.request(request)\nputs response.read_body\n"
},
{
"id": "kT7h7hx9rv7LdoR4-1XWF",
"language": "python",
"label": "Python",
"code": "import requests\nimport json\n\nurl = \"https://cg.optimizely.com/api/content/v2/types\"\n\npayload = json.dumps({\n \"languages\": [],\n \"contentTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n },\n \"contentType\": [],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"propertyTypes\": [\n {\n \"properties\": [\n {\n \"type\": \"\",\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ],\n \"name\": \"\"\n }\n ]\n})\nheaders = {\n 'accept': 'application/json',\n 'content-type': 'application/json'\n}\n\nresponse = requests.request(\"POST\", url, headers=headers, data=payload)\n\nprint(response.text)\n"
}
],
"selectedLanguageId": "ofnIX9TvoHphbxZCu8xQx"
},
"results": {
"languages": [
{
"id": "response-0-200",
"language": "200",
"code": "// Successfully updated content type\n"
},
{
"id": "response-1-400",
"language": "400",
"code": "// Content type languages could not be updated\n"
}
],
"selectedLanguageId": "response-0-200"
}
},
"children": [
{
"text": ""
}
]
}