Update contents of a content group

Available since 2021 Update 4

You can use REST APIs to update contents of a content group by id.

In this sample workflow, we want to add a dashboard as the contents to an existing content group with id D35FC0B04BD79E95612DDB907C4CCDF6. The dashboard id is 1182F0264D49467A43D9198D6E1331F2, and it's in the project 235853DC4B79DABCE8C6FFB26B7D8DC3.

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Get the authorization token needed to execute the request with POST /api/auth/login.

Get the project ID from GET /api/projects.

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The DssXmlPrivilegesManageContentBundle privilege is required to update the contents of a content group.

Endpoint: PATCH /api/contentGroups/{id}/contents

Sample Request Header:

"accept": "application/json"
"X-MSTR-AuthToken": "evvk84kcucn8abon6c1qfbud7"

Sample Request Body:

{
  "operationList": [
    {
      "op": "add",
      "path": "/235853DC4B79DABCE8C6FFB26B7D8DC3",
      "value": [
        {
          "id": "1182F0264D49467A43D9198D6E1331F2",
          "type": 55
        }
      ],
      "id": 1
    }
  ]
}

Sample Curl:

curl -X 'PATCH' \
  'https://demo.microstrategy.com/MicroStrategyLibrary/api/contentGroups/D35FC0B04BD79E95612DDB907C4CCDF6/contents' \
  -H 'accept: */*' \
  -H 'X-MSTR-AuthToken: q9j2dck33c53s7g98go6iig876' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "operationList": [{
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/235853DC4B79DABCE8C6FFB26B7D8DC3",
        "value": [{
            "id": "1182F0264D49467A43D9198D6E1331F2",
            "type": 55
        }],
        "id": 1
    }]
}'

Sample Response Body: N/A

Sample Response Code: 204 (The contents are added to the content group successfully.)