---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/resources [PUT]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/group-resources_put.html
description: "Creates or updates project resources at specified locations relative to the web app folder. Requires administrator permissions, with limited project manager access for specific configuration files. Supports overwrite flag for existing resources."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T13:39:23+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: developer-PUT
resource_id: developer
path_template: /groups/{group}/resources
http_method: PUT
api_category: developer
implementation_version: 6.2004
api_since: 4.9023
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: experimental
cache_control: N/A
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~469
---

# /groups/\{group\}/resources \[PUT\]

## Description

Creates or updates a project resource.

The location parameter must be the location of the resource to create relative to the web app folder. For example:

- `/WEB-INF/config/template/myproject/config/project.properties`
- `/WEB-INF/config/template/myproject/psml/spec/style/document.css`
- `/WEB-INF/config/template/myproject/organization/style/logo.svg`

Only resources which are not part of the default template can be created or updated.

> **Warning:** Any files under a `style` folder are publicly accessible without authentication.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| location | The path to the project resource to update from the Web container root | yes | path |  |
| content | The actual content of the resource. **DEPRECATED use enclosed entity content of the request** | maybe | string |  |
| overwrite | A flag to allow overwriting of existing resources | no | boolean | `false` |

## Permission

This service requires administrator except that project manager is allowed when the location filename is one of: `document-template.psml`, `document-config.xml`, `publish-config.xml`, `xref-config.xml`, `publication-config.xml`, `editor-config.xml`, `document.css`, `media-template.psml`, `pdf-export-config.xml`, `word-export-config.xml`, `word-import-config.xml`, `psml-split-config.xml```, `project.properties`, `*.sch` or `/member/*.xml`.

## Response

```xml

<file name="[name]"
      path="[path]"
      type="[folder|file]"
      mediatype="[mediatype]"
      status="[forbidden|
               created|
               modified|
               not-modified]" />
```

> **Note:** The actual content of the resource must be in the enclosed entity content of the request.

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.