---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/uris/{uri} [PATCH]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/uri_patch.html
description: "API endpoint to update URI properties including description, document ID, labels, name, publication details, and title. Requires contributor permissions. Returns modified URI with display title."
last_updated: 2026-09-08T14:00:44+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: uri-PATCH
resource_id: uri
path_template: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/uris/{uri}
http_method: PATCH
api_category: uri
implementation_version: 5.9600
api_since: 4.9500
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: N/A
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~357
---

# /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/uris/\{uri\} \[PATCH\]

## Description

Sets the URI Properties.

Saves the core [properties](../../reference/glossary/properties.md) of a [URI](../../reference/glossary/uri.md).

Only the parameters which are specified are taken into account.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| description | The new description | no | string |  |
| documentid | The new document `ID` | no | string |  |
| labels | A comma-separated list of label values, use empty string to clear the existing labels | no  | labels |  |
| name | The new name. If the URI is a folder, a thread is launched | no | string |  |
| publicationid | The new publication `ID` (makes this URI the root document of the publication) | no | publicationid |  |
| publicationtype | The type of the publication (requires `publicationid`) | no | publicationtype |  |
| title | The new title | no | string |  |

## Permission

This service requires contributor or higher.

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<uri-modification>
  <uri id="[id]" path="[path]" ...> 
    <displaytitle>[title]</displaytitle>
  </uri>
</uri-modification>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1209 | The documentid already exists |
| 0x120A | The documentid contains invalid characters |
| 0x122E | The labels parameter is invalid |