Update symbols
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"update": {}
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update"
payload = { "items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"update": {}
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: 'my.known.id', update: {}}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => 'my.known.id',
'update' => [
]
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"update\": {}\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"update\": {}\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"update\": {}\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"assetTypeId": {
"space": "<string>",
"externalId": "my.known.id"
},
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000,
"libraryId": "my.known.id"
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Required capabilities:
diagramParsingAcl:WRITE
Update the properties of a set of symbols
POST
/
diagram-parsing
/
symbols
/
update
Update symbols
curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"update": {}
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update"
payload = { "items": [
{
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"update": {}
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({items: [{externalId: 'my.known.id', update: {}}]})
};
fetch('https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'items' => [
[
'externalId' => 'my.known.id',
'update' => [
]
]
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"update\": {}\n }\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"update\": {}\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/diagram-parsing/symbols/update")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"my.known.id\",\n \"update\": {}\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"assetTypeId": {
"space": "<string>",
"externalId": "my.known.id"
},
"createdTime": 1730204346000,
"externalId": "my.known.id",
"lastUpdatedTime": 1730204346000,
"libraryId": "my.known.id"
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
]
}
}Authorizations
oidc-tokenoauth2-client-credentialsoauth2-open-industrial-dataoauth2-auth-code
Access token issued by the CDF project's configured identity provider. Access token must be an OpenID Connect token, and the project must be configured to accept OpenID Connect tokens. Use a header key of 'Authorization' with a value of 'Bearer $accesstoken'. The token can be obtained through any flow supported by the identity provider.
Body
application/json
List of symbols to be updated.
List of symbols to update
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
List of symbols
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on July 10, 2026
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