JavaScript SDK
const featureTypesToUpdate = [
{
externalId: 'ocean_temperature',
update: {
properties: { add: { depth: { type: 'DOUBLE'} }, remove: ['temperature'] },
searchSpec: { add: { depth_idx: { properties: ['depth'] } } }
}
}
];
const updatedFeatureTypes = await client.geospatial.featureType.update(featureTypesToUpdate);curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/update \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature",
"update": {
"properties": {
"add": {
"depth": {
"type": "DOUBLE"
}
}
},
"searchSpec": {
"add": {
"depth_idx": {
"properties": [
"depth"
]
}
}
}
}
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/update"
payload = { "items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature",
"update": {
"properties": { "add": { "depth": { "type": "DOUBLE" } } },
"searchSpec": { "add": { "depth_idx": { "properties": ["depth"] } } }
}
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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' => 'ocean_temperature',
'update' => [
'properties' => [
'add' => [
'depth' => [
'type' => 'DOUBLE'
]
]
],
'searchSpec' => [
'add' => [
'depth_idx' => [
'properties' => [
'depth'
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]),
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}/geospatial/featuretypes/update"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\",\n \"update\": {\n \"properties\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth\": {\n \"type\": \"DOUBLE\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"searchSpec\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth_idx\": {\n \"properties\": [\n \"depth\"\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n }\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}/geospatial/featuretypes/update")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\",\n \"update\": {\n \"properties\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth\": {\n \"type\": \"DOUBLE\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"searchSpec\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth_idx\": {\n \"properties\": [\n \"depth\"\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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\": \"ocean_temperature\",\n \"update\": {\n \"properties\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth\": {\n \"type\": \"DOUBLE\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"searchSpec\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth_idx\": {\n \"properties\": [\n \"depth\"\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature",
"dataSetId": 1278028,
"createdTime": 1629784673505,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1629784673505,
"properties": {
"temperature": {
"type": "DOUBLE"
},
"location": {
"type": "POINT",
"srid": 4326
},
"createdTime": {
"type": "LONG"
},
"lastUpdatedTime": {
"type": "LONG"
},
"externalId": {
"type": "STRING",
"size": 32
}
},
"searchSpec": {
"location_idx": {
"properties": [
"location"
]
},
"createdTimeIdx": {
"properties": [
"createdTime"
]
},
"lastUpdatedTimeIdx": {
"properties": [
"lastUpdatedTime"
]
},
"externalIdIdx": {
"properties": [
"externalId"
]
}
}
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
],
"invalid": [
{}
],
"dependencies": [
{}
]
}
}Update feature types
Required capabilities:
geospatialAcl:READgeospatialAcl:WRITE
Update one or more feature types
POST
/
geospatial
/
featuretypes
/
update
JavaScript SDK
const featureTypesToUpdate = [
{
externalId: 'ocean_temperature',
update: {
properties: { add: { depth: { type: 'DOUBLE'} }, remove: ['temperature'] },
searchSpec: { add: { depth_idx: { properties: ['depth'] } } }
}
}
];
const updatedFeatureTypes = await client.geospatial.featureType.update(featureTypesToUpdate);curl --request POST \
--url https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/update \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature",
"update": {
"properties": {
"add": {
"depth": {
"type": "DOUBLE"
}
}
},
"searchSpec": {
"add": {
"depth_idx": {
"properties": [
"depth"
]
}
}
}
}
}
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/update"
payload = { "items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature",
"update": {
"properties": { "add": { "depth": { "type": "DOUBLE" } } },
"searchSpec": { "add": { "depth_idx": { "properties": ["depth"] } } }
}
}
] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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' => 'ocean_temperature',
'update' => [
'properties' => [
'add' => [
'depth' => [
'type' => 'DOUBLE'
]
]
],
'searchSpec' => [
'add' => [
'depth_idx' => [
'properties' => [
'depth'
]
]
]
]
]
]
]
]),
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}/geospatial/featuretypes/update"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\",\n \"update\": {\n \"properties\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth\": {\n \"type\": \"DOUBLE\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"searchSpec\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth_idx\": {\n \"properties\": [\n \"depth\"\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n }\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}/geospatial/featuretypes/update")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"items\": [\n {\n \"externalId\": \"ocean_temperature\",\n \"update\": {\n \"properties\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth\": {\n \"type\": \"DOUBLE\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"searchSpec\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth_idx\": {\n \"properties\": [\n \"depth\"\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://{cluster}.cognitedata.com/api/v1/projects/{project}/geospatial/featuretypes/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\": \"ocean_temperature\",\n \"update\": {\n \"properties\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth\": {\n \"type\": \"DOUBLE\"\n }\n }\n },\n \"searchSpec\": {\n \"add\": {\n \"depth_idx\": {\n \"properties\": [\n \"depth\"\n ]\n }\n }\n }\n }\n }\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"items": [
{
"externalId": "ocean_temperature",
"dataSetId": 1278028,
"createdTime": 1629784673505,
"lastUpdatedTime": 1629784673505,
"properties": {
"temperature": {
"type": "DOUBLE"
},
"location": {
"type": "POINT",
"srid": 4326
},
"createdTime": {
"type": "LONG"
},
"lastUpdatedTime": {
"type": "LONG"
},
"externalId": {
"type": "STRING",
"size": 32
}
},
"searchSpec": {
"location_idx": {
"properties": [
"location"
]
},
"createdTimeIdx": {
"properties": [
"createdTime"
]
},
"lastUpdatedTimeIdx": {
"properties": [
"lastUpdatedTime"
]
},
"externalIdIdx": {
"properties": [
"externalId"
]
}
}
}
]
}{
"error": {
"code": 401,
"message": "Could not authenticate.",
"missing": [
{}
],
"duplicated": [
{}
],
"invalid": [
{}
],
"dependencies": [
{}
]
}
}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 feature types to be updated. It is possible to add and remove properties and indexes. WARNING: removing properties will result in data loss in corresponding features.
Required array length:
1 - 100 elementsShow child attributes
Show child attributes
Response
Feature type list response.
Maximum array length:
100Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Last modified on July 13, 2026
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