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Updating the contents of a document

You can replace the contents of a specific document in the repository by using its id. The format of the URl and the parameters that you can use are detailed in the service document.

URL format

Here is an example of a URL to update the contents of a specific document in SkyVault Content Services in the Cloud:

https://api.alfresco.com/yourcompany.com/public/cmis/versions/1.1/atom/content?id=824ba7cd-dcee-4908-8917-7b6ac0611c97

Here is an example of a URL to update the contents of a specific document in an SkyVault Community Edition on-premise instance:

https://localhost:8080/alfresco/api/-default-/public/cmis/versions/1.1/atom/content?id=824ba7cd-dcee-4908-8917-7b6ac0611c97

Request Header

The request Content-Type must be of the same mime-type as the target document. In this example, we are updating a plain text document.

Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8

Request body

The request body is the new content of the document.

Some updated text.

Response

If the request is successful an HTTP CREATED response (status 201) is returned.