Activate a content type | Documentation

curl -X PUT https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments/staging/content_types/2PqfXUJwE8qSYKuM0U6w8M/published \
     -H "X-Contentful-Version: 11" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

{
  "name": "Blog Post",
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": "title",
      "name": "Title",
      "required": true,
      "localized": true,
      "type": "Text"
    },
    {
      "id": "body",
      "name": "Body",
      "required": true,
      "localized": true,
      "type": "Text"
    }
  ],
  "sys": {
    "firstPublishedAt": "2025-04-08T16:20:45.000Z",
    "publishedCounter": 2,
    "publishedAt": "2025-04-08T16:20:45.000Z",
    "publishedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU"
      }
    },
    "publishedVersion": 9
  }
}

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

space_idstringRequired

ID of the space in form of a string

environment_idstringRequired

ID of the environment in form of a string

content_type_idstringRequired

ID of the content type in form of a string

Headers

X-Contentful-VersionstringOptional

Version of the content type to activate

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

OK - Request successful