Publish an entry

PUT

https://api.contentful.com/spaces/:space_id/environments/:environment_id/entries/:entry_id/published

PUT

/spaces/:space_id/environments/:environment_id/entries/:entry_id/published

$ curl -X PUT https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments/staging/entries/5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS/published \
>      -H "X-Contentful-Version: 6" \
>      -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

200Entries_publishAnEntry_example

1 {
2   "fields": {
3     "title": {
4       "en-US": "Hello, World!"
5     },
6     "body": {
7       "en-US": "Bacon is healthy!"
8     }
9   },
10   "metadata": {
11     "tags": [
12       {
13         "sys": {
14           "type": "Link",
15           "linkType": "Tag",
16           "id": "nyCampaign"
17         }
18       }
19     ]
20   },
21   "sys": {
22     "firstPublishedAt": "2025-07-08T17:47:48.000Z",
23     "publishedCounter": 2,
24     "publishedAt": "2025-07-28T12:03:21.000Z",
25     "publishedBy": {
26       "sys": {
27         "type": "Link",
28         "linkType": "User",
29         "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU"
30       }
31     },
32     "publishedVersion": 9
33   }
34 }

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

entry_idstringRequired

ID of the entry in form of a string

Headers

X-Contentful-VersionstringOptional

The last version of the entry you are publishing

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

OK - Request successful