Update an entry

PUT

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

PUT

/spaces/:space_id/environments/:environment_id/releases/:release_id/entries/:entry_id

$ curl -X PUT https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments/staging/releases/black-friday-1pQyHCh6c6Ic2qFzXzAWmW/entries/5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS \
>      -H "X-Contentful-Version: 4" \
>      -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>      -H "Content-Type: application/vnd.contentful.management.v1+json" \
>      -d '{
>   "fields": {
>     "title": {
>       "en-US": "Hello, World!"
>     },
>     "body": {
>       "en-US": "Bacon is healthy!"
>     }
>   },
>   "metadata": {
>     "tags": [
>       {
>         "sys": {
>           "type": "Link",
>           "linkType": "Tag",
>           "id": "nyCampaign"
>         }
>       }
>     ]
>   }
> }'

200Timeline entries_updateAnEntry_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     "id": "5KsDBWseXY6QegucYAoacS",
23     "type": "Entry",
24     "contentType": {
25       "sys": {
26         "type": "Link",
27         "linkType": "ContentType",
28         "id": "hfM9RCJIk0wIm06WkEOQY"
29       }
30     },
31     "release": {
32       "sys": {
33         "type": "Link",
34         "linkType": "Release",
35         "id": "black"
36       }
37     },
38     "version": 1,
39     "space": {
40       "sys": {
41         "type": "Link",
42         "linkType": "Space",
43         "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0"
44       }
45     },
46     "environment": {
47       "sys": {
48         "type": "Link",
49         "linkType": "Environment",
50         "id": "staging"
51       }
52     },
53     "createdAt": "2025-07-25T23:41:38.000Z",
54     "createdBy": {
55       "sys": {
56         "type": "Link",
57         "linkType": "User",
58         "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ"
59       }
60     },
61     "updatedAt": "2025-07-25T23:41:38.000Z",
62     "updatedBy": {
63       "sys": {
64         "type": "Link",
65         "linkType": "User",
66         "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU"
67       }
68     }
69   }
70 }

Updates a release entry by ID. Include the current version in X-Contentful-Version; content type ID is not required in the payload.

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

release_idstringRequired

ID of the release in form of a string

entry_idstringRequired

ID of the entry in form of a string

Headers

X-Contentful-VersionstringRequired

Version of the entry to update

Request

This endpoint expects a map from strings to any.

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

OK - Request successful