Update a Record

You use the SObject Rows resource to update records. Provide the updated record information in your request data and use the PATCH method of the resource with a specific record ID to update that record. Records in a single file must be of the same object type.

In the following example, the Billing City within an Account is updated. The updated record information is provided in patchaccount.json.

Example for updating an Account object
Example request body patchaccount.json file for updating fields in an Account object
Example response body for updating fields in an Account object: none returned
Error response: See Status Codes and Error Responses.

The following example uses Java and HttpClient to update a record using REST API. Note that there is no PatchMethod in HttpClient, so PostMethod is overridden to return “PATCH” as its method name. This example assumes the resource URL has been passed in and contains the object name and record ID.

If you use an HTTP library that doesn't allow overriding or setting an arbitrary HTTP method name, you can send a POST request and provide an override to the HTTP method via the query string parameter _HttpMethod. In the PATCH example, you can replace the PostMethod line with one that doesn't use override:

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Update a Record