Edit a Record

Edit details of a particular board record using the EditData endpoint.

EditData endpoint description
Description	Allows editing of values in a board record
URL	/board/[boardname]/input/[inputviewname]/[dataid]
Method	POST
Parameters	boardname inputviewname dataid

Review the parameter definitions and examples of how to use the EditData endpoint in JavaScript and C# calls.

Parameters

EditData endpoint parameters
Variable Name	Type	Description	Required
boardname	String	Name of the board containing the record you want to edit	True (URL)
inputviewname	String	Name of the view that contains the input fields for the record type you want to edit	True (URL)
dataid	Integer	Unique ID of the board record you want to edit	True (URL)

Examples

JavaScript Call

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//dataObject will be different for every board. It represents a record. 
var dataObject = {
title: 'newertitle', //changed from newtitle. 
published_date: DateTime.Now, 
approval_status: 'Pending Approval', 
originating_position: 'CMD EOC Director",
originating_user: 'WebEOC Administrator'
};
var newData = {
data: JSON.stringify(dataObject)
};
await fetch(`${baseUrl}/board/Press Release/input/Input/1`, { 
method: 'POST',
headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' }, 
body: JSON.stringify(newData)
})

C# Call

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public async Task EditData()
{
using (var httpClient = new HttpClient(httpClientHandler))
{
var dataObject = new
{
title = "newtitle",
published_date = DateTime.Now, 
approval_status = "Pending Approval", 
originating_position = "CMD EOC Director", 
originating_user = "WebEOC Administrator"
};
var serializedData = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(dataObject);
var newData = new
{
data = serializedData
};
var serializedInformation = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(newData);
await httpClient.PostAsync($"{baseUrl}/board/Press Release/input/Input/1",
new StringContent(serializedInformation, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json"));
}
}