# Edit path metadata

| **Description** | Update the metadata of a path |
| --------------- | ----------------------------- |
| **Endpoint**    | `/path/{pathId}/metadata`     |
| **Method**      | PATCH                         |

### Access Level Rules

| **Minimum Access Level** | edit+ |
| ------------------------ | ----- |

### Processing Units

| **Processing units** | 0 |
| -------------------- | - |

### Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="312">Description</th><th>Required</th><th>Default</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>pathId</code></td><td>The id of the path to update the metadata for.</td><td>true</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>description</code></td><td>A string of text describing the content of the path.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr><tr><td><code>properties</code></td><td>A JSON with arbitrary metadata to store for the given path.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr><tr><td><code>license</code></td><td>A string containing the license associated with the path.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr><tr><td><code>link</code></td><td>A string containing a link with additional information of the path.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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