# Edit path public access

| **Description** | Update the public access of a path |
| --------------- | ---------------------------------- |
| **Endpoint**    | `/path/{pathId}/publicAccess`      |
| **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 change the public access of.</td><td>true</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><code>accessTier</code></td><td>The new public access level of the path. Must be one of 'view' or 'view+'.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr><tr><td><code>processingUnits</code></td><td>An integer with the new number of processing units that can be used to access the path publicly.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr><tr><td><code>hidden</code></td><td>Boolean whether the path should be hidden from the search.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr><tr><td><code>geoFence</code></td><td>JSON with properties "tiles", "removeTiles", "maxZoom" and "removeMaxZoom" describing the geofence used when publicly viewing the path. 'tiles' is an array of JSONs with properties "tileX", "tileY" and "zoom" as  integers describing the geographic tiles the access token can access and "maxZoom" is an integer describing the maximum zoom level the access token can access.</td><td>false</td><td>Default null.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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