---
title: PATCH Request - Updating existing records
slug: patch-request-updating-existing-records
icon: {"apiMethod":"PATCH"}
docTags: 
createdAt: 2025-06-10T07:47:42.512Z
---

PATCH requests provide incremental updates to a record, without replacing the content of the entire record.

## URL Format

### Single record

The format to update a single record is:

[https://\[instance-url\]/v1/\[table-name\]](https://docs-servicely.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/SD/pages/2077556747/GET+Request+-+Retrieving+records#)/\[id]

Example:

[https://sandbox.servicely.ai/v1/User/c0a8011645fb1a608145fb3102b10000](https://sandbox.servicely.ai/v1/User/c0a8011645fb1a608145fb3102b10000)

### Example: Deactivate User and change their last name

```text
➜  ~ https -v PATCH https://sandbox.servicely.ai/v1/User/c0a8011645fb1a608145fb3102b10000 Active=false LastName="Employee (ex)"
PATCH /v1/User/c0a8011645fb1a608145fb3102b10000 HTTP/1.1

{
    "Active": "false",
    "LastName": "Employee (ex)"
}


HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 657
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "data": {
        "Active": false,
        "CreatedBy": "4028818a3b214291013b21504a000000",
        "CreatedOn": "2020-01-01T14:44:24.853Z",
        "Email": "eric.employee@servicely.ai",
        "FirstName": "Erik",
        "LastName": "Employee (ex)",
        "LockedOut": false,
        "Name": "Erik Employee (ex)",
        "SID": "LBoawmmFanX4V",
        "SelectableForAssignment": false,
        "SelectableForRequests": false,
        "TableClass": "User",
        "UpdatedBy": "4028818a3b214291013b21504a000000",
        "UpdatedOn": "2021-06-16T11:59:42.153Z",
        "UserName": "erik.employee",
        "VIP": false,
        "Version": 20,
        "id": "c0a8011645fb1a608145fb3102b10000"
    }
}
```