Update a metafield

patch /api/{ownerResource}/{ownerId}/metafields/{id}

Updates the Metafield resource.

Partially updates a metafield. The body is a JSON Merge Patch document - typically just the new value, which is re-validated against the definition.

Translations

Send Flowkiwi-Locale to update the value for a specific locale when the definition’s type is translatable. Other locales keep their existing value.

Headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
Flowkiwi-Locale	string	-	Specifies the locale for properties that support localization. If not provided, the default locale will be used.

Path parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
ownerResource	string	required	The owner resource type the metafields are scoped to (e.g. "products", "variants"); must match the definition's ownerType.
ownerId	string	required	The id of the owner record the metafields belong to.
id	string	required	The metafield's unique identifier (UUID).

Request body

Property	Type	Required	Description
value	string | null	-	Metafield value. Translatable - absent = keep, null = remove the value in the active locale.

Response

200 - Metafield resource updated

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
createdAt	string	-	The date and time when the resource was created (ISO 8601 format).
definition	string | null	-	The MetafieldDefinition this metafield is an instance of. Requires the metafields:read scope. Returned null when the scope is missing.
id	string	-	The resource's unique identifier (UUID).
metaobject	array	-	The referenced metaobject(s). Populated when ?expand=metaobject is requested and the field type is metaobject_reference or list__metaobject_reference. Requires the metaobjects:read scope. Returned empty when the scope is missing.
ownerId	string | null	-	The id of the owner record the metafield is attached to.
ownerResource	string	required	The type of resource that the metafield is attached to.
updatedAt	string	-	The date and time when the resource was last modified (ISO 8601 format).
value	string	-	This property supports translations. The data stored in the metafield. Always stored as a string, regardless of the metafield's type.

Errors

400 - Invalid input

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
code	string	-	Stable identifier of the error in the error code catalogue (see /api/error-codes). Present on catalogued errors only.
description	string | null	-
detail	string | null	-	A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
instance	string | null	-	A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced.
message	string	-	End-user message localized in the request locale, with this occurrence's values substituted. Present on catalogued errors only.
slug	string	-	Stable, readable key of the error in the error code catalogue. Present on catalogued errors only.
status	integer | null	-
title	string | null	-	A short, human-readable summary of the problem. For a catalogued error it repeats the slug.
type	string	-	A URI reference that identifies the problem type. For a catalogued error it is the error code resource, /api/error-codes/{code}.

403 - Access denied. The caller is missing one or more permissions required for this operation.

Content-Type: application/problem+json

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
detail	string	-
missingPermissions	string[]	-	Permissions that the caller is missing for this operation. Present only when the 403 is caused by a denied permission.
status	integer	-
title	string	-
type	string	-

404 - Not found

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
code	string	-	Stable identifier of the error in the error code catalogue (see /api/error-codes). Present on catalogued errors only.
description	string | null	-
detail	string | null	-	A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
instance	string | null	-	A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem. It may or may not yield further information if dereferenced.
message	string	-	End-user message localized in the request locale, with this occurrence's values substituted. Present on catalogued errors only.
slug	string	-	Stable, readable key of the error in the error code catalogue. Present on catalogued errors only.
status	integer | null	-
title	string | null	-	A short, human-readable summary of the problem. For a catalogued error it repeats the slug.
type	string	-	A URI reference that identifies the problem type. For a catalogued error it is the error code resource, /api/error-codes/{code}.

422 - An error occurred

Property	Type	Required	Description
@context	string | object	-
@id	string	required
@type	string	required
description	string	-
detail	string	-
instance	string | null	-
status	integer	-
title	string | null	-
type	string	-
violations	object[]	-
Show violations fields Property Type Required Description code string - The code of the violation hint string - An extra hint to understand the violation message string required The message associated with the violation parameters object - Dynamic placeholder values for the violation message template (substitute into the code catalogue message). payload object - The serialized payload of the violation propertyPath string required The property path of the violation slug string - Stable centralized error-code slug for this violation (see /api/error-codes).