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Updating a Single Field
To update only a single field of a Device, please use the PATCH method with the parameters that need to be changed.

Request

To update all fields of a Device please make a PUT request to the following URL:

HTTP Method	URL
PUT	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/<device_key>/`

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
device_key	String	The id or label of the Device, label should use the prefix `~`

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Use	Description
token	String	Authentication	Authentication Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter.

Body Parameters

Parameters	Type	Required?	Default Value	Description
label	String	Yes	N/A (required)	The API label of Device
name	String	No	Same as `label`	Name of Device
description	String	No	`""`	Description of Device
tags	String Array	No	`[]`	Device tags
properties	Object	No	`{}`	Device properties
organization	<organization_key>	No	`null`	Key of Organization (id or label)

Header

Parameter	Required?	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	Authentication Token of account

$ curl -X PUT 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/<device_key>/' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -d '{
    "properties": {},
    "description": "change description",
    "isActive": true,
    "label": "first-device",
    "name": "First Device",
    "organization": "af92e4c82bf1d39cc21882f5b",
    "tags": ["first"],
}'

{
    "properties": {},
    "createdAt": "2019-11-25T19:35:08.975270Z",
    "description": "change description",
    "id": "6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
    "isActive": true,
    "label": "first-device",
    "lastActivity": null,
    "name": "First Device",
    "organization": {
        "id": "af92e4c82bf1d39cc21882f5b",
        "label": "my-first-customer",
        "name": "My First Customer",
        "url": "http://industrial.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/organizations/af92e4c82bf1d39cc21882f5b"
    },
    "position": {
        "lat": 6.2486,
        "lng": 75.5742
    },
    "tags": ["first"],
    "url": "http://industrial.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
    "variables": "http://industrial.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa/variables",
    "variablesNumber": 1
}

{
    "code": 400001,
    "message": "Validation Error.",
    "detail": {
        ....
    }
}

{
    "code": 401001,
    "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided.",
    "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

Response

Returns a Device object of the updated Device.