> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.parley.so/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update a note

> Rename a note or replace its content. Pass the version you last read as expectedVersion: if someone changed the note since, this returns 409 VERSION_CONFLICT and changes nothing. Omitted fields are left unchanged.



## OpenAPI

````yaml https://api.parley.so/openapi.json patch /notes/{id}
openapi: 3.1.1
info:
  title: Parley API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Manage Parley's projects (matters or cases), accounts (client
    organizations), contacts (people), tasks, custom fields, notes, files,
    activity, automations, and skills. Records refer to each other as { type,
    id, name } references; writes take IDs. Errors are { error: { code, message,
    details } }, where code names what went wrong and each operation lists the
    codes it can return. In a query string, write a timestamp's offset as Z or
    %2B, because a raw + arrives as a space. The MCP server at /mcp offers the
    same data as a smaller set of tools.
servers:
  - url: https://api.parley.so/v1
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Projects
    description: >-
      A project is a matter or case: it groups the files, notes, activity, and
      tasks for one engagement, and links to the accounts and contacts it
      involves.
  - name: Accounts
    description: >-
      An account is a client organization. Contacts belong to it, and projects
      link to it.
  - name: Contacts
    description: >-
      A contact is a person, optionally belonging to one account and linked to
      projects.
  - name: Tasks
    description: >-
      A task is a to-do with a status, assignee, and due date, optionally about
      one project, account, or contact.
  - name: Fields
    description: >-
      Custom fields defined for projects, accounts, contacts, or tasks. Records
      carry their values in fields, keyed by field name.
  - name: Notes
    description: >-
      Markdown notes on a project, account, or contact. Updates take the version
      you last read, so concurrent edits fail with 409 VERSION_CONFLICT instead
      of overwriting.
  - name: Files
    description: >-
      Files and folders of a project, account, contact, or intake, or the
      organization's Library. Add a file by creating an upload, PUTting its
      bytes, and adding the upload to a location.
  - name: Activity
    description: >-
      What happened across the organization or on one record: changes, links,
      notes, files, USCIS case updates, and synced emails and meetings. Each
      item's kind says which details it carries.
  - name: Sessions
    description: >-
      Conversations with Parley's assistant, from the web app, Word, Outlook,
      automation runs, and the API. Start one with a message, follow up or steer
      it while it works, and read its replies.
  - name: Automations
    description: >-
      Instructions Parley's assistant carries out on a schedule, as the person
      who created them, with nobody present.
  - name: Skills
    description: >-
      Reusable playbooks for Parley's assistant: a SKILL.md plus optional
      bundled documents, addressed by slug.
  - name: Users
    description: The people in your organization, and the caller.
paths:
  /notes/{id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - Notes
      summary: Update a note
      description: >-
        Rename a note or replace its content. Pass the version you last read as
        expectedVersion: if someone changed the note since, this returns 409
        VERSION_CONFLICT and changes nothing. Omitted fields are left unchanged.
      operationId: updateNote
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
            description: The note ID.
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                expectedVersion:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: 1
                  maximum: 9007199254740991
                  description: >-
                    The note's version when you last read it. Returns 409 if the
                    note changed since then: get it again, reapply your change,
                    and retry with the new version.
                name:
                  type: string
                  minLength: 1
                  maxLength: 255
                  description: A new title.
                content:
                  type: string
                  description: >-
                    New markdown that replaces the whole note. Refer to a file
                    with @[name](fileId) and a folder with @[name/](folderId),
                    and keep existing references exactly as they are.
              required:
                - expectedVersion
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Note'
        '400':
          description: The request was invalid. VALIDATION_FAILED.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidationFailedError'
        '401':
          description: Missing or invalid credentials. UNAUTHORIZED.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: You don't have permission. FORBIDDEN.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          description: Not found. NOT_FOUND.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '409':
          description: The request conflicts with the current state. VERSION_CONFLICT.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VersionConflictError'
        '429':
          description: Too many requests, or a usage limit was reached. TOO_MANY_REQUESTS.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsError'
components:
  schemas:
    Note:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          minLength: 1
          description: The note ID.
        name:
          type: string
          description: The note title.
        location:
          type: object
          properties:
            type:
              enum:
                - project
                - account
                - contact
              type: string
              description: 'The kind of record: project, account, or contact.'
            id:
              type: string
              description: Its ID.
            name:
              type: string
              description: >-
                The record's name. A contact's is its first and last name, or an
                email address when it has no name.
          required:
            - type
            - id
            - name
          description: The project, account, or contact the note is on.
        version:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 9007199254740991
          description: >-
            Goes up by one each time the content changes or the note is renamed
            through the API. Pass it as expectedVersion when updating the note.
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the note was created.
        updatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: When the note was last changed, including renames.
      required:
        - id
        - name
        - location
        - version
        - createdAt
        - updatedAt
    ValidationFailedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: VALIDATION_FAILED
            message:
              type: string
              examples:
                - The request is invalid.
            details:
              type: object
              properties:
                issues:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: object
                    properties:
                      path:
                        type: string
                        description: >-
                          Where the problem is, as a dotted path into the input
                          such as accountIds.add.0 or reminder.remindAt. Empty
                          for the input as a whole.
                      message:
                        type: string
                        description: What is wrong with the value.
                    required:
                      - path
                      - message
                  description: Each problem with the input.
              required:
                - issues
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - details
      required:
        - error
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: UNAUTHORIZED
            message:
              type: string
              examples:
                - Missing or invalid credentials.
          required:
            - code
            - message
      required:
        - error
    ForbiddenError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: FORBIDDEN
            message:
              type: string
              examples:
                - You don't have permission to do this.
          required:
            - code
            - message
      required:
        - error
    NotFoundError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: NOT_FOUND
            message:
              type: string
              examples:
                - Not found.
          required:
            - code
            - message
      required:
        - error
    VersionConflictError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: VERSION_CONFLICT
            message:
              type: string
              examples:
                - It changed since you read it.
            details:
              type: object
              properties:
                currentVersion:
                  type: integer
                  minimum: -9007199254740991
                  maximum: 9007199254740991
                  description: The version it is at now.
              required:
                - currentVersion
          required:
            - code
            - message
            - details
      required:
        - error
    TooManyRequestsError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
              const: TOO_MANY_REQUESTS
            message:
              type: string
              examples:
                - Too many requests.
          required:
            - code
            - message
      required:
        - error
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: A Parley API key.

````

This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.