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Alpha: Document API is currently alpha and subject to breaking changes.

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Summary

Update the fields of an existing citation source.
  • Operation ID: citations.sources.update
  • API member path: editor.doc.citations.sources.update(...)
  • Mutates document: yes
  • Idempotency: idempotent
  • Supports tracked mode: no
  • Supports dry run: no
  • Deterministic target resolution: yes

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Expected result

Returns a CitationSourceMutationResult indicating success or a failure.

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Input fields

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
patchobjectyes
patch.authorsobject[]no
patch.citystringno
patch.doistringno
patch.editionstringno
patch.editorobject[]no
patch.issuestringno
patch.journalNamestringno
patch.mediumstringno
patch.pagesstringno
patch.publisherstringno
patch.shortTitlestringno
patch.standardNumberstringno
patch.titlestringno
patch.translatorobject[]no
patch.urlstringno
patch.volumestringno
patch.yearstringno
targetobject(kind=“entity”)yes
target.entityType"citationSource"yesConstant: "citationSource"
target.kind"entity"yesConstant: "entity"
target.sourceIdstringyes

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Example request

{
  "patch": {
    "authors": [
      {
        "first": "example",
        "last": "example",
        "middle": "example"
      }
    ],
    "title": "example"
  },
  "target": {
    "entityType": "citationSource",
    "kind": "entity",
    "sourceId": "example"
  }
}

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Output fields

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Variant 1 (source.kind=“entity”)

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
sourceobject(kind=“entity”)yes
source.entityType"citationSource"yesConstant: "citationSource"
source.kind"entity"yesConstant: "entity"
source.sourceIdstringyes
successtrueyesConstant: true

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Variant 2 (success=false)

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
failureobjectyes
failure.codestringyes
failure.detailsanyno
failure.messagestringyes
successfalseyesConstant: false

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Example response

{
  "source": {
    "entityType": "citationSource",
    "kind": "entity",
    "sourceId": "example"
  },
  "success": true
}

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Pre-apply throws

  • TARGET_NOT_FOUND
  • INVALID_TARGET
  • INVALID_INPUT
  • CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE

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Non-applied failure codes

  • None

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Raw schemas

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "patch": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "authors": {
          "items": {
            "additionalProperties": false,
            "properties": {
              "first": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "last": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "middle": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "last"
            ],
            "type": "object"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "city": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "doi": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "edition": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "editor": {
          "items": {
            "additionalProperties": false,
            "properties": {
              "first": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "last": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "middle": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "last"
            ],
            "type": "object"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "issue": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "journalName": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "medium": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "pages": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "publisher": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "shortTitle": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "standardNumber": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "title": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "translator": {
          "items": {
            "additionalProperties": false,
            "properties": {
              "first": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "last": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "middle": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            },
            "required": [
              "last"
            ],
            "type": "object"
          },
          "type": "array"
        },
        "url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "volume": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "year": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "type": "object"
    },
    "target": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "entityType": {
          "const": "citationSource"
        },
        "kind": {
          "const": "entity"
        },
        "sourceId": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "kind",
        "entityType",
        "sourceId"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "target",
    "patch"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "source": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "entityType": {
              "const": "citationSource"
            },
            "kind": {
              "const": "entity"
            },
            "sourceId": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "kind",
            "entityType",
            "sourceId"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": true
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "source"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "failure": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "code": {
              "type": "string"
            },
            "details": {},
            "message": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "code",
            "message"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": false
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "failure"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "source": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "entityType": {
          "const": "citationSource"
        },
        "kind": {
          "const": "entity"
        },
        "sourceId": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "kind",
        "entityType",
        "sourceId"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "success": {
      "const": true
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success",
    "source"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "failure": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "code": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "details": {},
        "message": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "code",
        "message"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    },
    "success": {
      "const": false
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "success",
    "failure"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}