footnotes.update

Summary

Update the content of an existing footnote or endnote. Structured body content is not available in this v1-only branch; those shapes return CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE.

Operation ID: footnotes.update
API member path: editor.doc.footnotes.update(...)
Mutates document: yes
Idempotency: idempotent
Supports tracked mode: yes
Supports dry run: yes
Deterministic target resolution: yes

Expected result

Returns a FootnoteMutationResult indicating success with the updated footnote address or a failure.

Input fields

Field	Type	Required	Description
`patch`	object \| object \| object	yes	One of: object, object, object
`target`	object(kind=“entity”)	yes
`target.entityType`	`"footnote"`	yes	Constant: `"footnote"`
`target.kind`	`"entity"`	yes	Constant: `"entity"`
`target.noteId`	string	yes

Example request

{
  "patch": {
    "content": "example"
  },
  "target": {
    "entityType": "footnote",
    "kind": "entity",
    "noteId": "example"
  }
}

Output fields

Variant 1 (success=true)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`footnote`	object(kind=“entity”)	yes
`footnote.entityType`	`"footnote"`	yes	Constant: `"footnote"`
`footnote.kind`	`"entity"`	yes	Constant: `"entity"`
`footnote.noteId`	string	yes
`success`	`true`	yes	Constant: `true`

Variant 2 (success=false)

Field	Type	Required	Description
`failure`	object	yes
`failure.code`	string	yes
`failure.details`	any	no
`failure.message`	string	yes
`success`	`false`	yes	Constant: `false`

Example response

{
  "footnote": {
    "entityType": "footnote",
    "kind": "entity",
    "noteId": "example"
  },
  "success": true
}

Pre-apply throws

TARGET_NOT_FOUND
INVALID_TARGET
INVALID_INPUT
CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE

Non-applied failure codes

INVALID_FRAGMENT
CAPABILITY_UNAVAILABLE

Raw schemas

Raw input schema

{
  "additionalProperties": false,
  "properties": {
    "patch": {
      "oneOf": [
        {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "content": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "content"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "body": {
              "description": "Structured SDM/1 note body patch.",
              "oneOf": [
                {
                  "type": "object"
                },
                {
                  "items": {
                    "type": "object"
                  },
                  "type": "array"
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "body"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {},
          "type": "object"
        }
      ]
    },
    "target": {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "entityType": {
          "const": "footnote"
        },
        "kind": {
          "const": "entity"
        },
        "noteId": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "kind",
        "entityType",
        "noteId"
      ],
      "type": "object"
    }
  },
  "required": [
    "target",
    "patch"
  ],
  "type": "object"
}

Raw output schema

{
  "oneOf": [
    {
      "additionalProperties": false,
      "properties": {
        "footnote": {
          "additionalProperties": false,
          "properties": {
            "entityType": {
              "const": "footnote"
            },
            "kind": {
              "const": "entity"
            },
            "noteId": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          },
          "required": [
            "kind",
            "entityType",
            "noteId"
          ],
          "type": "object"
        },
        "success": {
          "const": true
        }
      },
      "required": [
        "success",
        "footnote"
      ],
      "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"
    }
  ]
}

Raw success schema

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

Raw failure schema

{
  "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"
}

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Summary

Expected result

Input fields

Example request

Output fields

Variant 1 (success=true)

Variant 2 (success=false)

Example response

Pre-apply throws

Non-applied failure codes

Raw schemas