Update API Tool

Updates an existing API tool by its slug. Use this endpoint to modify an API tool’s parameters, description, or endpoint configuration.

PATCH /ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}

Update API Tool

cURL

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'apikey: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "slug": "create_lead",
  "description": "When to use, preconditions, what it returns",
  "endpoint": "https://api.example.com/leads",
  "method": "POST",
  "enableBasicAuth": true,
  "basicAuthUsername": "username",
  "basicAuthPassword": "password",
  "headers": "{\"Content-Type\": \"application/json\", \"Authorization\": \"Bearer token\"}",
  "bodyTemplate": "{\"name\": \"{{name}}\", \"email\": \"{{email}}\"}",
  "allowAdditionalProperties": false,
  "parameters": [
    {
      "key": "email",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Email of the lead",
      "required": false
    }
  ],
  "icon": "http://localhost:3001"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}"

payload = {
    "slug": "create_lead",
    "description": "When to use, preconditions, what it returns",
    "endpoint": "https://api.example.com/leads",
    "method": "POST",
    "enableBasicAuth": True,
    "basicAuthUsername": "username",
    "basicAuthPassword": "password",
    "headers": "{\"Content-Type\": \"application/json\", \"Authorization\": \"Bearer token\"}",
    "bodyTemplate": "{\"name\": \"{{name}}\", \"email\": \"{{email}}\"}",
    "allowAdditionalProperties": False,
    "parameters": [
        {
            "key": "email",
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Email of the lead",
            "required": False
        }
    ],
    "icon": "http://localhost:3001"
}
headers = {
    "apikey": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {apikey: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    slug: 'create_lead',
    description: 'When to use, preconditions, what it returns',
    endpoint: 'https://api.example.com/leads',
    method: 'POST',
    enableBasicAuth: true,
    basicAuthUsername: 'username',
    basicAuthPassword: 'password',
    headers: '{"Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer token"}',
    bodyTemplate: '{"name": "{{name}}", "email": "{{email}}"}',
    allowAdditionalProperties: false,
    parameters: [
      {
        key: 'email',
        type: 'string',
        description: 'Email of the lead',
        required: false
      }
    ],
    icon: 'http://localhost:3001'
  })
};

fetch('https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'slug' => 'create_lead',
    'description' => 'When to use, preconditions, what it returns',
    'endpoint' => 'https://api.example.com/leads',
    'method' => 'POST',
    'enableBasicAuth' => true,
    'basicAuthUsername' => 'username',
    'basicAuthPassword' => 'password',
    'headers' => '{"Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer token"}',
    'bodyTemplate' => '{"name": "{{name}}", "email": "{{email}}"}',
    'allowAdditionalProperties' => false,
    'parameters' => [
        [
                'key' => 'email',
                'type' => 'string',
                'description' => 'Email of the lead',
                'required' => false
        ]
    ],
    'icon' => 'http://localhost:3001'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "apikey: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"slug\": \"create_lead\",\n  \"description\": \"When to use, preconditions, what it returns\",\n  \"endpoint\": \"https://api.example.com/leads\",\n  \"method\": \"POST\",\n  \"enableBasicAuth\": true,\n  \"basicAuthUsername\": \"username\",\n  \"basicAuthPassword\": \"password\",\n  \"headers\": \"{\\\"Content-Type\\\": \\\"application/json\\\", \\\"Authorization\\\": \\\"Bearer token\\\"}\",\n  \"bodyTemplate\": \"{\\\"name\\\": \\\"{{name}}\\\", \\\"email\\\": \\\"{{email}}\\\"}\",\n  \"allowAdditionalProperties\": false,\n  \"parameters\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"email\",\n      \"type\": \"string\",\n      \"description\": \"Email of the lead\",\n      \"required\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"icon\": \"http://localhost:3001\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("apikey", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}")
  .header("apikey", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"slug\": \"create_lead\",\n  \"description\": \"When to use, preconditions, what it returns\",\n  \"endpoint\": \"https://api.example.com/leads\",\n  \"method\": \"POST\",\n  \"enableBasicAuth\": true,\n  \"basicAuthUsername\": \"username\",\n  \"basicAuthPassword\": \"password\",\n  \"headers\": \"{\\\"Content-Type\\\": \\\"application/json\\\", \\\"Authorization\\\": \\\"Bearer token\\\"}\",\n  \"bodyTemplate\": \"{\\\"name\\\": \\\"{{name}}\\\", \\\"email\\\": \\\"{{email}}\\\"}\",\n  \"allowAdditionalProperties\": false,\n  \"parameters\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"email\",\n      \"type\": \"string\",\n      \"description\": \"Email of the lead\",\n      \"required\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"icon\": \"http://localhost:3001\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{appId}.api-{region}.cometchat.io/v3/ai-agents/agent-builder/api-tools/{slug}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["apikey"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"slug\": \"create_lead\",\n  \"description\": \"When to use, preconditions, what it returns\",\n  \"endpoint\": \"https://api.example.com/leads\",\n  \"method\": \"POST\",\n  \"enableBasicAuth\": true,\n  \"basicAuthUsername\": \"username\",\n  \"basicAuthPassword\": \"password\",\n  \"headers\": \"{\\\"Content-Type\\\": \\\"application/json\\\", \\\"Authorization\\\": \\\"Bearer token\\\"}\",\n  \"bodyTemplate\": \"{\\\"name\\\": \\\"{{name}}\\\", \\\"email\\\": \\\"{{email}}\\\"}\",\n  \"allowAdditionalProperties\": false,\n  \"parameters\": [\n    {\n      \"key\": \"email\",\n      \"type\": \"string\",\n      \"description\": \"Email of the lead\",\n      \"required\": false\n    }\n  ],\n  \"icon\": \"http://localhost:3001\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

200

{
  "_id": "myapp_my-api-tool",
  "appId": "my-app-id",
  "slug": "my-api-tool",
  "name": "My API Tool",
  "description": "Calls an external API",
  "icon": "https://example.com/icon.png",
  "endpoint": "https://api.example.com/search",
  "method": "GET",
  "enableBasicAuth": false,
  "headers": "{\"Content-Type\":\"application/json\"}",
  "bodyTemplate": "{\"query\":\"{{query}}\"}",
  "allowAdditionalProperties": false,
  "parameters": [
    {
      "key": "query",
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The search query",
      "required": true
    }
  ],
  "tool": {
    "name": "my-api-tool",
    "description": "Calls an external API",
    "parameters": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {},
      "required": []
    }
  },
  "createdAt": 1700000000000,
  "updatedAt": 1700000000000
}

For the complete error reference, see Error Guide.

Authorizations

apikey · string · header · required

API Key (i.e. Rest API Key from the Dashboard).

Path Parameters

slug · string · required

Body

application/json

slug · string

Slug for the API tool (unique)

Example:

"create_lead"

description · string

Description of the API tool

Example:

"When to use, preconditions, what it returns"

endpoint · string

API endpoint URL

Example:

"https://api.example.com/leads"

method · enum<string>

HTTP method

Available options: GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE

Example:

"POST"

enableBasicAuth · boolean

Whether to enable basic authentication

Example:

true

basicAuthUsername · string

Basic auth username (required if enableBasicAuth is true)

Example:

"username"

basicAuthPassword · string

Basic auth password (required if enableBasicAuth is true)

Example:

"password"

headers · string

HTTP headers as a JSON string (e.g., '{"Content-Type": "application/json", "Authorization": "Bearer token"}')

Example:

"{\"Content-Type\": \"application/json\", \"Authorization\": \"Bearer token\"}"

bodyTemplate · string

Body template for the API request

Example:

"{\"name\": \"{{name}}\", \"email\": \"{{email}}\"}"

allowAdditionalProperties · boolean · default: false

Whether to allow additional properties

Example:

false

parameters · object[]

Array of parameters for the API tool

Show child attributes

icon · string

Icon for the API Tool

Example:

"http://localhost:3001"

Response

200 - application/json

API tool updated successfully

_id · string

Example:

"myapp_my-api-tool"

appId · string

Example:

"my-app-id"

slug · string

Example:

"my-api-tool"

name · string

Example:

"My API Tool"

description · string

Example:

"Calls an external API"

icon · string

Example:

"https://example.com/icon.png"

endpoint · string

Example:

"https://api.example.com/search"

method · string

Example:

"GET"

enableBasicAuth · boolean

Example:

false

headers · string | null

Example:

"{\"Content-Type\":\"application/json\"}"

bodyTemplate · string | null

Example:

"{\"query\":\"{{query}}\"}"

allowAdditionalProperties · boolean

Example:

false

parameters · object[]

Show child attributes

tool · object

Show child attributes

createdAt · number

Example:

1700000000000

updatedAt · number

Example:

1700000000000