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RESTAdminManagementSitesSite Routes

Update Site Route

PUT
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v3/sites/:site_id/routes/:route_id
PUT
/stores/:store_hash/v3/sites/:site_id/routes/:route_id
$curl -X PUT https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v3/sites/site_id/routes/route_id \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "type": "product",
>  "matching": "5",
>  "route": "/my-amazing-product"
>}'
201response
1{
2  "data": {
3    "id": 123,
4    "matching": "5",
5    "route": "/my-amazing-product",
6    "type": "checkout"
7  },
8  "meta": {}
9}

Update a site’s route.

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Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| | Channel Listings | modify | `store_channel_listings` | | Channel Listings | read-only | `store_channel_listings_read_only` | | Channel Settings | modify | `store_channel_settings` | | Channel Settings | read-only | `store_channel_settings_read_only` | | Sites & Routes | modify | `store_sites` | | Sites & Routes | read-only | `store_sites_read_only` | ### Authentication header | Header | Argument | Description | |:-------|:---------|:------------| | `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#api-accounts). | ### Further reading For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests). For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#oauth-scopes). For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).

Path parameters

site_idstringRequired
route_idstringRequired
store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json
The [MIME type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types) of the response body.

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
typeenumRequired

The type of resource being routed to; supported types.

matchingstringRequired

Depending on the resource type, this can be an ID (matching a specific item), or a ”*” wildcard (matching all items of that type).

For example, a route with a type: “product” and matching: “5” will be used for the product with the ID of 5.

routestringRequired

The route template that will be used to generate the URL for the requested resource.

Supports several tokens:

  • {id} The ID of the requested item.
  • {slug} The slug for the requested item (if available). Note: the slug value may contain / slash.
  • {language} The language string that the client is using.

Response

dataobject
Route object used in responses.
metaobject
Response metadata.

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Channel Listingsmodifystore_channel_listings
Channel Listingsread-onlystore_channel_listings_read_only
Channel Settingsmodifystore_channel_settings
Channel Settingsread-onlystore_channel_settings_read_only
Sites & Routesmodifystore_sites
Sites & Routesread-onlystore_sites_read_only

Authentication header

HeaderArgumentDescription
X-Auth-Tokenaccess_tokenFor more about API accounts that generate access_tokens, see our Guide to API Accounts.

Further reading

For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see Authentication and Example Requests.

For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our Guide to API Accounts.

For a list of API status codes, see API Status Codes.

The MIME type of the response body.