Assets - Update asset

Route URL

PUT https://playcanvas.com/api/assets/:assetId

Description

Update an existing asset's file.

note

This endpoint currently only supports updating script, html, css, text, shader and json type assets.

Unlike other REST API endpoints. The Update Asset endpoint expects data to be sent in multipart/form-data

Example

curl -H "Authorization: Bearer {accessToken}" -X PUT -F 'pow2={pow2}' -F 'file=@./script.js' "https://playcanvas.com/api/assets/{assetId}"

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
assetId	number	✔️	The id of the asset.
file	file	✔️	Data to update asset file with.
pow2	boolean		Only used for textures and defaults to false. Resize the texture to power of two dimensions (true / false).

Response Schema

Status: 200

{
    "id": int,
    "modifiedAt": date,
    "createdAt": date,
    "state": "ready" | "processing" | "error",
    "name": string,
    "type": string,
    "scope":{
        "type": string,
        "id": int
    },
    "source": bool,
    "sourceId": bool,
    "tags": list of strings,
    "preload": bool,
    "data": {
        ... asset data
    },
    "file": {
        "hash": string,
        "filename": string,
        "size": int,
        "url": string
    },
    "parent": int
}

Errors

Code	Description
401	Unauthorized
403	Forbidden
404	Project or Asset not found
429	Too many requests

Rate Limiting

This route uses an assets rate limit.