;
};
To update some of the basic details for an existing
file request, all you need is its unique ID.
```sh cURL theme={null}
curl -i -X PUT "https://api.box.com/2.0/file_requests/42037322" \
-H "authorization: Bearer " \
-d '{
"title": "Please upload required documents",
"description": "Please upload required documents",
"status": "active",
"is_email_required": true,
"is_description_required": false
}'
```
```typescript Node/TypeScript v10 theme={null}
await client.fileRequests.updateFileRequestById(copiedFileRequest.id, {
title: 'updated title',
description: 'updated description',
} satisfies FileRequestUpdateRequest);
```
```python Python v10 theme={null}
client.file_requests.update_file_request_by_id(
copied_file_request.id, title="updated title", description="updated description"
)
```
```csharp .NET v10 theme={null}
await client.FileRequests.UpdateFileRequestByIdAsync(fileRequestId: copiedFileRequest.Id, requestBody: new FileRequestUpdateRequest() { Title = "updated title", Description = "updated description" });
```
```swift Swift v10 theme={null}
try await client.fileRequests.updateFileRequestById(fileRequestId: copiedFileRequest.id, requestBody: FileRequestUpdateRequest(title: "updated title", description: "updated description"))
```
```java Java v10 theme={null}
client.getFileRequests().updateFileRequestById(copiedFileRequest.getId(), new FileRequestUpdateRequest.Builder().title("updated title").description("updated description").build())
```
```java Java v5 theme={null}
BoxFileRequest fileRequest = new BoxFileRequest(api, "id");
BoxFileRequest.Info fileRequestInfo = fileRequest.new Info();
fileRequestInfo.setDescription("Following documents are requested for your process");
fileRequestInfo.setIsDescriptionRequired(true);
fileRequestInfo.setStatus(BoxFileRequest.Status.ACTIVE);
fileRequestInfo = fileRequest.updateInfo(fileRequestInfo);
```
```py Python v4 theme={null}
from boxsdk.object.file_request import StatusState
update_data = {
"description": 'Updated description',
"is_email_required": True,
"status": StatusState.ACTIVE
}
file_request.update_info(data=update_data)
```
```csharp .NET v6 theme={null}
var updateRequest = new BoxFileRequestUpdateRequest
{
Description = "New file request description",
Status = BoxFileRequestStatus.inactive
};
BoxFileRequestObject fileRequest = await client.FileRequestsManager.UpdateFileRequestAsync("12345", updateRequest);
```
```js Node v4 theme={null}
client.fileRequests.update(fileRequestId, {
title: 'Updated title'
}).then((r: FileRequest) => {
// do something with the updated file request
console.log(r)
});
```
For more details on the different fields that can be updated when creating
a template, please see the reference documentation for the
`POST /file-requests/:id/update` API.
The ID of a file request can be determined by visiting the Box web
app and inspecting the URL. Please
check our guide on setting up a file
request template to learn how to determine a file request ID.