Update an article draft

Updates the title and content staged in an open draft.

PATCH /v1/articles/{id}/drafts/{draftId}

Bearer token scope content:write

curl 'https://api.ferndesk.com/v1/articles/art_01JXY9AZK4KV/drafts/drft_01JXY9AZK4KV' \
  --request PATCH \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "title": "example",
  "content": {
    "type": "doc",
    "content": [
      {
        "type": "paragraph",
        "content": [
          {
            "type": "text",
            "text": "Welcome to Ferndesk."
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "markdown": "example"
}'

{
  "id": "drft_01JXY9AZK4KV",
  "language": "en",
  "status": "open",
  "baseVersion": 3,
  "source": "api",
  "stale": false,
  "updatedAt": "2026-01-15T18:25:43.511Z"
}

Updated draft

Path parameters

· 2

id string required

Article identifier.

draftId string required

Draft identifier.

Body

required application/json

title string · min length: 1

content any

Tiptap/ProseMirror document. Image src values may be external URLs or data: URIs; both are uploaded and rewritten to Ferndesk asset paths on write.

markdown string

Path parameters

Body

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