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# Update a note

> Changes a note's text and returns it.

Send a multipart form, as for Create a note: the new HTML as the `note` field, with any files beside it. Returns the note under `note`.

> [!NOTE]
>
> The SDK samples get their client from credentials your app registers once when it starts, as shown in [Authentication](https://exsited.mintlify.site/authentication.md#set-up-a-client). To try the call here, click **Try it**, set `host` to your Exsited API host name and paste an access token from [Get an access token](https://exsited.mintlify.site/api-reference/authentication/get-an-access-token.md).


## OpenAPI

````yaml PATCH /accounts/{account_id}/notes/{note_id}
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Exsited API
  version: v4
servers:
  - url: https://{host}/api/v4
    variables:
      host:
        default: your-api-host.example.com
        description: Your Exsited API host name, without https://.
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Authentication
  - name: Accounts
  - name: Account emails
  - name: Account groups
  - name: Communications
  - name: Communication profiles
  - name: Orders
  - name: Quote orders
  - name: Express
  - name: Usages
  - name: Sales reps
  - name: Gift certificates
  - name: Invoices
  - name: Pro-forma invoices
  - name: Payments
  - name: Refunds
  - name: Credit notes
  - name: Credit note applications
  - name: Reconciliations
  - name: Items
  - name: Inventory adjustments
  - name: Units of measurement
  - name: Zones
  - name: Shipping packages
  - name: Shipping rules
  - name: Fulfillment profiles
  - name: Fulfillment terms
  - name: Item fulfillments
  - name: Item receipts
  - name: Bookings
  - name: Rental assets
  - name: Return merchandise authorisations
  - name: Purchase orders
  - name: Purchase invoices
  - name: Purchase payments
  - name: Purchase refunds
  - name: Purchase credit notes
  - name: Purchase credit note applications
  - name: Purchase express
  - name: Return vendor authorizations
  - name: ABA files
  - name: Receive terms
  - name: Labours
  - name: Tasks
  - name: Timesheets
  - name: Milestones
  - name: Employees
  - name: Departments
  - name: Designations
  - name: Teams
  - name: Time periods
  - name: Workflows
  - name: Workflow settings
  - name: Events
  - name: Custom events
  - name: System events
  - name: Approvals
  - name: Approval profiles
  - name: Approval user groups
  - name: Alerts
  - name: Alert responsibility settings
  - name: Alert responsibilities
  - name: Action scripts
  - name: Note groups
  - name: Note attachments
  - name: Instance settings
  - name: Accounting codes
  - name: Additional codes
  - name: Billing periods
  - name: Charging periods
  - name: Pricing periods
  - name: Invoice terms
  - name: Days of the month
  - name: Countries
  - name: Salutations
  - name: Document templates
  - name: Email templates
  - name: Roles
  - name: Operators
  - name: Operator groups
  - name: User settings
  - name: Custom attributes
  - name: Custom components
  - name: Custom features
  - name: Custom fields
  - name: Custom forms
  - name: Attribute attachments
  - name: Portal
  - name: Integration connections
  - name: External databases
  - name: Reports
  - name: Applications
  - name: Organisation
  - name: Child organisations
  - name: Webhooks
paths:
  /accounts/{account_id}/notes/{note_id}:
    patch:
      tags:
        - Accounts
      summary: Update a note
      description: >-
        Send a multipart form, as for Create a note: the new HTML as the `note`
        field, with any files beside it. Returns the note under `note`.
      operationId: accounts_update_account_note
      parameters:
        - name: account_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The account's `id`, such as `ACC0001`. Not its `uuid`.
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: note_id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: The note's `id`, as returned when the note is created or listed.
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - note
              properties:
                note:
                  type: string
                  description: The note's new HTML. Required.
                file:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                  description: A file to attach. Optional.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The note, under `note`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountNoteViewResponse'
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: bash
          label: cURL
          source: >-
            curl -X PATCH
            "$EXSITED_BASE_URL/api/v4/accounts/ACC0001/notes/note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d"
            \
              -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
              --form-string 'note=<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>' \
              -F "file=@notes.txt"
        - lang: python
          label: Python
          source: |
            from exsited import build_client

            client = build_client()

            response = client.accounts.update_account_note(
                "ACC0001",
                "note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d",
                "<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>",
                files={"file": open("notes.txt", "rb")},
            )
            print(response.data)
        - lang: javascript
          label: JavaScript
          source: |
            import {readFileSync} from 'node:fs';
            import {buildClient} from 'exsited';

            const client = await buildClient();

            const response = await client.accounts.updateAccountNote(
                'ACC0001',
                'note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d',
                '<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>',
                {files: {file: ['notes.txt', readFileSync('notes.txt')]}},
            );
            console.log(response.data);
        - lang: php
          label: PHP
          source: |
            use Exsited\Client\ClientRegistry;

            $client = ClientRegistry::buildClient();

            $response = $client->accounts->updateAccountNote(
                'ACC0001',
                'note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d',
                '<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>',
                ['file' => ['notes.txt', fopen('notes.txt', 'r')]],
            );
            print_r($response->data);
        - lang: java
          label: Java
          source: >
            import com.exsited.client.ApiResponse;

            import com.exsited.client.ClientRegistry;

            import com.exsited.client.ExsitedClient;

            import com.exsited.client.RequestOptions;

            import
            com.exsited.resources.accounts.accounts_dto.AccountsDto.NoteView;

            import java.nio.file.Path;

            import java.util.Map;


            ExsitedClient client = ClientRegistry.buildClient();


            ApiResponse<NoteView> response =
            client.accounts().updateAccountNote(
                    "ACC0001",
                    "note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d",
                    "<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>",
                    Map.of("file", Path.of("notes.txt")),
                    RequestOptions.none());
            System.out.println(response.getMap());
        - lang: csharp
          label: .NET
          source: |
            using Exsited.Client;

            await using var client = ExsitedClient.BuildClient();

            var response = await client.Accounts.UpdateAccountNoteAsync(
                "ACC0001",
                "note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d",
                "<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>",
                new Dictionary<string, object?> { ["file"] = new object?[] { "notes.txt", File.ReadAllBytes("notes.txt") } });

            Console.WriteLine(response.Json);
        - lang: dart
          label: Dart
          source: |
            import 'dart:io';

            import 'package:exsited/exsited.dart';

            final client = buildClient();

            final response = await client.accounts.updateAccountNote(
              'ACC0001',
              'note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d',
              '<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>',
              files: {
                'file': ['notes.txt', File('notes.txt').readAsBytesSync()],
              },
            );
            print(response.map);
        - lang: go
          label: Go
          source: "import (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\t\"log\"\n\t\"os\"\n\n\texsited \"github.com/exsited/exsited-sdk-go/v4\"\n)\n\nclient, err := exsited.BuildClient(nil)\nif err != nil {\n\tlog.Fatal(err)\n}\ndefer client.Close()\n\nfile, err := os.ReadFile(\"notes.txt\")\nif err != nil {\n\tlog.Fatal(err)\n}\nresponse, err := client.Accounts().UpdateAccountNote(context.Background(), \"ACC0001\", \"note_3f2b8c1d9e4a4f6b8c2d1e0f9a8b7c6d\", \"<p>Called Jane about the renewal.</p>\", map[string]any{\"file\": []any{\"notes.txt\", file}}, nil)\nif err != nil {\n\tlog.Fatal(err)\n}\nfmt.Println(response.Map)\n"
components:
  schemas:
    AccountNoteViewResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        note:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountNoteView'
    AccountNoteView:
      type: object
      description: One note.
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        content:
          type: string
          description: The note's HTML, stored and returned as written.
        account:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountReference'
        attachments:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountNoteAttachment'
        watchers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountNoteViewWatcher'
        created_on:
          type: string
        last_updated_on:
          type: string
        created_by:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountUser'
        last_updated_by:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AccountUser'
        version:
          type: integer
        group: {}
        href:
          type: string
        user: {}
    AccountReference:
      type: object
      description: A link to another record.
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        code:
          type: string
        href:
          type: string
        rate:
          type: number
    AccountNoteAttachment:
      type: object
      description: A file attached to a note. Address it by its `uuid`.
      properties:
        uuid:
          type: string
        filename:
          type: string
        content_type:
          type: string
        size:
          type: integer
        href:
          type: string
    AccountNoteViewWatcher:
      type: object
      properties:
        email: {}
        name:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
    AccountUser:
      type: object
      description: The user who created or last changed a record.
      properties:
        object:
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
        href:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        An access token from `POST /api/v4/oauth2/token`. The SDKs get and renew
        it for you.

````

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