Update a theme
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.yalg.ai/v1/users/themes/{id} \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "Founder voice",
"description": "Direct, practical, and story-led.",
"config": {
"tone": "direct",
"pacing": "concise",
"pointOfView": "first_person"
}
}
'const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Founder voice',
description: 'Direct, practical, and story-led.',
config: {tone: 'direct', pacing: 'concise', pointOfView: 'first_person'}
})
};
fetch('https://api.yalg.ai/v1/users/themes/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.yalg.ai/v1/users/themes/{id}"
payload = {
"name": "Founder voice",
"description": "Direct, practical, and story-led.",
"config": {
"tone": "direct",
"pacing": "concise",
"pointOfView": "first_person"
}
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text){
"id": "018f9f46-9a0e-7afd-b13f-2f63f07aa4f2",
"name": "Founder voice",
"description": "Direct, practical, and story-led.",
"isDefault": false,
"config": {
"tone": "direct",
"pacing": "concise"
},
"createdAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
}{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Validation failed",
"error": "Bad Request",
"code": "validation_failed"
}{
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Invalid or missing API key",
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "unauthorized"
}{
"statusCode": 403,
"message": "Access denied",
"error": "Forbidden",
"code": "forbidden"
}{
"statusCode": 404,
"message": "Resource not found",
"error": "Not Found",
"code": "not_found"
}{
"statusCode": 409,
"message": "Resource conflict",
"error": "Conflict",
"code": "conflict"
}{
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Rate limit exceeded",
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"retryAfter": 60
}{
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Internal server error",
"error": "Internal Server Error",
"code": "internal_server_error"
}user-themes
Update a theme
Update a theme through the YALG API. Requests are scoped to the authenticated API key owner; cross-owner resource IDs return 404.
PATCH
/
v1
/
users
/
themes
/
{id}
Update a theme
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.yalg.ai/v1/users/themes/{id} \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"name": "Founder voice",
"description": "Direct, practical, and story-led.",
"config": {
"tone": "direct",
"pacing": "concise",
"pointOfView": "first_person"
}
}
'const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: 'Founder voice',
description: 'Direct, practical, and story-led.',
config: {tone: 'direct', pacing: 'concise', pointOfView: 'first_person'}
})
};
fetch('https://api.yalg.ai/v1/users/themes/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));import requests
url = "https://api.yalg.ai/v1/users/themes/{id}"
payload = {
"name": "Founder voice",
"description": "Direct, practical, and story-led.",
"config": {
"tone": "direct",
"pacing": "concise",
"pointOfView": "first_person"
}
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text){
"id": "018f9f46-9a0e-7afd-b13f-2f63f07aa4f2",
"name": "Founder voice",
"description": "Direct, practical, and story-led.",
"isDefault": false,
"config": {
"tone": "direct",
"pacing": "concise"
},
"createdAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z",
"updatedAt": "2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
}{
"statusCode": 400,
"message": "Validation failed",
"error": "Bad Request",
"code": "validation_failed"
}{
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Invalid or missing API key",
"error": "Unauthorized",
"code": "unauthorized"
}{
"statusCode": 403,
"message": "Access denied",
"error": "Forbidden",
"code": "forbidden"
}{
"statusCode": 404,
"message": "Resource not found",
"error": "Not Found",
"code": "not_found"
}{
"statusCode": 409,
"message": "Resource conflict",
"error": "Conflict",
"code": "conflict"
}{
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Rate limit exceeded",
"error": "Too Many Requests",
"code": "rate_limit_exceeded",
"retryAfter": 60
}{
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Internal server error",
"error": "Internal Server Error",
"code": "internal_server_error"
}Authorizations
ApiKeyAuthbearer
YALG Developer API key. Send it in the x-api-key header from a server-side environment only.
Path Parameters
UUID of the theme
Example:
"123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
Body
application/json
Response
Theme updated successfully
Reusable YALG writing style theme.
Theme identifier.
Example:
"018f9f40-7d7b-7712-9b0f-2e5d9fd5df3f"
Example:
"Founder voice"
Example:
"Opinionated and direct"
Example:
false
Example:
"2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"
Example:
"2026-06-20T17:24:39.000Z"