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# Update a consent group

PUT https://api.brevo.com/v3/contacts/consent-groups/{id}
Content-Type: application/json

Updates name, description, or signupMode of a consent group. At least one field must be provided.This endpoint is only available when the Consent Groups feature is enabled for your account.

Reference: https://developers.brevo.com/reference/update-consent-group

## Authentication

- `api-key` header (required) — The API key should be passed in the request headers as `api-key` for authentication.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (long, required) — ID of the consent group to update

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `name` (string, optional) — New name for the consent group (max 255 characters)
- `description` (string, optional) — New description (max 500 characters)
- `signupMode` (enum, optional) — New signup mode
  - Allowed values: `manual`, `automatic`

## Response

### 200

Updated consent group

- `id` (long, required) — Unique identifier for the consent group
- `name` (string, required) — Display name of the consent group
- `signupMode` (enum, required) — Controls how contacts are added to the group. `manual` — contacts are added explicitly via the API. `automatic` — contacts are added automatically at signup.
  - Allowed values: `manual`, `automatic`
- `contactsCount` (long, required) — Number of contacts currently in this consent group
- `isDefault` (boolean, required) — Whether this is a system-created default consent group
- `createdAt` (datetime, required) — UTC date-time when the consent group was created (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ)
- `updatedAt` (datetime, required) — UTC date-time when the consent group was last updated (YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.SSSZ)
- `description` (string, optional) — Optional description of the consent group

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request. Possible error codes: `INVALID_ID` (id must be a positive integer), `NO_FIELDS_TO_UPDATE` (no fields provided in request body), `INVALID_SIGNUP_MODE` (invalid signupMode value), `FIELD_TOO_LONG` (name exceeds 255 or description exceeds 500 characters).

- `message` (string, required) — Readable message associated to the failure
- `code` (string, optional) — Error code displayed in case of a failure

### 403 Forbidden Error

Consent Groups feature not enabled for this account. Error code: `CONSENT_GROUP_NOT_ENABLED`.

- `message` (string, required) — Readable message associated to the failure
- `code` (string, optional) — Error code displayed in case of a failure

### 404 Not Found Error

Consent group not found. Error code: `CONSENT_GROUP_NOT_FOUND`.

- `message` (string, required) — Readable message associated to the failure
- `code` (string, optional) — Error code displayed in case of a failure

### 409 Conflict Error

A consent group with this name already exists. Error code: `NAME_ALREADY_EXISTS`.

- `message` (string, required) — Readable message associated to the failure
- `code` (string, optional) — Error code displayed in case of a failure

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "Newsletter EU",
  "signupMode": "manual",
  "contactsCount": 1234,
  "isDefault": false,
  "createdAt": "2024-01-15T10:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-06-01T08:30:00Z",
  "description": "Consent group for EU newsletter subscribers"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript
import { BrevoClient } from "@getbrevo/brevo";

async function main() {
    const client = new BrevoClient({
        apiKey: "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
    });
    await client.consentGroups.updateConsentGroup({
        id: 1,
    });
}
main();

```

```python
from brevo import Brevo

client = Brevo(
    api_key="YOUR_API_KEY_HERE",
)

client.consent_groups.update_consent_group(
    id=1,
)

```

```php
<?php

namespace Example;

use Brevo\Brevo;
use Brevo\ConsentGroups\Requests\UpdateConsentGroupRequest;

$client = new Brevo(
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
);
$client->consentGroups->updateConsentGroup(
    1,
    new UpdateConsentGroupRequest([]),
);

```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.brevo.com/v3/contacts/consent-groups/1"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("api-key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.brevo.com/v3/contacts/consent-groups/1")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.brevo.com/v3/contacts/consent-groups/1")
  .header("api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.brevo.com/v3/contacts/consent-groups/1");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("api-key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "api-key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.brevo.com/v3/contacts/consent-groups/1")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```