# API documentation is incorrect for updating a single post

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-documentation-is-incorrect-for-updating-a-single-post/148428
**Category:** Development
**Tags:** rest-api
**Created:** [April 18, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-documentation-is-incorrect-for-updating-a-single-post/148428 "2020-04-18T09:44:21Z")
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### Author: ![balupton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/balupton/32/255461_2.png) [@balupton](https://meta.discourse.org/u/balupton)
#### Post date: [April 18, 2020, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/api-documentation-is-incorrect-for-updating-a-single-post/148428/1 "2020-04-18T09:44:22Z")

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> **[Discourse API Docs](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Posts/paths/~1posts~1%7Bid%7D.json/put)**

it is a `put` request, yet the response says it is a `post` response, which is confusing

 ![Screen Shot 2020-04-18 at 7.43.38 pm](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/2/6/26cbae020417ecd107236f8d87ef107c9b3f026c.png)