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update()

Available since version: 1.8
The method is used to control all item attributes including item applications linkage.

Parameters

Parameter Type Optional Description Details
itemid string Item ID.
item attribute any Yes New value for a item attribute.

Returns

Parameter Description
result Operation successful. Result will contain array of updated Item IDs.
error In case of any errors

Example

Enable item, .i.e set its status to '0':

  {
          "jsonrpc":"2.0",
          "method":"item.update",
          "params":{
             "itemid": "100100000010092",
             "status": 0
          },
          "auth":"700ca65537074ec963db7efabda78259",
          "id":2
         }

Retrieved updated item IDs:

  {
          "jsonrpc":"2.0",
          "result": {
              "itemids":["100100000010092"]
          },
          "id":2
         }