curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id} \
  --header 'API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "custom_instructions": "Write from perspective of Y",
  "custom_template_id": 2,
  "custom_voice_id": 123,
  "notes": "Updated notes",
  "surfer_template": "blog_post",
  "use_brand_knowledge": false
}
'

import requests

url = "https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id}"

payload = {
    "custom_instructions": "Write from perspective of Y",
    "custom_template_id": 2,
    "custom_voice_id": 123,
    "notes": "Updated notes",
    "surfer_template": "blog_post",
    "use_brand_knowledge": False
}
headers = {
    "API-KEY": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    custom_instructions: 'Write from perspective of Y',
    custom_template_id: 2,
    custom_voice_id: 123,
    notes: 'Updated notes',
    surfer_template: 'blog_post',
    use_brand_knowledge: false
  })
};

fetch('https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'custom_instructions' => 'Write from perspective of Y',
    'custom_template_id' => 2,
    'custom_voice_id' => 123,
    'notes' => 'Updated notes',
    'surfer_template' => 'blog_post',
    'use_brand_knowledge' => false
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "API-KEY: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"custom_instructions\": \"Write from perspective of Y\",\n  \"custom_template_id\": 2,\n  \"custom_voice_id\": 123,\n  \"notes\": \"Updated notes\",\n  \"surfer_template\": \"blog_post\",\n  \"use_brand_knowledge\": false\n}")

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

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

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id}")
  .header("API-KEY", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"custom_instructions\": \"Write from perspective of Y\",\n  \"custom_template_id\": 2,\n  \"custom_voice_id\": 123,\n  \"notes\": \"Updated notes\",\n  \"surfer_template\": \"blog_post\",\n  \"use_brand_knowledge\": false\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"custom_instructions\": \"Write from perspective of Y\",\n  \"custom_template_id\": 2,\n  \"custom_voice_id\": 123,\n  \"notes\": \"Updated notes\",\n  \"surfer_template\": \"blog_post\",\n  \"use_brand_knowledge\": false\n}"

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

{
  "inserted_at": "2024-04-12T15:23:45Z",
  "ai_article": {
    "id": 123,
    "status": "completed"
  },
  "ai_search_guidelines": {
    "status": "completed"
  },
  "auto_optimize": {
    "status": "completed"
  },
  "content_score": {
    "ai_search": 62,
    "seo": 75,
    "total": 75
  },
  "created_by": "[email protected]",
  "device": "mobile",
  "id": 123,
  "location": "United States",
  "main_keyword": "seo tools",
  "outline": {
    "status": "completed"
  },
  "permalinks": [
    {
      "hash": "abc123xyz",
      "type": "edit",
      "url": "https://app.surferseo.com/drafts/s/abc123xyz"
    }
  ],
  "secondary_keywords": [
    "keyword research",
    "ai visibility"
  ],
  "seo_guidelines": {
    "status": "completed"
  },
  "state": "completed",
  "workspace_id": 123,
  "updated_at": "2024-06-01T09:17:33Z",
  "custom_template_id": 2,
  "custom_voice_id": 123,
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {}
    ],
    "reason": "<string>",
    "message": "<string>"
  },
  "import_content_url": "https://example.com/article",
  "surfer_template": "blog_post",
  "target_word_count": 2000,
  "use_brand_knowledge": true,
  "custom_instructions": "Write from perspective of a senior developer",
  "meta_description": "A curated list of the top SEO tools for 2025.",
  "meta_title": "Best SEO Tools in 2025",
  "notes": "Draft for Q2 campaign"
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {
        "field": "keywords",
        "reason": "required"
      }
    ],
    "reason": "validation_error"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "reason": "unauthorized"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "reason": "permission_denied"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "reason": "not_found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {
        "allowed": [
          "application/json"
        ],
        "field": "accept",
        "reason": "unsupported"
      }
    ],
    "message": "Accept must be one of: application/json",
    "reason": "not_acceptable"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "message": "The request conflicts with the current resource state.",
    "reason": "conflict"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [],
    "message": "Set Content-Type: application/json.",
    "reason": "unsupported_media_type"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "details": [
      {
        "retry_after": 30
      }
    ],
    "reason": "rate_limit_exceeded"
  }
}