curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/topics_and_questions \
  --header 'API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "topics_and_questions": [
    {
      "included": true,
      "item": "keyword research"
    },
    {
      "included": false,
      "item": "backlink strategy"
    }
  ]
}
'

import requests

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

payload = { "topics_and_questions": [
        {
            "included": True,
            "item": "keyword research"
        },
        {
            "included": False,
            "item": "backlink strategy"
        }
    ] }
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({
    topics_and_questions: [
      {included: true, item: 'keyword research'},
      {included: false, item: 'backlink strategy'}
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://app.surferseo.com/api/v2/workspaces/{workspace_id}/content_editors/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/topics_and_questions', 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/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/topics_and_questions",
  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([
    'topics_and_questions' => [
        [
                'included' => true,
                'item' => 'keyword research'
        ],
        [
                'included' => false,
                'item' => 'backlink strategy'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  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/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/topics_and_questions"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"topics_and_questions\": [\n    {\n      \"included\": true,\n      \"item\": \"keyword research\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"included\": false,\n      \"item\": \"backlink strategy\"\n    }\n  ]\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/{content_editor_id}/seo_guidelines/topics_and_questions")
  .header("API-KEY", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"topics_and_questions\": [\n    {\n      \"included\": true,\n      \"item\": \"keyword research\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"included\": false,\n      \"item\": \"backlink strategy\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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  \"topics_and_questions\": [\n    {\n      \"included\": true,\n      \"item\": \"keyword research\"\n    },\n    {\n      \"included\": false,\n      \"item\": \"backlink strategy\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

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

{
  "data": [
    {
      "included": true,
      "item": "keyword research",
      "type": "surfer"
    },
    {
      "included": true,
      "item": "on-page seo",
      "type": "people_also_ask"
    },
    {
      "included": false,
      "item": "backlink strategy",
      "type": "competitors"
    },
    {
      "included": true,
      "item": "ai visibility",
      "type": "custom"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "total": 4
  }
}

{
  "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": [],
    "message": "The request was understood but could not be processed.",
    "reason": "unprocessable_entity"
  }
}

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