Update a work

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "workTitle": "<string>",
  "iswc": "<string>",
  "workType": "<string>",
  "languageCode": "<string>",
  "duration": 123,
  "submitterWorkNumber": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}"

payload = {
    "workTitle": "<string>",
    "iswc": "<string>",
    "workType": "<string>",
    "languageCode": "<string>",
    "duration": 123,
    "submitterWorkNumber": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    workTitle: '<string>',
    iswc: '<string>',
    workType: '<string>',
    languageCode: '<string>',
    duration: 123,
    submitterWorkNumber: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{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://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'workTitle' => '<string>',
    'iswc' => '<string>',
    'workType' => '<string>',
    'languageCode' => '<string>',
    'duration' => 123,
    'submitterWorkNumber' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "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://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"workTitle\": \"<string>\",\n  \"iswc\": \"<string>\",\n  \"workType\": \"<string>\",\n  \"languageCode\": \"<string>\",\n  \"duration\": 123,\n  \"submitterWorkNumber\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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.put("https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"workTitle\": \"<string>\",\n  \"iswc\": \"<string>\",\n  \"workType\": \"<string>\",\n  \"languageCode\": \"<string>\",\n  \"duration\": 123,\n  \"submitterWorkNumber\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"workTitle\": \"<string>\",\n  \"iswc\": \"<string>\",\n  \"workType\": \"<string>\",\n  \"languageCode\": \"<string>\",\n  \"duration\": 123,\n  \"submitterWorkNumber\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "tenantId": 123,
  "workTitle": "<string>",
  "alternativeTitles": [
    {}
  ],
  "iswc": "<string>",
  "libraryCatalogueName": "<string>",
  "originalWorkId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "languageCode": "<string>",
  "musicalWorkDistributionCategory": "<string>",
  "duration": 123,
  "recorded": true,
  "versionType": "<string>",
  "excerptType": "<string>",
  "compositeType": "<string>",
  "musicArrangement": "<string>",
  "lyricAdaptation": "<string>",
  "performers": [
    {}
  ],
  "recordings": [
    {}
  ],
  "copyrightDate": "2023-12-25",
  "copyrightNumber": "<string>",
  "grandRights": true,
  "compositePart": true,
  "compositeWorkId": "<string>",
  "compositeWorkTitle": "<string>",
  "compositeWorkIswc": "<string>",
  "compositeWorkDuration": 123,
  "compositeWorkShare": 123,
  "metadata": {},
  "workType": "<string>",
  "arrangementType": "<string>",
  "instrumentation": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "componentType": "<string>",
  "isArrangement": true,
  "isAdaptation": true,
  "hasLyricModification": true,
  "isNonLyricModification": true,
  "submitterWorkNumber": "<string>",
  "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

PUT

work

works

{id}

Update a work

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "workTitle": "<string>",
  "iswc": "<string>",
  "workType": "<string>",
  "languageCode": "<string>",
  "duration": 123,
  "submitterWorkNumber": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}"

payload = {
    "workTitle": "<string>",
    "iswc": "<string>",
    "workType": "<string>",
    "languageCode": "<string>",
    "duration": 123,
    "submitterWorkNumber": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    workTitle: '<string>',
    iswc: '<string>',
    workType: '<string>',
    languageCode: '<string>',
    duration: 123,
    submitterWorkNumber: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{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://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'workTitle' => '<string>',
    'iswc' => '<string>',
    'workType' => '<string>',
    'languageCode' => '<string>',
    'duration' => 123,
    'submitterWorkNumber' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "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://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"workTitle\": \"<string>\",\n  \"iswc\": \"<string>\",\n  \"workType\": \"<string>\",\n  \"languageCode\": \"<string>\",\n  \"duration\": 123,\n  \"submitterWorkNumber\": \"<string>\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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.put("https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"workTitle\": \"<string>\",\n  \"iswc\": \"<string>\",\n  \"workType\": \"<string>\",\n  \"languageCode\": \"<string>\",\n  \"duration\": 123,\n  \"submitterWorkNumber\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"workTitle\": \"<string>\",\n  \"iswc\": \"<string>\",\n  \"workType\": \"<string>\",\n  \"languageCode\": \"<string>\",\n  \"duration\": 123,\n  \"submitterWorkNumber\": \"<string>\"\n}"

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

{
  "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "tenantId": 123,
  "workTitle": "<string>",
  "alternativeTitles": [
    {}
  ],
  "iswc": "<string>",
  "libraryCatalogueName": "<string>",
  "originalWorkId": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
  "languageCode": "<string>",
  "musicalWorkDistributionCategory": "<string>",
  "duration": 123,
  "recorded": true,
  "versionType": "<string>",
  "excerptType": "<string>",
  "compositeType": "<string>",
  "musicArrangement": "<string>",
  "lyricAdaptation": "<string>",
  "performers": [
    {}
  ],
  "recordings": [
    {}
  ],
  "copyrightDate": "2023-12-25",
  "copyrightNumber": "<string>",
  "grandRights": true,
  "compositePart": true,
  "compositeWorkId": "<string>",
  "compositeWorkTitle": "<string>",
  "compositeWorkIswc": "<string>",
  "compositeWorkDuration": 123,
  "compositeWorkShare": 123,
  "metadata": {},
  "workType": "<string>",
  "arrangementType": "<string>",
  "instrumentation": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "componentType": "<string>",
  "isArrangement": true,
  "isAdaptation": true,
  "hasLyricModification": true,
  "isNonLyricModification": true,
  "submitterWorkNumber": "<string>",
  "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "status": "error",
  "message": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

This endpoint requires authentication. Include your Bearer token in the Authorization header.

Description

PUT /work/works/ Description: Partial update of a work’s own fields (does not touch writers or recordings — use the dedicated endpoints for those). Authorization:

Required role: admin or higher

Method: PUT

Code Examples

const response = await fetch('https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}', {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateWorkRequest"
  })
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

import requests

response = requests.put(
  'https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id}',
  headers={
    'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}'
  },
  json={"ref":"#/components/schemas/CreateWorkRequest"}
)

data = response.json()
print(data)

curl -X PUT https://api.royalti.io/work/works/{id} \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"ref":"#/components/schemas/CreateWorkRequest"}'

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Format: "Bearer {token}"

Path Parameters

string<uuid>

required

CWRWork id (the /work/works/:id route family uses id, not workId)

Body

application/json

Accepts any CWRWork writable field; tenantId is set server-side from the caller's active workspace and any client-supplied value is overwritten. No dedicated request validator exists — invalid combinations surface as a 400 from Sequelize model validation.

workTitle

string

required

iswc

string

workType

string

languageCode

string

duration

integer

submitterWorkNumber

string

Response

Work updated

string<uuid>

tenantId

integer

workTitle

string

alternativeTitles

object[]

iswc

string | null

International Standard Musical Work Code (max 13 chars)

libraryCatalogueName

string | null

originalWorkId

string<uuid> | null

languageCode

string

musicalWorkDistributionCategory

string

duration

integer

Seconds

recorded

boolean

versionType

string

excerptType

string

compositeType

string

musicArrangement

string

lyricAdaptation

string

performers

object[]

recordings

object[]

CWR "recording detail" blocks embedded on the work (distinct from the WorkRecording junction table / WorkRecordings below)

copyrightDate

string<date> | null

copyrightNumber

string | null

grandRights

boolean

compositePart

boolean

compositeWorkId

string | null

compositeWorkTitle

string | null

compositeWorkIswc

string | null

compositeWorkDuration

integer | null

metadata

object

Includes completeness (complete/skeleton), source (e.g. publishing-bootstrap), seededDefaults, origin.library

workType

string

arrangementType

string

instrumentation

string[]

componentType

string

isArrangement

boolean

isAdaptation

boolean

hasLyricModification

boolean

isNonLyricModification

boolean

submitterWorkNumber

string | null

createdAt

string<date-time>

updatedAt

string<date-time>

​Description

​Code Examples

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response

Description

Code Examples