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curl --request PUT \
  --url https://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "condition": {},
  "actions": [
    {}
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "priority": 123,
  "triggers": []
}
'
import requests

url = "https://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{id}"

payload = {
"name": "<string>",
"condition": {},
"actions": [{}],
"enabled": True,
"priority": 123,
"triggers": []
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'PUT',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
name: '<string>',
condition: {},
actions: [{}],
enabled: true,
priority: 123,
triggers: []
})
};

fetch('https://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{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://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{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([
'name' => '<string>',
'condition' => [

],
'actions' => [
[

]
],
'enabled' => true,
'priority' => 123,
'triggers' => [

]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($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://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{id}"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"condition\": {},\n \"actions\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"enabled\": true,\n \"priority\": 123,\n \"triggers\": []\n}")

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

req.Header.Add("X-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.put("https://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{id}")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"condition\": {},\n \"actions\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"enabled\": true,\n \"priority\": 123,\n \"triggers\": []\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://breadbox.example.com/api/v1/rules/{id}")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"name\": \"<string>\",\n \"condition\": {},\n \"actions\": [\n {}\n ],\n \"enabled\": true,\n \"priority\": 123,\n \"triggers\": []\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "short_id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "enabled": true,
  "priority": 123,
  "creator_id": "<string>",
  "condition": {},
  "actions": [
    {}
  ],
  "triggers": [],
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}

Authorizations

X-API-Key
string
header
required

Breadbox API key with format bb_<base62>. Carries either read_only or full_access scope. Write endpoints (and a handful of sensitive reads — /api-keys, /users/{user_id}/login) require full_access; endpoints that require it are flagged in their description.

Path Parameters

id
string
required

UUID or 8-char short_id.

Body

application/json
name
string
required
condition
object
required
actions
object[]
required
enabled
boolean
priority
integer
triggers
enum<string>[]
Available options:
sync,
retroactive,
manual

Response

200 - application/json

Updated rule.

id
string
short_id
string
name
string
enabled
boolean
priority
integer
creator_type
enum<string>
Available options:
user,
agent,
system
creator_id
string | null
condition
object

Recursive AND/OR/NOT condition tree. See docs/rule-dsl.md.

actions
object[]
triggers
enum<string>[]
Available options:
sync,
retroactive,
manual
created_at
string<date-time>
updated_at
string<date-time>
Last modified on June 25, 2026