> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Update a file tag

> Partially update a specific file tag by ID using PATCH semantics

```php Laravel wrap theme={"dark"}
use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Facades\Attract;

$fileTag = Attract::media()->updateFileTag(id: 'ckitdo5oq004pu69kr6oxo6fr:en:published');
```

```json 200 wrap theme={"dark"}
{
  "_id": "clx1234567890abcdef",
  "title": "Marketing Materials",
  "slug": "marketing-materials",
  "type": "@apostrophecms/file-tag",
  "archived": false,
  "createdAt": "2026-10-24T09:30:00.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2026-10-24T09:30:00.000Z",
  "copyOfId": "ckhdscx5900054z9k88uqs16w:en:published",
  "aposShareKey": "k3v9x2m7q1z8w4p6"
}
```

## In your app

A controller answers a route on your app: it calls `updateFileTag()` and returns the answer.

**1. Add the controller**

```php app/Http/Controllers/UpdateFileTagController.php theme={"dark"}
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Data\FileTag;
use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Facades\Attract;

final class UpdateFileTagController
{
    public function __invoke(string $id): FileTag
    {
        return Attract::media()->updateFileTag(id: $id);
    }
}
```

**2. Add the route**

```php routes/web.php theme={"dark"}
use App\Http\Controllers\UpdateFileTagController;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;

Route::patch('/file-tag/{id}', UpdateFileTagController::class)->middleware('auth');
```

It acts with your key’s access, so `auth` lets only your signed-in users reach it.

**3. Call it**

Your own page’s form or script sends `PATCH /file-tag/ckitdo5oq004pu69kr6oxo6fr:en:published` (a form adds `@csrf`, as every web route checks it, and `@method('PATCH')`), and gets back its answer as JSON. Test it, below, calls it.

> [!TIP]
>
> To keep the call in an Action instead, this writes `app/Actions/Attract/UpdateFileTag.php` (an invokable Action that calls `updateFileTag()`) and its test under `tests/Feature/Actions/Attract/` (Pest when your app has it):
>
> ```bash Terminal theme={"dark"}
> php artisan make:attract-action media.updateFileTag
> ```

## Call it from the terminal

```bash Terminal theme={"dark"}
php artisan attract:call media.updateFileTag id=ckitdo5oq004pu69kr6oxo6fr:en:published
```

It calls `updateFileTag()` on your default site and prints its answer as JSON. It writes, so it asks first: add `--force` to skip the question in a script. See [Call any method from the terminal](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/call-command.md) for every argument type.

## Find the id

`id` is the document’s `_id`, from a list. Ask the list for only the fields you need: each row is a document’s `id` and those fields.

```php Laravel wrap theme={"dark"}
use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Facades\Attract;

$row = Attract::media()->listFileTagsPick(fields: ['title', 'slug'])->firstWhere('slug', 'getting-started'); // ['id' => …, 'title' => …, 'slug' => …], or null
```

```bash Terminal theme={"dark"}
php artisan attract:call media.listFileTagsPick fields=title,slug
```

Pass `$row['id']` as `id`. Drafts: list with `aposMode: 'draft'` to get the draft’s id ([Find an id](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/find-an-id.md)).

> [accordion] Required parameters
>
> Named arguments, e.g. `updateFileTag(id: …)`; leave out the optional ones.
>
> **id** `string` *required*
>
> **Required.** Computed document ID (can optionally include mode and locale, e.g., id:en:published) Matches `^\S+$`.

> [accordion] Optional parameters
>
> **aposMode** `Enums\\AposMode|string|null`
>
> **Optional.** Leave it out and the site uses `"published"`. `published` (the default) or `draft`. Drafts need a credential that may see them: an API key with the type’s write scope (`content:<type>:write`), or a signed-in editor. The public and a key with only the read scope get 403. One of `draft`, `published`.
>
> **aposLocale** `?string`
>
> **Optional.** Leave it out (or pass `null`) and it isn’t sent: the site’s default applies. The locale to read or write, e.g. `en` (default: the site’s default locale).
>
> **title** `?string`
>
> **Optional.** Leave it out (or pass `null`) and it isn’t sent: the site’s default applies. Tag name.
>
> **slug** `?string`
>
> **Optional.** Leave it out (or pass `null`) and it isn’t sent: the site’s default applies. URL-friendly tag name.
>
> **archived** `?bool`
>
> **Optional.** Leave it out and the site uses `false`. In the archive: kept, but out of every list and off the site until it is restored. `false` (or null) for a live document.
>
> **copyOfId** `?string`
>
> **Optional.** Leave it out (or pass `null`) and it isn’t sent: the site’s default applies. The `_id` of the piece/page that was copied to create this document (only present if created via `_copyingId`)

> [accordion] Returns
>
> A `FileTag` (`Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Data\FileTag`). Built-in file tag piece type for organizing files. Read its properties (`$fileTag->id`): each says whether the site always sends it. The example answer is the site’s wire JSON: one key differs from the property names (`_id` → `id`).
>
> **id** `string`
>
> **Always sent.**
>
> **title** `string`
>
> **Always sent.** Tag name.
>
> **slug** `string`
>
> **Always sent.** URL-friendly tag name.
>
> **type** `string`
>
> **Always sent.**
>
> **createdAt** `CarbonImmutable`
>
> **Always sent.** Format: an ISO 8601 date and time.
>
> **updatedAt** `CarbonImmutable`
>
> **Always sent.** Format: an ISO 8601 date and time.
>
> **archived** `?bool`
>
> **Sometimes sent:** `null` when the site leaves it out. In the archive: kept, but out of every list and off the site until it is restored. `false` (or null) for a live document.
>
> **copyOfId** `?string`
>
> **Sometimes sent:** `null` when the site leaves it out. The `_id` of the piece/page that was copied to create this document (only present if created via `_copyingId`)
>
> **aposShareKey** `?string`
>
> **Sometimes sent:** `null` when the site leaves it out. The draft’s preview share key, while its share link is on: the link is the draft’s `_url` with `aposShareKey` and `aposShareId` (the draft’s `_id`) in its query. Absent otherwise, and on published documents.

> [accordion] Errors
>
> Nothing to catch: the SDK retries what is safe, and Laravel logs and renders the rest (see [Errors and testing](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/errors.md)).
>
> **ValidationFailed** `400`
>
> The site refused what was sent: `errors()` lists each field’s problem, `siteMessage()` the first.
>
> **Retried first:** No. **Read:** `errors()` (field → messages), `siteMessage()`.
>
> **AuthenticationFailed** `401`
>
> The API key is missing or refused (malformed, revoked, expired), or a signature its signing mode needs is missing or stale.
>
> **Retried first:** No. **Read:** `siteMessage()`, `errorName()`, `data()`.
>
> **Forbidden** `403`
>
> The key may not do this: a scope it lacks, or an address outside its allowlist. `siteMessage()` names it.
>
> **Retried first:** No. **Read:** `siteMessage()`, `errorName()`, `data()`.
>
> **NotFound** `404`
>
> Nothing matches, or the caller may not see it.
>
> **Retried first:** No. **Read:** `siteMessage()`, `errorName()`, `data()`.
>
> **SiteError** `500`
>
> The site failed. Its logs say why.
>
> **Retried first:** No: a write may have landed. **Read:** `siteMessage()`, `errorName()`, `data()`.
>
> **SiteUnreachable** `no answer`
>
> No answer: DNS, a refused connection, TLS, or the timeout (15 s per attempt by default).
>
> **Retried first:** Only when nothing reached the site (`neverConnected()`); never after a timeout, when it may have landed. **Read:** `reason()`, `neverConnected()`.
>
> **RequestNotSent** `not sent`
>
> The client refused to send it (e.g. a path segment of `..`); the site never saw it.
>
> **Retried first:** No. **Read:** `reason()` (what to change).
>
> **SiteRequestFailed** `any other`
>
> Any other status, or a success whose JSON doesn’t match this SDK version’s types (update the SDK).
>
> **Retried first:** No. **Read:** `reason()`, `status()`.
>
> **UnknownSite** `setup`
>
> `Attract::site('acme')` named a slug that isn’t under `sites` in `config/fetchski-attract.php`.
>
> **Retried first:** No: nothing was sent. **Read:** `getMessage()`, `$e->slug`.
>
> **SiteConfigurationError** `setup`
>
> The site’s config entry is wrong: no `url`, a malformed `api_key`, a key filed under another slug, or no default site.
>
> **Retried first:** No: nothing was sent. **Read:** `getMessage()` (what to fix).

## Behavior

* **Access:** an API key with `content:files:write` (or a master above it: `content:files:all`, `content:all`, `admin:all`). A signed-in person may call it as far as their own permissions allow; anyone else gets 403.
* **Rate limit:** the key’s own writes-per-minute limit, set when the key is created (default 120); over it, 429 with `Retry-After`. The client waits and retries for you; you see `RateLimited` only if that runs out.
* **Retries:** a write is sent again only after a 429 (refused before it acted) or when it never reached the site. After a timeout or a 5xx it may have landed: check before you send it again.
* **Timeout:** 15 s per attempt by default; raise `timeout` in `config/fetchski-attract.php` for longer.

## Test it

It calls the route above with the SDK faked: the fake answers every call with a valid example, so nothing leaves your machine and no config or key is needed. Save it as `tests/Feature/UpdateFileTagTest.php`, then run your tests:

```php tests/Feature/UpdateFileTagTest.php theme={"dark"}
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Tests\Feature;

use App\Models\User;
use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Facades\Attract;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Testing\RefreshDatabase;
use Tests\TestCase;

final class UpdateFileTagTest extends TestCase
{
    use RefreshDatabase;

    public function test_update_file_tag(): void
    {
        Attract::fake();

        $this->actingAs(User::factory()->create())
            ->patchJson('/file-tag/ckitdo5oq004pu69kr6oxo6fr:en:published')
            ->assertOk();

        Attract::assertCalled('media.updateFileTag', fn (array $args): bool => $args['id'] === 'ckitdo5oq004pu69kr6oxo6fr:en:published');
    }
}
```

```bash Terminal theme={"dark"}
php artisan test
```

**Answer with your own values:** fake `media.updateFileTag` with `FileTag::factory()->make([...])`, the fields you give over a valid example.

```php tests/Feature/UpdateFileTagAnswerTest.php theme={"dark"}
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

namespace Tests\Feature;

use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Data\FileTag;
use Fetchski\AttractCmsLaravel\Facades\Attract;
use Tests\TestCase;

final class UpdateFileTagAnswerTest extends TestCase
{
    public function test_update_file_tag_answers_your_values(): void
    {
        Attract::fake([
            'media.updateFileTag' => FileTag::factory()->make(['id' => 'Your value']),
        ]);

        $fileTag = Attract::media()->updateFileTag(id: 'ckitdo5oq004pu69kr6oxo6fr:en:published');

        $this->assertSame('Your value', $fileTag->id);
    }
}
```

## Related

> [card] [List images](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/reference/media/list-images.md)
>
> `Attract::media()->listImages()`

> [card] [Create an image](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/reference/media/create-image.md)
>
> `Attract::media()->createImage()`

> [card] [Archive images](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/reference/media/archive-images.md)
>
> `Attract::media()->archiveImages()`

> [card] [Crop images to a widget’s aspect ratio](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/reference/media/autocrop-images.md)
>
> `Attract::media()->autocropImages()`

> [card] [Copy images to another locale](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/reference/media/localize-images.md)
>
> `Attract::media()->localizeImages()`

> [card] [Publish images](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/laravel/reference/media/publish-images.md)
>
> `Attract::media()->publishImages()`

> [card] [PATCH /@apostrophecms/file-tag/\{\_id}](https://docs.fetchski-attract.com/api-reference/media/update-a-file-tag.md)
>
> The endpoint this calls, in the API reference: the HTTP request and answer, and every rule the site checks.


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