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PATCH/api/v1/datasets/{datasetId}

Update dataset name/description

Updates name and/or description on a dataset. At least one of the two must be supplied. Only the dataset's creator may edit it.

Authentication

Send Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY on every request. Generate API keys at /dashboard/settings/api-keys.

Parameters

datasetId in pathrequired
string

Request body required

Example

{
  "name": "string",
  "description": "string"
}
Schema
{
  "application/json": {
    "schema": {
      "type": "object",
      "minProperties": 1,
      "properties": {
        "name": {
          "type": "string",
          "minLength": 1,
          "maxLength": 200
        },
        "description": {
          "type": "string",
          "maxLength": 5000,
          "nullable": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response

200 example

{
  "success": true
}

All status codes

200Dataset updated.
400(no description)
401(no description)
403Forbidden — only the creator may edit.
404(no description)
409Conflict — CONFLICT.
429(no description)
500Internal Server Error — DB_ERROR.

Code samples

cURL

# {datasetId} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.
curl -X PATCH \
  https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/datasets/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $EVALGUARD_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "name": "string", "description": "string" }'

TypeScript

// The TypeScript SDK (@evalguard/sdk) exposes TYPED methods — runEval,
// getEval, runSecurityScan, checkFirewall, … — not a generic request().
// For an arbitrary endpoint, call it directly:
// {datasetId} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.

const res = await fetch("https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/datasets/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", {
  method: "PATCH",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.EVALGUARD_API_KEY}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string"
  }),
});
console.log(res.status, await res.json());

Python

# The Python SDK (pip install evalguardai) exposes TYPED methods on
# EvalGuardClient — run_eval, get_eval, … — not a generic request().
# For an arbitrary endpoint, call it directly:
# {datasetId} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.

import os
import requests

headers = {"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['EVALGUARD_API_KEY']}"}
headers["Content-Type"] = "application/json"

response = requests.request(
    "PATCH",
    "https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/datasets/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    headers=headers,
    json={
    "name": "string",
    "description": "string"
},
)
print(response.status_code, response.json())

Go

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"os"
	"strings"
)

// {datasetId} is shown with an EXAMPLE value — replace it with real values.
func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader(`{"name":"string","description":"string"}`)
	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(context.Background(), "PATCH", "https://evalguard.ai/api/v1/datasets/00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000", body)
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("EVALGUARD_API_KEY"))
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil { panic(err) }
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	fmt.Println(resp.Status)
}

Errors

400401403404409429500

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