Update a learning item
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"description": "Annual refresher for licensed operators.",
"url": "https://learn.example.com/forklift",
"durationHours": 2.5,
"cost": 120,
"costDescription": "Per seat",
"providerId": "3",
"formatId": "2",
"audienceId": "1",
"courseLevelId": "4",
"referenceId": "LMS-4471",
"title": "Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)",
"typeId": "1"
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}"
payload = {
"description": "Annual refresher for licensed operators.",
"url": "https://learn.example.com/forklift",
"durationHours": 2.5,
"cost": 120,
"costDescription": "Per seat",
"providerId": "3",
"formatId": "2",
"audienceId": "1",
"courseLevelId": "4",
"referenceId": "LMS-4471",
"title": "Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)",
"typeId": "1"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
description: 'Annual refresher for licensed operators.',
url: 'https://learn.example.com/forklift',
durationHours: 2.5,
cost: 120,
costDescription: 'Per seat',
providerId: '3',
formatId: '2',
audienceId: '1',
courseLevelId: '4',
referenceId: 'LMS-4471',
title: 'Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)',
typeId: '1'
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{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://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}",
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([
'description' => 'Annual refresher for licensed operators.',
'url' => 'https://learn.example.com/forklift',
'durationHours' => 2.5,
'cost' => 120,
'costDescription' => 'Per seat',
'providerId' => '3',
'formatId' => '2',
'audienceId' => '1',
'courseLevelId' => '4',
'referenceId' => 'LMS-4471',
'title' => 'Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)',
'typeId' => '1'
]),
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://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"description\": \"Annual refresher for licensed operators.\",\n \"url\": \"https://learn.example.com/forklift\",\n \"durationHours\": 2.5,\n \"cost\": 120,\n \"costDescription\": \"Per seat\",\n \"providerId\": \"3\",\n \"formatId\": \"2\",\n \"audienceId\": \"1\",\n \"courseLevelId\": \"4\",\n \"referenceId\": \"LMS-4471\",\n \"title\": \"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)\",\n \"typeId\": \"1\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", 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.patch("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"description\": \"Annual refresher for licensed operators.\",\n \"url\": \"https://learn.example.com/forklift\",\n \"durationHours\": 2.5,\n \"cost\": 120,\n \"costDescription\": \"Per seat\",\n \"providerId\": \"3\",\n \"formatId\": \"2\",\n \"audienceId\": \"1\",\n \"courseLevelId\": \"4\",\n \"referenceId\": \"LMS-4471\",\n \"title\": \"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)\",\n \"typeId\": \"1\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"description\": \"Annual refresher for licensed operators.\",\n \"url\": \"https://learn.example.com/forklift\",\n \"durationHours\": 2.5,\n \"cost\": 120,\n \"costDescription\": \"Per seat\",\n \"providerId\": \"3\",\n \"formatId\": \"2\",\n \"audienceId\": \"1\",\n \"courseLevelId\": \"4\",\n \"referenceId\": \"LMS-4471\",\n \"title\": \"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)\",\n \"typeId\": \"1\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "512",
"title": "Forklift Safety Refresher",
"description": "Annual refresher for licensed operators.",
"url": "https://learn.example.com/forklift",
"durationHours": 2.5,
"cost": 120,
"costDescription": "Per seat, invoiced quarterly",
"type": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"provider": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"format": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"audience": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"courseLevel": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"imageUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/forklift.png",
"hasFile": true,
"referenceId": "LMS-4471",
"labels": [
{
"id": "77",
"name": "Forklift Operation"
}
],
"skillNames": [
"Forklift Operation"
],
"careerNames": [
"Warehouse Operator"
],
"assignedCount": 40,
"inProgressCount": 12,
"completedCount": 25,
"averageRating": 1.6,
"createdAt": "2026-01-12T08:30:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": null
}
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}Training Library
Update a learning item
Partial update. A field that is absent is left alone; an explicit null clears it. A URL already used by another item is a 409.
Requires scope: learning:write.
PATCH
/
api
/
v1
/
learning-items
/
{id}
Update a learning item
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"description": "Annual refresher for licensed operators.",
"url": "https://learn.example.com/forklift",
"durationHours": 2.5,
"cost": 120,
"costDescription": "Per seat",
"providerId": "3",
"formatId": "2",
"audienceId": "1",
"courseLevelId": "4",
"referenceId": "LMS-4471",
"title": "Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)",
"typeId": "1"
}
'import requests
url = "https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}"
payload = {
"description": "Annual refresher for licensed operators.",
"url": "https://learn.example.com/forklift",
"durationHours": 2.5,
"cost": 120,
"costDescription": "Per seat",
"providerId": "3",
"formatId": "2",
"audienceId": "1",
"courseLevelId": "4",
"referenceId": "LMS-4471",
"title": "Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)",
"typeId": "1"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'PATCH',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
description: 'Annual refresher for licensed operators.',
url: 'https://learn.example.com/forklift',
durationHours: 2.5,
cost: 120,
costDescription: 'Per seat',
providerId: '3',
formatId: '2',
audienceId: '1',
courseLevelId: '4',
referenceId: 'LMS-4471',
title: 'Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)',
typeId: '1'
})
};
fetch('https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{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://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}",
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([
'description' => 'Annual refresher for licensed operators.',
'url' => 'https://learn.example.com/forklift',
'durationHours' => 2.5,
'cost' => 120,
'costDescription' => 'Per seat',
'providerId' => '3',
'formatId' => '2',
'audienceId' => '1',
'courseLevelId' => '4',
'referenceId' => 'LMS-4471',
'title' => 'Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)',
'typeId' => '1'
]),
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://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"description\": \"Annual refresher for licensed operators.\",\n \"url\": \"https://learn.example.com/forklift\",\n \"durationHours\": 2.5,\n \"cost\": 120,\n \"costDescription\": \"Per seat\",\n \"providerId\": \"3\",\n \"formatId\": \"2\",\n \"audienceId\": \"1\",\n \"courseLevelId\": \"4\",\n \"referenceId\": \"LMS-4471\",\n \"title\": \"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)\",\n \"typeId\": \"1\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", 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.patch("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"description\": \"Annual refresher for licensed operators.\",\n \"url\": \"https://learn.example.com/forklift\",\n \"durationHours\": 2.5,\n \"cost\": 120,\n \"costDescription\": \"Per seat\",\n \"providerId\": \"3\",\n \"formatId\": \"2\",\n \"audienceId\": \"1\",\n \"courseLevelId\": \"4\",\n \"referenceId\": \"LMS-4471\",\n \"title\": \"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)\",\n \"typeId\": \"1\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://prod.skillsdbnext.com/api/v1/learning-items/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"description\": \"Annual refresher for licensed operators.\",\n \"url\": \"https://learn.example.com/forklift\",\n \"durationHours\": 2.5,\n \"cost\": 120,\n \"costDescription\": \"Per seat\",\n \"providerId\": \"3\",\n \"formatId\": \"2\",\n \"audienceId\": \"1\",\n \"courseLevelId\": \"4\",\n \"referenceId\": \"LMS-4471\",\n \"title\": \"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)\",\n \"typeId\": \"1\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"id": "512",
"title": "Forklift Safety Refresher",
"description": "Annual refresher for licensed operators.",
"url": "https://learn.example.com/forklift",
"durationHours": 2.5,
"cost": 120,
"costDescription": "Per seat, invoiced quarterly",
"type": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"provider": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"format": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"audience": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"courseLevel": {
"id": "3",
"name": "Online course"
},
"imageUrl": "https://cdn.example.com/forklift.png",
"hasFile": true,
"referenceId": "LMS-4471",
"labels": [
{
"id": "77",
"name": "Forklift Operation"
}
],
"skillNames": [
"Forklift Operation"
],
"careerNames": [
"Warehouse Operator"
],
"assignedCount": 40,
"inProgressCount": 12,
"completedCount": 25,
"averageRating": 1.6,
"createdAt": "2026-01-12T08:30:00.000Z",
"updatedAt": null
}
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}{
"type": "https://help.skillsdb.com/api-docs/errors/validation-error",
"title": "Validation failed",
"status": 400,
"detail": "limit must be between 1 and 200",
"instance": "/api/v1/people",
"requestId": "0192c2f1-6f4e-7ab3-b1c4-5f6a7b8c9d0e",
"errors": [
{
"field": "email",
"code": "max_length",
"message": "email must be shorter than or equal to 75 characters"
}
],
"error": "trial_expired",
"upgrade_url": "https://app.skillsdb.com/settings/billing"
}Authorizations
An API key issued by a company administrator — an environment prefix (production: sdb_live_) followed by 32 characters. The prefix identifies the environment and MUST NOT be hard-coded or validated by clients; treat the whole key as opaque. Shown exactly once at creation; only a one-way hash is stored.
Scopes (granted per key on the create screen; :write never implies :read):
skills:readskills:writepeople:readpeople:writecareers:readcareers:writetraining:readtraining:writeflags:readflags:writeorg:readorg:writeassessments:readlearning:readlearning:writecertifications:readcertifications:writeassessments:writeproficiency:readproficiency:writesurveys:readsurveys:writelabels:readlabels:write
Headers
Any unique string (at most 200 characters). Retrying with the same key and identical content replays the stored response for 24h instead of executing twice.
Maximum string length:
200Path Parameters
Opaque resource id.
Body
application/json
Maximum string length:
4000Example:
"Annual refresher for licensed operators."
Maximum string length:
500Example:
"https://learn.example.com/forklift"
Example:
2.5
Example:
120
Maximum string length:
500Example:
"Per seat"
Training provider id (reference list).
Example:
"3"
Training format id (reference list).
Example:
"2"
Training audience id (reference list).
Example:
"1"
Training course level id (reference list).
Example:
"4"
Maximum string length:
100Example:
"LMS-4471"
Maximum string length:
500Example:
"Forklift Safety Refresher (2027)"
Example:
"1"
Response
The resource, enveloped.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes