UPDATE Cases

PUT /api/v1/cases/:uuid

Updates an existing case identified by UUID.

Path Params

Name	Type	Required	Description
uuid	string	Yes	UUID of case to update.

Body Params

Only these fields are accepted (unknown fields return 400):

Name	Type	Required	Validation / Notes
case_name	string	No	Max 255, cannot contain `+ < > : " / \
case_number	string	No	Max 255, same character restrictions
description	string	No	Max 2000
status	string	No	Max 255
type	string	No	Max 255
case_lead_id	integer	No	Positive integer
client_id	integer	No	Positive integer
case_open_date	string	No	Must be strict YYYY-MM-DD and valid calendar date
case_closed_date	string	No	Must be strict YYYY-MM-DD and valid calendar date

Success Response (200)

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Case updated successfully",
  "case_id": 123
}

Error Responses

• 400 validation error:

{
  "message": "Invalid case data",
  "success": false,
  "errors": [
    { "message": "Invalid date format for case_open_date, must be YYYY-MM-DD" }
  ]
}

• 400 when UUID does not resolve to a case:

{
  "message": "Case not found",
  "success": false
}

• 500 server error:

{
  "message": "Error updating case",
  "success": false
}

Example

curl -X PUT "https://<host>/v1/cases/<case-uuid>" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "x-api-key: <api-key>" \
  -d '{
    "case_name": "Updated Case Name",
    "description": "Updated synopsis",
    "status": "Closed",
    "type": "Investigation",
    "case_closed_date": "2026-02-25"
  }'