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title: Update a sinkhole
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# Update a sinkhole
PUT/accounts/{account\_id}/intel/sinkholes/{sinkhole\_id}
Replaces the name or R2 configuration of the specified sinkhole. This is a full replacement. All fields, including r2\_secret, must be re-supplied. Omitting r2\_secret overwrites the stored value with an empty string.
##### Security
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Intel Write`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
An identifier for the resource.
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
sinkhole\_id: string
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20sinkhole_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
name: string
The name of the sinkhole.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20name%20%3E%20(schema)>)
r2\_bucket: optional string
The name of the R2 bucket to store results. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20r2_bucket%20%3E%20(schema)>)
r2\_id: optional string
The id of the R2 instance. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20r2_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
r2\_secret: optional string
The secret key for the R2 API token. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%200%20%3E%20(param)%20r2_secret%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional unknown
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20intel.sinkholes%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)
### Update a sinkhole
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/intel/sinkholes/$SINKHOLE_ID \
-X PUT \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"name": "name"
}'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {}
}
```