Action: Update a Database

Notion Operation

Update properties of a Notion database

Example User Story

As a user, I want to update the title and properties of a Notion database so that I can keep my database organized and up-to-date.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
database_id	String	Yes
title	String	No
properties	Object	No

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Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "patch-database",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Patch Database",
    "description": "Update properties of a Notion database."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "database_id",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the database to update."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "title",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The new title of the database."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "properties",
      "type": "Object",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The properties schema of the database."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "response",
      "type": "Object",
      "selector": [],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The response from the Notion API."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "PATCH",
        "path": "/v1/databases/{{database_id}}",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
          "Notion-Version": "2022-06-28"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"title\": [{\"text\": {\"content\": \"{{title}}\"}}], \"properties\": {{properties}}}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "title",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The new title of the database.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "properties",
              "type": "Object",
              "description": "The properties schema of the database.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}