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Directus / @directus/sdk / rest / updateCollection

Function: updateCollection() ​

updateCollection<Schema, TQuery>(collection, item, query?): RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, DirectusCollection<Schema>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<DirectusCollection<Schema>, FieldsWildcard<DirectusCollection<Schema>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof DirectusCollection<Schema> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

Update the metadata for an existing collection.

Type Parameters ​

• Schema

• TQuery extends Query<Schema, DirectusCollection<Schema>>

Parameters ​

• collection: string

• item

• item.collection?: string

• item.fields?: object[]

• item.meta?: NestedUnion<IfAny<Schema, object, "directus_collections" extends keyof Schema ? UnpackList<Schema[keyof Schema & "directus_collections"]> extends Item ? { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Item[Field] } & object : never : object>>

• item.schema?: null | object

• query?: TQuery

Returns ​

RestCommand<IfAny<Schema, Record<string, any>, { [K in string | number | symbol]: Merge<MappedFunctionFields<Schema, DirectusCollection<Schema>> extends FF ? MapFlatFields<DirectusCollection<Schema>, FieldsWildcard<DirectusCollection<Schema>, Exclude<UnpackList<Mutable<(...)>>, PickRelationalFields<(...)> extends never ? never : AllKeys<(...)>>>, FF extends Record<string, string> ? FF<FF> : Record<string, string>> : never, PickRelationalFields<UnpackList<Mutable<TQuery["fields"]>>> extends never ? never : { [Field in string | number | symbol]: Field extends keyof DirectusCollection<Schema> ? Extract<(...)[(...)], ItemType<(...)>> extends RelatedCollection ? IsNullable<(...)[(...)], (...) | (...), (...) extends (...) ? (...) : (...)> : never : never }>[K] }>, Schema>

The collection object for the updated collection in this request.

Throws ​

Will throw if collection is empty

Defined in ​

rest/commands/update/collections.ts:21