Update an existing Typeform form: PUT (full overwrite) vs PATCH (partial)
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Documented steps
Auth: Authorization: Bearer {token} with forms:write scope.
Full overwrite: PUT https://api.typeform.com/forms/{form_id} with a COMPLETE form body (same shape as Create) including every field you want to keep, each with its original field `id`.
Any field omitted from the PUT body is DELETED from the form — and its already-collected results are deleted too. Always GET the current form and merge your change into the full payload first.
Partial: PATCH https://api.typeform.com/forms/{form_id} with operations like [{"op":"replace","path":"/title","value":"New Title"}].
PATCH supports `replace` on specific top-level paths (/title, /settings/is_public, /settings/meta, /workspace, /theme) — it is NOT general JSON-Patch for editing individual question fields.
PATCH returns 204 No Content — re-GET the form to verify the change.
Rule of thumb: PATCH for a few top-level properties; PUT only when prepared to resend the entire definition.
Official docs: https://www.typeform.com/developers/create/reference/update-form/ ; https://www.typeform.com/developers/create/reference/update-form-patch/
Known gotchas
PUT is destructive by omission — leaving out a field's id deletes the field AND its collected results; this is the biggest footgun in the Update API.
PATCH's operation set is much narrower than generic RFC 6902 JSON Patch.
Create-time validation constraints also apply to PUT bodies.
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