Update a workflow

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "description": "A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100."
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id}"

payload = { "description": "A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100." }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({description: 'A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100.'})
};

fetch('https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PUT",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'description' => 'A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100.'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"description\": \"A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"description\": \"A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100.\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.hitl.sh/v1/api/workflows/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"description\": \"A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "error": false,
  "msg": "Workflow updated",
  "data": {
    "id": "6af2ce4e8207961501f59472",
    "name": "Refund approval",
    "description": "A support lead approves, denies or escalates refunds over $100.",
    "status": "active",
    "trigger": {
      "type": "webhook",
      "webhook_id": "wf_26db308d0ea2bfd5427999311a169b3b"
    },
    "steps": 6,
    "has_review": true,
    "runnable": true,
    "execution_count": 4,
    "last_executed_at": "2026-11-10T08:00:07.228Z",
    "created_at": "2026-11-10T07:57:02.477Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-11-10T07:57:05.452Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": true,
  "msg": "Invalid execution id"
}

{
  "error": true,
  "msg": "Invalid API key"
}

{
  "error": true,
  "msg": "Workflow not found"
}