> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.kodelabs.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update a building > Changes the fields you send and keeps every other field as it is. > [!WARNING] > > This call changes a real building. Other apps and users in your organization see the change. You cannot clear a field through the API, so a value you set stays until you replace it with another value. The update is partial. Nothing is required. A field you leave out, send as `null`, or send as an empty string keeps its stored value. * `address` replaces the stored address as a whole. Send `address1`, `city`, `zip`, and `country` whenever you send `address`. The API looks up the new address again and updates the location and the time zone. * `site` replaces the stored site group. Send both `identifier` and `name`. * `name` must stay unique in your organization, ignoring case. * `baseTemp` is in °F and `area` is in square feet. * The API ignores `published`, `status`, `products`, `tags`, `picture`, and `tz` if you send them. To publish a building, use [Set the status of a building](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/api-reference/buildings/set-the-status-of-a-building.md). The limits are the same as in [Create a building](https://docs.kodelabs.com/products/kode-api/api-reference/buildings/create-a-building.md). ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/kode-api.yaml put /api/v1/buildings/{buildingId} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: KODE API version: 1.0.0 summary: Programmatic access to KODE OS resources and operations. description: > Use the KODE API to work with buildings, data sources, connectors, devices, points, virtual devices, timeseries data, schedules, the ontology, templating, mass writes, spaces, space assignments, tenants, meters, users, actions, and AssetOps work orders. license: name: Proprietary identifier: LicenseRef-Proprietary servers: - url: https://api.kodelabs.com/kodeos description: KODE API security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: OAuth 2.0 discovery, token, and revocation endpoints. - name: Buildings description: Buildings and their areas. - name: Data sources description: Data sources connected to a building. - name: Devices description: Devices and their points. - name: Points description: Point queries and point writes. - name: Timeseries description: Current and historical point values. - name: Actions description: Actions exposed by building data sources. - name: Work orders description: AssetOps work orders, lookups, comments, and attachments. - name: Connectors description: KODE API connectors and the devices and points ingested through them. - name: Schedules description: Schedules discovered on building data sources. - name: Templating description: Apply ontology templates to groups of points. - name: Virtual devices description: Virtual devices that group points from other devices. - name: Ontology description: Canonical types, fields, units, and connections of the KODE ontology. - name: Users description: Users of the organization and their app access. - name: Mass write description: Write values to many points across buildings, and follow each run. - name: Spaces description: Levels and space units of a building, and the meters located in them. - name: Space assignments description: Assign tenants to leasable spaces of a building for a period. - name: Tenants description: Tenants of a building, the people or companies that lease its spaces. - name: Meters description: >- Meters of a building, their space assignments, parent and child links, and readings. paths: /api/v1/buildings/{buildingId}: put: tags: - Buildings summary: Update a building description: Changes the fields you send and keeps every other field as it is. operationId: updateBuilding parameters: - $ref: '#/components/parameters/BuildingId' requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateBuildingRequest' required: true responses: '200': description: The building after the update. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BuildingPublic' '400': description: >- A value is outside its limits, the `primaryFunction` is not on the list, the phone number is invalid, or the address cannot be located. When a field is at fault, `error.fields` names it. '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '403': description: >- The building does not exist, is not available to your service account, or has no `api` product enabled. Your service account also needs the **Update building** action. '409': description: >- Another building in your organization already has this name. The building keeps its old name. '429': $ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests' components: parameters: BuildingId: name: buildingId in: path required: true description: Building identifier from List buildings. schema: type: string example: 67c960faffaa42223163099e schemas: UpdateBuildingRequest: type: object properties: name: type: string maxLength: 50 primaryFunction: type: string address: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddressRequest' baseTemp: type: number format: double yearBuild: type: integer format: int32 maximum: 2100 minimum: 1600 area: type: integer format: int32 minimum: 0 region: type: string maxLength: 255 brand: type: string maxLength: 255 zone: type: string maxLength: 255 district: type: string maxLength: 255 identifier: type: string maxLength: 255 phoneNumber: type: string site: $ref: '#/components/schemas/SiteRequest' BuildingPublic: type: object properties: _id: type: string organizationId: type: string createdAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Date' type: string readOnly: true updatedAt: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Date' type: string readOnly: true name: type: string identifier: type: string area: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Area1' yearBuild: type: integer format: int32 primaryFunction: type: string tags: type: array items: type: string address: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address1' picture: type: string tz: type: string areasCount: type: integer format: int32 devicesCount: type: integer format: int32 connectorsCount: type: integer format: int32 systemsCount: type: integer format: int32 pointsCount: type: integer format: int32 stats: $ref: '#/components/schemas/BuildingStats1' baseTemp: type: number format: double published: type: boolean ossEnabled: type: boolean climateZone: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ClimateZone1' region: type: string brand: type: string zone: type: string district: type: string phoneNumber: type: string site: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Site1' products: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Product' AddressRequest: type: object required: - address1 - city - zip - country properties: address1: type: string pattern: \S address2: type: string maxLength: 100 city: type: string pattern: \S state: type: string zip: type: string pattern: \S country: type: string pattern: \S SiteRequest: type: object required: - identifier - name properties: identifier: type: string pattern: \S maxLength: 255 name: type: string pattern: \S maxLength: 255 Date: type: string description: >- Date and time in UTC, with a numeric offset and no colon, for example `2026-10-28T13:51:31+0000`. examples: - 2026-10-28T13:51:31+0000 Area1: type: object properties: _id: type: string value: type: number format: double unit: type: string Address1: type: object properties: address1: type: string address2: type: string country: type: string countryAbbr: type: string state: type: string stateAbbr: type: string city: type: string zip: type: string location: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location1' BuildingStats1: type: object properties: buildingId: type: string devices: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Devices1' ClimateZone1: type: object properties: iecc: type: string ba: type: string Site1: type: object properties: identifier: type: string name: type: string Product: type: object properties: id: type: string enabled: type: boolean Location1: type: object properties: lat: type: number format: double lng: type: number format: double Devices1: type: object properties: ok: type: integer format: int32 down: type: integer format: int32 responses: Unauthorized: description: The access token is missing, invalid, or expired. Request a new token. TooManyRequests: description: >- A rate-limit window is exhausted. Wait, then retry with increasing delays. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: > Paste an access token from [Create an access token](/products/kode-api/api-reference/authentication/create-an-access-token). Tokens expire, so request a new one if you receive `401`. ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.