- NAME
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- gcloud alpha apihub external-apis update - update an External Api
- SYNOPSIS
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gcloud alpha apihub external-apis update(EXTERNAL_API:--location=LOCATION) [--description=DESCRIPTION] [--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME] [--attributes=[ATTRIBUTES,…] |--update-attributes=[UPDATE_ATTRIBUTES,…]--clear-attributes|--remove-attributes=REMOVE_ATTRIBUTES] [--clear-documentation--documentation-external-uri=DOCUMENTATION_EXTERNAL_URI] [--endpoints=[ENDPOINTS,…] |--add-endpoints=[ADD_ENDPOINTS,…]--clear-endpoints|--remove-endpoints=[REMOVE_ENDPOINTS,…]] [--paths=[PATHS,…] |--add-paths=[ADD_PATHS,…]--clear-paths|--remove-paths=[REMOVE_PATHS,…]] [GCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG …]
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- DESCRIPTION
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(ALPHA)Update an external api - EXAMPLES
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To update the display name of an external API with the ID
my-external-api, run:gcloud alpha apihub external-apis update my-external-api --display-name="New External API Name" --project=my-project --location=us-central1 - POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
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ExternalApi resource - Identifier. Format:
projects/{project}/locations/{location}/externalApi/{externalApi}. The arguments in this group can be used to specify the attributes of this resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can be set in other ways.To set the
projectattribute:-
provide the argument
external_apion the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--projecton the command line; -
set the property
core/project.
This must be specified.
EXTERNAL_API-
ID of the externalApi or fully qualified identifier for the externalApi.
To set the
external_apiattribute:-
provide the argument
external_apion the command line.
This positional argument must be specified if any of the other arguments in this group are specified.
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provide the argument
--location=LOCATION-
The location id of the externalApi resource.
To set the
locationattribute:-
provide the argument
external_apion the command line with a fully specified name; -
provide the argument
--locationon the command line.
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provide the argument
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provide the argument
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ExternalApi resource - Identifier. Format:
- FLAGS
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--description=DESCRIPTION- Description of the external API. Max length is 2000 characters (Unicode Code Points).
--display-name=DISPLAY_NAME- Display name of the external API. Max length is 63 characters (Unicode Code Points).
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Update attributes.
At most one of these can be specified:
--attributes=[ATTRIBUTES,…]-
Set attributes to new value. The list of user defined attributes associated with
the Version resource. The key is the attribute name. It will be of the format:
projects/{project}/locations/{location}/attributes/{attribute}. The value is the attribute values associated with the resource.KEY-
Sets
KEYvalue. VALUE-
Sets
VALUEvalue.enumValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
enum.
values-
The attribute values in case attribute data type is enum.
description- The detailed description of the allowed value.
displayName- The display name of the allowed value.
id-
The ID of the allowed value.
- If provided, the same will be used. The service will throw an error if the specified id is already used by another allowed value in the same attribute resource.
- If not provided, a system generated id derived from the display name will be used. In this case, the service will handle conflict resolution by adding a system generated suffix in case of duplicates.
This value should be 4-63 characters, and valid characters are /[a-z][0-9]-/.
immutable- When set to true, the allowed value cannot be updated or deleted by the user. It can only be true for System defined attributes.
jsonValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
JSON.
values- The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.
stringValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
string.
values- The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.
uriValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
URL, URI or IP, like gs://bucket-name/object-name.
values- The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.
Shorthand Example:--attributes=string={enumValues={values=[{description=string,displayName=string,id=string,immutable=boolean}]},jsonValues={values=[string]},stringValues={values=[string]},uriValues={values=[string]}}
JSON Example:--attributes='{"string": {"enumValues": {"values": [{"description": "string", "displayName": "string", "id": "string", "immutable": boolean}]}, "jsonValues": {"values": ["string"]}, "stringValues": {"values": ["string"]}, "uriValues": {"values": ["string"]}}}'
File Example:--attributes=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
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Or at least one of these can be specified:
--update-attributes=[UPDATE_ATTRIBUTES,…]-
Update attributes value or add key value pair. The list of user defined
attributes associated with the Version resource. The key is the attribute name.
It will be of the format:
projects/{project}/locations/{location}/attributes/{attribute}. The value is the attribute values associated with the resource.KEY-
Sets
KEYvalue. VALUE-
Sets
VALUEvalue.enumValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
enum.
values-
The attribute values in case attribute data type is enum.
description- The detailed description of the allowed value.
displayName- The display name of the allowed value.
id-
The ID of the allowed value.
- If provided, the same will be used. The service will throw an error if the specified id is already used by another allowed value in the same attribute resource.
- If not provided, a system generated id derived from the display name will be used. In this case, the service will handle conflict resolution by adding a system generated suffix in case of duplicates.
This value should be 4-63 characters, and valid characters are /[a-z][0-9]-/.
immutable- When set to true, the allowed value cannot be updated or deleted by the user. It can only be true for System defined attributes.
jsonValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
JSON.
values- The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.
stringValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
string.
values- The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.
uriValues-
The attribute values associated with a resource in case attribute data type is
URL, URI or IP, like gs://bucket-name/object-name.
values- The attribute values in case attribute data type is string or JSON.
Shorthand Example:--update-attributes=string={enumValues={values=[{description=string,displayName=string,id=string,immutable=boolean}]},jsonValues={values=[string]},stringValues={values=[string]},uriValues={values=[string]}}
JSON Example:--update-attributes='{"string": {"enumValues": {"values": [{"description": "string", "displayName": "string", "id": "string", "immutable": boolean}]}, "jsonValues": {"values": ["string"]}, "stringValues": {"values": ["string"]}, "uriValues": {"values": ["string"]}}}'
File Example:--update-attributes=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
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At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-attributes- Clear attributes value and set to empty map.
--remove-attributes=REMOVE_ATTRIBUTES-
Remove existing value from map attributes. Sets
remove_attributesvalue.Shorthand Example:--remove-attributes=string,stringJSON Example:--remove-attributes=["string"]
File Example:--remove-attributes=path_to_file.(yaml|json)
- Documentation details.
--clear-documentation- Set googleCloudApihubV1ExternalApi.documentation back to default value.
--documentation-external-uri=DOCUMENTATION_EXTERNAL_URI- The uri of the externally hosted documentation.
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Update endpoints.
At most one of these can be specified:
--endpoints=[ENDPOINTS,…]- Set endpoints to new value.
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Or at least one of these can be specified:
--add-endpoints=[ADD_ENDPOINTS,…]- Add new value to endpoints list.
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At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-endpoints- Clear endpoints value and set to empty list.
--remove-endpoints=[REMOVE_ENDPOINTS,…]- Remove existing value from endpoints list.
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Update paths.
At most one of these can be specified:
--paths=[PATHS,…]- Set paths to new value.
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Or at least one of these can be specified:
--add-paths=[ADD_PATHS,…]- Add new value to paths list.
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At most one of these can be specified:
--clear-paths- Clear paths value and set to empty list.
--remove-paths=[REMOVE_PATHS,…]- Remove existing value from paths list.
- GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS
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These flags are available to all commands:
--access-token-file,--account,--billing-project,--configuration,--flags-file,--flatten,--format,--help,--impersonate-service-account,--log-http,--project,--quiet,--trace-token,--user-output-enabled,--verbosity.Run
$ gcloud helpfor details. - API REFERENCE
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This command uses the
apihub/v1API. The full documentation for this API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/apigee/docs/api-hub/what-is-api-hub - NOTES
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This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation-only early access
allowlist. This variant is also available:
gcloud apihub external-apis update
gcloud alpha apihub external-apis update
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Last updated 2026-02-24 UTC.