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# Update a sinkhole

PUT/accounts/{account\_id}/intel/sinkholes/{sinkhole\_id}

Replaces the name or R2 configuration of the specified sinkhole. This is a full replacement. All fields, including r2\_secret, must be re-supplied. Omitting r2\_secret overwrites the stored value with an empty string.

##### Security

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Intel Write`

##### Path ParametersExpand Collapse 

account\_id: string

An identifier for the resource.

maxLength32

sinkhole\_id: string

##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse 

name: string

The name of the sinkhole.

r2\_bucket: optional string

The name of the R2 bucket to store results. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.

r2\_id: optional string

The id of the R2 instance. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.

r2\_secret: optional string

The secret key for the R2 API token. Required if you want to store large request bodies in R2.

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse 

errors: array of object { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

messages: array of object { code, message, documentation\_url, source } 

code: number

minimum1000

message: string

documentation\_url: optional string

source: optional object { pointer } 

pointer: optional string

success: true

Whether the API call was successful.

result: optional unknown

### Update a sinkhole

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```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/intel/sinkholes/$SINKHOLE_ID \
    -X PUT \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
    -H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
          "name": "name"
        }'
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {}
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {}
}
```