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Method: accounts.contracts.patch

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Updates a given contract.

HTTP request

PATCH https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/youtube/v1alpha/{contract.name=accounts/*/contracts/*}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`contract.name`	`string` Identifier. The name of the `Contract` resource. Format: `accounts/{account}/contracts/{contract}`

contract.name

string

Identifier. The name of the Contract resource. Format: accounts/{account}/contracts/{contract}

Query parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`updateMask`	`string ( FieldMask format)` Required. The list of fields to update. Fields specified in the update mask without a value specified in the body will be deleted from the contract. If update mask is set to `*` , all fields will be updated.

updateMask

string ( FieldMask format)

Required. The list of fields to update.

Fields specified in the update mask without a value specified in the body will be deleted from the contract.

If update mask is set to * , all fields will be updated.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Contract .

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of Contract .

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content

For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview .

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