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iModels

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Update iModel

PATCH https://api.bentley.com/imodels/{id}

Update metadata of the iModel.

Authentication

Requires Authorization header with valid Bearer token for scope imodels:modify.

For more documentation on authorization and how to get access token visit OAUTH2 Authorization page.

User must have imodels_manage permission assigned at the iModel level and at least imodels_webview permission assigned at the iTwin level. If permissions at the iModel level are not configured, then user must have imodels_manage permission assigned at the iTwin level.

Alternatively the user should be an Organization Administrator for the Organization that owns a given iTwin the iModel belongs to.

An Organization Administrator must have at least one of the following roles assigned in User Management: Account Administrator, Co-Administrator, or CONNECT Services Administrator. For more information about User Management please visit our Bentley Communities Licensing, Cloud, and Web Services wiki page.

Rate limits

All iTwin Platform API operations have a rate limit. For more documentation on that visit Rate limits and quotas page.

Request

Request parameters

template

Yes

iModel id

Request headers

Authorization

Yes

OAuth access token with scope imodels:modify

Yes

Setting to application/vnd.bentley.itwin-platform.v2+json is recommended.

Content-Type

Indicates request body content type. Supported media type is application/json.

Request body

iModel (update)

name

String,null

Name of the iModel.

description

String,null

Description of the iModel.

extent

Extent

The maximum rectangular area on the Earth which encloses the iModel. The maximum extent is used to help keep your iModel clean. When new elements are imported, those outside the extent will be flagged for further processing. This extent will also help to zoom to the area of interest in web viewers.

Example

json

Response

Response 200 OK

json

Response 401 Unauthorized

This response indicates that request lacks valid authentication credentials. Access token might not been provided, issued by the wrong issuer, does not have required scopes or request headers were malformed.

json

Response 403 Forbidden

User is not authorized to update an iModel.

json

Response 404 Not Found

Requested iModel is not available.

json

Response 409 Conflict

iModel with the same name already exists within the iTwin or the iModel is not initialized.

json

Response 422 Unprocessable Entity

The 422 (Unprocessable Entity) status code indicates that the request cannot be processed by the server due to a client error (e.g. malformed request syntax)

json

Response 429 Too many requests

This response indicates that the user has sent too many requests in a given amount of time.

json

Response headers

retry-after

The number of requests exceeds the rate-limit for the client subscription.

Definitions

iModel Response

Container for iModel object.

TableSchema

iModel

iModel properties.

iModel

Full representation of the iModel.

TableSchema

String

Id of the iModel

displayName

String

Display name of the iModel. Corresponds to Name property.

name

String

Name of the iModel.

description

String,null

Description of the iModel.

createdDateTime

String

Date when the iModel was created.

iTwinId

String

Id of the iTwin that iModel belongs to.

isSecured

Boolean

Indicates if permissions at the iModel level are configured. true - iModel level permissions are configured. Permissions at iModel level override the iTwin level permissions. false - iModel permissions are not configured and the iTwin level permissions are applied.

extent

Extent

The maximum rectangular area on the Earth which encloses the iModel. The maximum extent is used to help keep your iModel clean. When new elements are imported, those outside the extent will be flagged for further processing. This extent will also help to zoom to the area of interest in web viewers.

state

String

Indicates the state of the iModel. Possible values: 'initialized', 'notInitialized'.

_links

iModelLinks

Contains the hyperlinks to the related data of the iModel.

iModel (update)

Properties of the iModel to be updated.

TableSchema

name

String,null

Name of the iModel.

description

String,null

Description of the iModel.

extent

Extent

The maximum rectangular area on the Earth which encloses the iModel. The maximum extent is used to help keep your iModel clean. When new elements are imported, those outside the extent will be flagged for further processing. This extent will also help to zoom to the area of interest in web viewers.

iModel Links

Hyperlinks to related data which complements this entity.

TableSchema

creator

Link

Information about the creator of the entity.

changesets

Link

Link to retrieve Changesets of the iModel.

namedVersions

Link

Link to retrieve Named Versions of the iModel.

Link

Hyperlink container.

TableSchema

href

String

Hyperlink to the specific entity.

Extent

A rectangular area on the Earth. A rectangular area is defined by two latitudes and two longitudes that represent the four sides of a rectangular area on the Earth.

TableSchema

southWest

Point

South Latitude, West Longitude.

northEast

Point

North Latitude, East Longitude.

Point

A point on the Earth specified by a latitude and longitude.

TableSchema

latitude

Double

Latitude. Latitude ranges between -90 and 90 degrees, inclusive.

longitude

Double

Longitude. Longitude ranges between -180 and 180 degrees, inclusive.

Error

Contains error information.

TableSchema

code

String

One of a server-defined set of error codes.

message

String

A human-readable representation of the error.

target

String

The target of the error.

Error Response

Gives details for an error that occurred while handling the request. Note that clients MUST NOT assume that every failed request will produce an object of this schema, or that all of the properties in the response will be non-null, as the error may have prevented this response from being constructed.

TableSchema

error

Error

Error information.