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Update a guardrail

PATCH https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/ Content-Type: application/json

Update an existing guardrail. Management key required.

Reference: https://modelgates.ai/docs/api/api-reference/guardrails/update-guardrail

OpenAPI Specification

yaml
openapi: 3.1.0info:  title: ModelGates API  version: 1.0.0paths:  /guardrails/:    patch:      operationId: update-guardrail      summary: Update a guardrail      description: >-        Update an existing guardrail. [Management        key](/docs/guides/overview/auth/management-api-keys) required.      tags:        - subpackage_guardrails      parameters:        - name: id          in: path          description: The unique identifier of the guardrail to update          required: true          schema:            type: string            format: uuid        - name: Authorization          in: header          description: API key as bearer token in Authorization header          required: true          schema:            type: string      responses:        '200':          description: Guardrail updated successfully          content:            application/json:              schema:                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateGuardrailResponse'        '400':          description: Bad Request - Invalid request parameters or malformed input          content:            application/json:              schema:                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestResponse'        '401':          description: Unauthorized - Authentication required or invalid credentials          content:            application/json:              schema:                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedResponse'        '404':          description: Not Found - Resource does not exist          content:            application/json:              schema:                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundResponse'        '500':          description: Internal Server Error - Unexpected server error          content:            application/json:              schema:                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerResponse'      requestBody:        content:          application/json:            schema:              $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateGuardrailRequest'servers:  - url: https://modelgates.ai/api/v1components:  schemas:    ContentFilterBuiltinAction:      type: string      enum:        - redact        - block        - flag      description: Action taken when the builtin filter triggers      title: ContentFilterBuiltinAction    ContentFilterBuiltinSlug:      type: string      enum:        - email        - phone        - ssn        - credit-card        - ip-address        - person-name        - address        - regex-prompt-injection      description: The builtin filter identifier      title: ContentFilterBuiltinSlug    ContentFilterBuiltinEntry:      type: object      properties:        action:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterBuiltinAction'        label:          type: string          description: >-            Optional label used in redaction placeholders (e.g.            "[PROMPT_INJECTION]")        slug:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterBuiltinSlug'      required:        - action        - slug      description: >-        A builtin content filter entry. Builtin filters include PII detectors        and the regex-based prompt injection detector.      title: ContentFilterBuiltinEntry    ContentFilterAction:      type: string      enum:        - redact        - block      description: Action taken when the pattern matches      title: ContentFilterAction    ContentFilterEntry:      type: object      properties:        action:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterAction'        label:          type:            - string            - 'null'          description: Optional label used in redaction placeholders or error messages        pattern:          type: string          description: A regex pattern to match against request content      required:        - action        - pattern      description: >-        A custom regex content filter that scans request messages for matching        patterns.      title: ContentFilterEntry    GuardrailInterval:      type: string      enum:        - daily        - weekly        - monthly      description: Interval at which the limit resets (daily, weekly, monthly)      title: GuardrailInterval    UpdateGuardrailRequest:      type: object      properties:        allowed_models:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: Array of model identifiers (slug or canonical_slug accepted)        allowed_providers:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: New list of allowed provider IDs        content_filter_builtins:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterBuiltinEntry'          description: >-            Builtin content filters to apply. Set to null to remove. The "flag"            action is only supported for "regex-prompt-injection"; PII slugs            (email, phone, ssn, credit-card, ip-address, person-name, address)            accept "block" or "redact" only.        content_filters:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterEntry'          description: Custom regex content filters to apply. Set to null to remove.        description:          type:            - string            - 'null'          description: New description for the guardrail        enforce_zdr:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Deprecated. Use enforce_zdr_anthropic, enforce_zdr_openai,            enforce_zdr_google, and enforce_zdr_other instead. When provided,            its value is copied into any of those per-provider fields that are            not explicitly specified on the request.        enforce_zdr_anthropic:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for Anthropic models. Falls            back to enforce_zdr when not provided.        enforce_zdr_google:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for Google models. Falls back            to enforce_zdr when not provided.        enforce_zdr_openai:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for OpenAI models. Falls back            to enforce_zdr when not provided.        enforce_zdr_other:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for models that are not from            Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. Falls back to enforce_zdr when not            provided.        ignored_models:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: >-            Array of model identifiers to exclude from routing (slug or            canonical_slug accepted)        ignored_providers:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: List of provider IDs to exclude from routing        limit_usd:          type:            - number            - 'null'          format: double          description: New spending limit in USD        name:          type: string          description: New name for the guardrail        reset_interval:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GuardrailInterval'      title: UpdateGuardrailRequest    UpdateGuardrailResponseData:      type: object      properties:        allowed_models:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: Array of model canonical_slugs (immutable identifiers)        allowed_providers:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: List of allowed provider IDs        content_filter_builtins:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterBuiltinEntry'          description: >-            Builtin content filters applied to requests. Includes PII detectors            and the regex-based prompt injection detector.        content_filters:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ContentFilterEntry'          description: Custom regex content filters applied to request messages        created_at:          type: string          description: ISO 8601 timestamp of when the guardrail was created        description:          type:            - string            - 'null'          description: Description of the guardrail        enforce_zdr:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Deprecated. Use enforce_zdr_anthropic, enforce_zdr_openai,            enforce_zdr_google, and enforce_zdr_other instead. When provided,            its value is copied into any of those per-provider fields that are            not explicitly specified on the request.        enforce_zdr_anthropic:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for Anthropic models. Falls            back to enforce_zdr when not provided.        enforce_zdr_google:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for Google models. Falls back            to enforce_zdr when not provided.        enforce_zdr_openai:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for OpenAI models. Falls back            to enforce_zdr when not provided.        enforce_zdr_other:          type:            - boolean            - 'null'          description: >-            Whether to enforce zero data retention for models that are not from            Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google. Falls back to enforce_zdr when not            provided.        id:          type: string          format: uuid          description: Unique identifier for the guardrail        ignored_models:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: Array of model canonical_slugs to exclude from routing        ignored_providers:          type:            - array            - 'null'          items:            type: string          description: List of provider IDs to exclude from routing        limit_usd:          type:            - number            - 'null'          format: double          description: Spending limit in USD        name:          type: string          description: Name of the guardrail        reset_interval:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/GuardrailInterval'        updated_at:          type:            - string            - 'null'          description: ISO 8601 timestamp of when the guardrail was last updated        workspace_id:          type: string          description: The workspace ID this guardrail belongs to.      required:        - created_at        - id        - name        - workspace_id      description: The updated guardrail      title: UpdateGuardrailResponseData    UpdateGuardrailResponse:      type: object      properties:        data:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateGuardrailResponseData'      required:        - data      title: UpdateGuardrailResponse    BadRequestResponseErrorData:      type: object      properties:        code:          type: integer        message:          type: string        metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type      required:        - code        - message      description: Error data for BadRequestResponse      title: BadRequestResponseErrorData    BadRequestResponse:      type: object      properties:        error:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/BadRequestResponseErrorData'        modelgates_metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type        user_id:          type:            - string            - 'null'      required:        - error      description: Bad Request - Invalid request parameters or malformed input      title: BadRequestResponse    UnauthorizedResponseErrorData:      type: object      properties:        code:          type: integer        message:          type: string        metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type      required:        - code        - message      description: Error data for UnauthorizedResponse      title: UnauthorizedResponseErrorData    UnauthorizedResponse:      type: object      properties:        error:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedResponseErrorData'        modelgates_metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type        user_id:          type:            - string            - 'null'      required:        - error      description: Unauthorized - Authentication required or invalid credentials      title: UnauthorizedResponse    NotFoundResponseErrorData:      type: object      properties:        code:          type: integer        message:          type: string        metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type      required:        - code        - message      description: Error data for NotFoundResponse      title: NotFoundResponseErrorData    NotFoundResponse:      type: object      properties:        error:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundResponseErrorData'        modelgates_metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type        user_id:          type:            - string            - 'null'      required:        - error      description: Not Found - Resource does not exist      title: NotFoundResponse    InternalServerResponseErrorData:      type: object      properties:        code:          type: integer        message:          type: string        metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type      required:        - code        - message      description: Error data for InternalServerResponse      title: InternalServerResponseErrorData    InternalServerResponse:      type: object      properties:        error:          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InternalServerResponseErrorData'        modelgates_metadata:          type:            - object            - 'null'          additionalProperties:            description: Any type        user_id:          type:            - string            - 'null'      required:        - error      description: Internal Server Error - Unexpected server error      title: InternalServerResponse  securitySchemes:    apiKey:      type: http      scheme: bearer      description: API key as bearer token in Authorization header

SDK Code Examples

python
import requests url = "https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" payload = {    "description": "Updated description",    "limit_usd": 75,    "name": "Updated Guardrail Name",    "reset_interval": "weekly"}headers = {    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",    "Content-Type": "application/json"} response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers) print(response.json())
javascript
const url = 'https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000';const options = {  method: 'PATCH',  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},  body: '{"description":"Updated description","limit_usd":75,"name":"Updated Guardrail Name","reset_interval":"weekly"}'}; try {  const response = await fetch(url, options);  const data = await response.json();  console.log(data);} catch (error) {  console.error(error);}
go
package main import (	"fmt"	"strings"	"net/http"	"io") func main() { 	url := "https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000" 	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"description\": \"Updated description\",\n  \"limit_usd\": 75,\n  \"name\": \"Updated Guardrail Name\",\n  \"reset_interval\": \"weekly\"\n}") 	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload) 	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json") 	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req) 	defer res.Body.Close()	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body) 	fmt.Println(res)	fmt.Println(string(body)) }
ruby
require 'uri'require 'net/http' url = URI("https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000") http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)http.use_ssl = true request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'request.body = "{\n  \"description\": \"Updated description\",\n  \"limit_usd\": 75,\n  \"name\": \"Updated Guardrail Name\",\n  \"reset_interval\": \"weekly\"\n}" response = http.request(request)puts response.read_body
java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest; HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")  .body("{\n  \"description\": \"Updated description\",\n  \"limit_usd\": 75,\n  \"name\": \"Updated Guardrail Name\",\n  \"reset_interval\": \"weekly\"\n}")  .asString();
php
<?phprequire_once('vendor/autoload.php'); $client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client(); $response = $client->request('PATCH', 'https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000', [  'body' => '{  "description": "Updated description",  "limit_usd": 75,  "name": "Updated Guardrail Name",  "reset_interval": "weekly"}',  'headers' => [    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',  ],]); echo $response->getBody();
csharp
using RestSharp; var client = new RestClient("https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000");var request = new RestRequest(Method.PATCH);request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"description\": \"Updated description\",\n  \"limit_usd\": 75,\n  \"name\": \"Updated Guardrail Name\",\n  \"reset_interval\": \"weekly\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
swift
import Foundation let headers = [  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",  "Content-Type": "application/json"]let parameters = [  "description": "Updated description",  "limit_usd": 75,  "name": "Updated Guardrail Name",  "reset_interval": "weekly"] as [String : Any] let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: []) let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://modelgates.ai/api/v1/guardrails/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000")! as URL,                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)request.httpMethod = "PATCH"request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headersrequest.httpBody = postData as Data let session = URLSession.sharedlet dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in  if (error != nil) {    print(error as Any)  } else {    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse    print(httpResponse)  }}) dataTask.resume()