Initiate edits to table cells

Deprecated

This endpoint is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.

This endpoint was deprecated on 2026-02-12.

It is scheduled for sunset on 2027-01-31.

Description#

Sends a TableCellsBatchEdit to perform on the cells in a table.

The optional revision property can be used to identify a stable cell location in the table. The latest revision is used if not specified.

Responses include a Location header, which indicates where to poll for results. For more details on long-running job polling, see Operations endpoint . When the creation completes, its status will be completed, and the response\nbody includes a resourceURL.\n”

POST /prototype/platform/content/tables/{tableId}/cells/edit

Required OAuth Scopes

file:write

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	false	Version of the API (2022-01-01)
tableId	path	string	true	The unique identifier for the table
body	body	TableCellsBatchEdit	true	The table cell edit to apply

Body parameter example#

{
  "data": [
    {
      "clearCellsFormat": {
        "clearAll": false,
        "clearBackgroundColor": true,
        "clearBold": false,
        "clearCharacterSpacing": true,
        "clearFont": false,
        "clearItalic": true,
        "clearSize": true,
        "clearStrikeThrough": true,
        "clearTextColor": true,
        "clearUnderline": true,
        "ranges": [
          {
            "startColumn": 0,
            "startRow": 0,
            "stopColumn": 2,
            "stopRow": 2
          }
        ]
      },
      "type": "clearCellsFormat"
    }
  ],
  "lockedCellEditMode": "strict",
  "revision": "24601abc"
}

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/tables/{tableId}/cells/edit \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

httpie

http POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/tables/{tableId}/cells/edit \
    X-Version:2022-01-01 \
    Content-Type:application/json \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=POST "https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/tables/{tableId}/cells/edit" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2022-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2022-01-01',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.app.wdesk.com/prototype/platform/content/tables/{tableId}/cells/edit', headers = headers)

print(r.headers['Location'])