---
title: "Update Business Type"
description: "Use POST /business_types/{business_type_id} to update a business type."
canonical: https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/guides/update-business-types/
---

# Update Business Type

> **API operation:** [Open the endpoint in Scalar](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business_types/POST/business_types/{business_type_id})

Use `POST /business_types/{business_type_id}` to update a business type. The current public operation is `BusinessType.update`.

This operation requires administrator authentication. Mutable fields include `name`, `description`, `enabled`, and `image`; validation and image handling depend on the submitted fields.

## OpenAPI reference

**Operation:** `POST /business_types/{business_type_id}`

**Path parameters**

| Name               | Type    | Required | Description |
| ------------------ | ------- | -------- | ----------- |
| `business_type_id` | integer | Yes      | —           |

**Request body fields**

| Name          | Type    | Required |
| ------------- | ------- | -------- |
| `description` | any     | No       |
| `enabled`     | boolean | No       |
| `image`       | any     | No       |
| `name`        | any     | No       |

**Responses**

| Code | Description                           |
| ---- | ------------------------------------- |
| 200  | OK (Envelope)                         |
| 400  | Bad Request (ErrorResponse)           |
| 401  | Unauthorized                          |
| 404  | Not Found                             |
| 429  | Too Many Requests (ErrorResponse)     |
| 500  | Internal Server Error (ErrorResponse) |
| 503  | Service Unavailable (ErrorResponse)   |

[Open this operation in the API reference](https://docs.ordering.co/api-reference/#tag/business_types/POST/business_types/{business_type_id})