--- title: Update a DEM journey description: Datadog, the leading service for cloud-scale monitoring. breadcrumbs: Docs > API Reference > DEM --- > For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt). # Update a DEM journey{% #update-a-dem-journey %} Copy pageCopied {% tab title="v2" %} | Datadog site | API endpoint | | ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ | | ap1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | ap2.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | app.datadoghq.eu | PUT https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | app.ddog-gov.com | PUT https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | us2.ddog-gov.com | PUT https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | uk1.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | app.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | us3.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | | us5.datadoghq.com | PUT https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/{journey_id} | ### Overview Update an existing DEM journey by its ID. This endpoint requires the `synthetics_write` permission. ### Arguments #### Path Parameters | Name | Type | Description | | ---------------------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------- | | journey_id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the DEM journey to update. | ### Request #### Body Data (required) {% tab title="Model" %} | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ----------------------------- | -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Data object for a DEM journey create or update request. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Attributes for creating or updating a DEM journey. | | attributes | description | string | An optional human-readable description of the journey. | | attributes | journey_rum [*required*] | object | The RUM definition for a DEM journey. | | journey_rum | filter | string | An optional RUM query filter applied to the entire journey. | | journey_rum | rum_steps [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM journey steps. | | rum_steps | nodes [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM nodes within a journey step. | | nodes | app_id | string | The application ID associated with this node. | | nodes | id | string | The ID of the RUM node element. | | nodes | query [*required*] | string | The RUM query for matching this node. | | rum_steps | type [*required*] | enum | The type of a RUM journey step. Allowed enum values: `start,stop,step` | | journey_rum | variants | [object] | List of variants associated with a DEM journey. | | variants | filter | string | An optional RUM query filter to scope this variant. | | variants | id | string | The unique identifier of the variant. | | variants | name [*required*] | string | The name of the variant. | | variants | rum_steps [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM journey steps. | | rum_steps | nodes [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM nodes within a journey step. | | nodes | app_id | string | The application ID associated with this node. | | nodes | id | string | The ID of the RUM node element. | | nodes | query [*required*] | string | The RUM query for matching this node. | | rum_steps | type [*required*] | enum | The type of a RUM journey step. Allowed enum values: `start,stop,step` | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the DEM journey. | | attributes | tags [*required*] | [string] | List of tags associated with a DEM resource. | | attributes | variants | [object] | List of variants associated with a DEM journey. | | variants | filter | string | An optional RUM query filter to scope this variant. | | variants | id | string | The unique identifier of the variant. | | variants | name [*required*] | string | The name of the variant. | | variants | rum_steps [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM journey steps. | | rum_steps | nodes [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM nodes within a journey step. | | nodes | app_id | string | The application ID associated with this node. | | nodes | id | string | The ID of the RUM node element. | | nodes | query [*required*] | string | The RUM query for matching this node. | | rum_steps | type [*required*] | enum | The type of a RUM journey step. Allowed enum values: `start,stop,step` | | data | type [*required*] | enum | The type identifier for DEM journeys. Allowed enum values: `journeys` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "description": "Tracks the user checkout flow from cart to confirmation.", "journey_rum": { "filter": "env:prod", "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "app_id": "app-xyz789", "id": "element-id-123", "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" } ], "variants": [ { "filter": "device.type:mobile", "name": "Mobile checkout", "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "app_id": "app-xyz789", "id": "element-id-123", "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" } ] } ] }, "name": "Checkout Flow", "tags": [ "team:synthetics", "env:prod" ], "variants": [ { "filter": "device.type:mobile", "name": "Mobile checkout", "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "app_id": "app-xyz789", "id": "element-id-123", "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" } ] } ] }, "type": "journeys" } } ``` {% /tab %} ### Response {% tab title="200" %} OK {% tab title="Model" %} Response body for a single DEM journey. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ----------------------------- | --------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | data [*required*] | object | Data object in a DEM journey response. | | data | attributes [*required*] | object | Attributes returned in a DEM journey response. | | attributes | created_at [*required*] | date-time | The timestamp when the journey was created. | | attributes | created_by [*required*] | object | A Datadog user associated with a DEM operation. | | created_by | email [*required*] | string | The email address of the user. | | created_by | handle [*required*] | string | The handle of the user. | | created_by | name [*required*] | string | The display name of the user. | | created_by | uuid [*required*] | string | The UUID of the user. | | attributes | description [*required*] | string | An optional human-readable description of the journey. | | attributes | journey_rum [*required*] | object | The RUM definition for a DEM journey. | | journey_rum | filter | string | An optional RUM query filter applied to the entire journey. | | journey_rum | rum_steps [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM journey steps. | | rum_steps | nodes [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM nodes within a journey step. | | nodes | app_id | string | The application ID associated with this node. | | nodes | id | string | The ID of the RUM node element. | | nodes | query [*required*] | string | The RUM query for matching this node. | | rum_steps | type [*required*] | enum | The type of a RUM journey step. Allowed enum values: `start,stop,step` | | journey_rum | variants | [object] | List of variants associated with a DEM journey. | | variants | filter | string | An optional RUM query filter to scope this variant. | | variants | id | string | The unique identifier of the variant. | | variants | name [*required*] | string | The name of the variant. | | variants | rum_steps [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM journey steps. | | rum_steps | nodes [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM nodes within a journey step. | | nodes | app_id | string | The application ID associated with this node. | | nodes | id | string | The ID of the RUM node element. | | nodes | query [*required*] | string | The RUM query for matching this node. | | rum_steps | type [*required*] | enum | The type of a RUM journey step. Allowed enum values: `start,stop,step` | | attributes | name [*required*] | string | The name of the DEM journey. | | attributes | org_id [*required*] | int64 | The organization ID that owns this journey. | | attributes | tags [*required*] | [string] | List of tags associated with a DEM resource. | | attributes | test_suite [*required*] | object | A test suite associated with a DEM resource. | | test_suite | id [*required*] | string | The ID of the test suite. | | test_suite | name [*required*] | string | The name of the test suite. | | attributes | updated_at [*required*] | date-time | The timestamp when the journey was last updated. | | attributes | updated_by [*required*] | object | A Datadog user associated with a DEM operation. | | updated_by | email [*required*] | string | The email address of the user. | | updated_by | handle [*required*] | string | The handle of the user. | | updated_by | name [*required*] | string | The display name of the user. | | updated_by | uuid [*required*] | string | The UUID of the user. | | attributes | variants [*required*] | [object] | List of variants associated with a DEM journey. | | variants | filter | string | An optional RUM query filter to scope this variant. | | variants | id | string | The unique identifier of the variant. | | variants | name [*required*] | string | The name of the variant. | | variants | rum_steps [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM journey steps. | | rum_steps | nodes [*required*] | [object] | List of RUM nodes within a journey step. | | nodes | app_id | string | The application ID associated with this node. | | nodes | id | string | The ID of the RUM node element. | | nodes | query [*required*] | string | The RUM query for matching this node. | | rum_steps | type [*required*] | enum | The type of a RUM journey step. Allowed enum values: `start,stop,step` | | data | id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the DEM journey. | | data | type [*required*] | enum | The type identifier for DEM journeys. Allowed enum values: `journeys` | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "data": { "attributes": { "created_at": "2024-01-15T10:30:00Z", "created_by": { "email": "jane.doe@example.com", "handle": "jane.doe", "name": "Jane Doe", "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" }, "description": "Tracks the user checkout flow from cart to confirmation.", "journey_rum": { "filter": "env:prod", "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "app_id": "app-xyz789", "id": "element-id-123", "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" } ], "variants": [ { "filter": "device.type:mobile", "id": "variant-001", "name": "Mobile checkout", "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "app_id": "app-xyz789", "id": "element-id-123", "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" } ] } ] }, "name": "Checkout Flow", "org_id": 12345, "tags": [ "team:synthetics", "env:prod" ], "test_suite": { "id": "suite-abc123", "name": "My Journey Suite" }, "updated_at": "2024-01-16T08:00:00Z", "updated_by": { "email": "jane.doe@example.com", "handle": "jane.doe", "name": "Jane Doe", "uuid": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000001" }, "variants": [ { "filter": "device.type:mobile", "id": "variant-001", "name": "Mobile checkout", "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "app_id": "app-xyz789", "id": "element-id-123", "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" } ] } ] }, "id": "journey-abc123", "type": "journeys" } } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="404" %} Not Found {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Parent field | Field | Type | Description | | ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors. | | errors | detail | string | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error. | | errors | meta | object | Non-standard meta-information about the error | | errors | source | object | References to the source of the error. | | source | header | string | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. | | source | parameter | string | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error. | | source | pointer | string | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error. | | errors | status | string | Status code of the response. | | errors | title | string | Short human-readable summary of the error. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ { "detail": "Missing required attribute in body", "meta": {}, "source": { "header": "Authorization", "parameter": "limit", "pointer": "/data/attributes/title" }, "status": "400", "title": "Bad Request" } ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} {% tab title="429" %} Too many requests {% tab title="Model" %} API error response. | Field | Type | Description | | ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- | | errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. | {% /tab %} {% tab title="Example" %} ```json { "errors": [ "Bad Request" ] } ``` {% /tab %} {% /tab %} ### Code Example ##### \## default # \# Path parameters export journey_id="journey-abc123" \# Curl command curl -X PUT "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/${journey_id}" \ -H "Accept: application/json" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \ -H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \ -d @- << EOF { "data": { "attributes": { "description": "Tracks the user checkout flow from cart to confirmation.", "journey_rum": { "rum_steps": [ { "nodes": [ { "query": "action.name:'checkout'" } ], "type": "start" }, { "nodes": [ { "query": "action.name:'confirmation'" } ], "type": "stop" } ] }, "name": "Checkout Flow", "tags": [ "team:synthetics" ] }, "type": "journeys" } } EOF {% /tab %}