## Edit Credential

**patch** `/accounts/{account_id}/vuln_scanner/credential_sets/{credential_set_id}/credentials/{credential_id}`

Updates a credential with only the provided fields; omitted fields remain unchanged.

### Path Parameters

- `account_id: string`

  Identifier.

- `credential_set_id: string`

- `credential_id: string`

### Body Parameters

- `location: optional "header" or "cookie"`

  Where the credential is attached in outgoing requests.

  - `"header"`

  - `"cookie"`

- `location_name: optional string`

  Name of the header or cookie where the credential is attached.

- `name: optional string`

  Human-readable name.

- `value: optional string`

  The credential value. Write-only. Never returned in responses.

### Returns

- `errors: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `messages: array of object { code, message, documentation_url, source }`

  - `code: number`

  - `message: string`

  - `documentation_url: optional string`

  - `source: optional object { pointer }`

    - `pointer: optional string`

- `success: true`

  Whether the API call was successful.

  - `true`

- `result: optional object { id, credential_set_id, location, 2 more }`

  A credential attached to API requests during scanning. The
  credential `value` is write-only and never returned in responses.

  - `id: string`

    Credential identifier.

  - `credential_set_id: string`

    Parent credential set identifier.

  - `location: "header" or "cookie"`

    Where the credential is attached in outgoing requests.

    - `"header"`

    - `"cookie"`

  - `location_name: string`

    Name of the header or cookie where the credential is attached.

  - `name: string`

    Human-readable name.

- `result_info: optional unknown`

### Example

```http
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/vuln_scanner/credential_sets/$CREDENTIAL_SET_ID/credentials/$CREDENTIAL_ID \
    -X PATCH \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
    -d '{
          "location_name": "Authorization",
          "name": "Admin API key",
          "value": "Bearer EXAMPLE_TOKEN"
        }'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "credential_set_id": "182bd5e5-6e1a-4fe4-a799-aa6d9a6ab26e",
    "location": "header",
    "location_name": "Authorization",
    "name": "Admin API key"
  },
  "result_info": {}
}
```