Update asset collection

Update asset collection for the authenticated user’s fal Assets library.

PATCH /assets/collections/{collection_id}

Update asset collection

cURL

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/collections/{collection_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Updated campaign concepts",
  "description": "Updated reusable campaign imagery"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/collections/{collection_id}"

payload = {
    "name": "Updated campaign concepts",
    "description": "Updated reusable campaign imagery"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'Updated campaign concepts',
    description: 'Updated reusable campaign imagery'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/collections/{collection_id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

200

{
  "collection": {
    "id": "d8b6elcregj72v34jr8g",
    "type": "manual",
    "name": "Campaign concepts",
    "description": "Reusable campaign imagery",
    "icon": "folder",
    "color": "blue",
    "cover_image_url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
    "character_identifier": null,
    "parent_collection_id": null,
    "is_favorited": false,
    "filters": null,
    "created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authorization_error",
    "message": "Authentication required"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "authorization_error",
    "message": "Access denied"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "not_found",
    "message": "Resource not found"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "validation_error",
    "message": "Invalid request parameters"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "server_error",
    "message": "An unexpected error occurred"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "type": "server_error",
    "message": "Upstream asset service failed"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key must be prefixed with "Key ", e.g. Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY

Headers

Idempotency-Key · string

Optional idempotency key for safe request retries

Example:

"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Path Parameters

collection_id · string · required

Collection ID

Minimum string length: 1

Example:

"d8b6elcregj72v34jr8g"

Body

application/json

name · string

Collection display name

Required string length: 1 - 255

description · string | null

Optional collection description

icon · string | null

Optional collection icon

color · string | null

Optional collection color

cover_image_url · string<uri> | null

Optional fal-hosted cover image URL for the collection

filters · any

Assets filter DSL

Response

200

application/json

Collection updated

collection · object · required

Asset collection

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