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POST
/
v1
/
organizations
/
{organizationId}
/
projects
/
{projectId}
/
content-types
/
{id}
/
publish
Publish Content Type
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.example.com/v1/organizations/{organizationId}/projects/{projectId}/content-types/{id}/publish
Publishing a content type creates a new immutable version. This version becomes the active definition for creating new content of this type.

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Path Parameters

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organizationId
string
required
Organization ID
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projectId
string
required
Project ID
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id
string
required
Content Type ID

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Response

Returns the published ContentType object with the new version number. 
{
  "id": "ct123",
  "name": "Article",
  "description": "Standard article content type...",
  "status": "published",
  "version": 4,
  "lastPublishedVersion": 4,
  "layoutComponentId": "c123",
  "componentIdsAllowList": ["c124", "c125", "c126"],
  "packageVersion": "1.0.0",
  "schema": { ... },
  "templateContentIds": ["cont123"],
  "permissions": { ... },
  "metadata": {
    "author": "[email protected]",
    "tags": ["article"],
    "publishedAt": "2024-03-22T10:00:00Z",
    "publishedBy": "user123"
  },
  "createdAt": "2024-03-20T10:00:00Z",
  "updatedAt": "2024-03-22T10:00:00Z"
}

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Status Transitions

Current StatusAfter Publish
draftpublished (version 1)
modifiedpublished (version incremented)
unpublishedpublished (version incremented)
Cannot publish a content type with deleted status. Restore it first by updating the status.

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Error Responses

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Invalid Status

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_STATUS",
    "message": "Cannot publish content type with status: deleted"
  }
}

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Invalid Components

{
  "error": {
    "code": "VALIDATION_FAILED",
    "message": "Content type references components not in the specified package version",
    "details": {
      "invalidComponentIds": ["c999"]
    }
  }
}

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Code Examples

curl -X POST "https://api.metabind.ai/v1/organizations/org123/projects/proj456/content-types/ct123/publish" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"