update_site
Update an existing site
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Patch or replace files on an existing site. Defaults to patch mode: only the listed files change; everything else stays. Pass mode:'replace' to wipe-and-replace the whole site (the legacy behaviour, surfaced explicitly so it can't happen by accident). Use delete: [paths] in patch mode to remove specific files without wiping the rest. Use dryRun: true to preview the diff before committing. LARGE FILES: a 100-250 KB text file fits in one call with encoding:'gzip+base64' (gzip locally, base64 the result) — prefer that over begin_deploy + add_file_chunk streaming. Errors if the site does not exist.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | no | Site name (preferred). |
| siteId | string | no | Site id (alternative to name). |
| files | any | no | Files to write. Array form `[{path, content, encoding?}]` (preferred) supports binary via encoding:'base64'; map form `{path: content}` is utf8-only. <= 500 MB total. Optional when `delete` is provided in patch mode for delete-only deploys. |
| mode | string | no | patch (default): write only the listed files; everything else stays. replace: delete all existing files and write only the listed ones. Use replace only when you genuinely want to throw away the rest of the site. |
| delete | array | no | Patch-mode only: site-relative paths to remove from the pod. Files not in this list are kept. Reported back in `deletedFiles` listing only entries that actually existed. Combine with `files` to atomically rename in one call (write new path + delete old path). Rejected in mode:'replace' since replace already removes anything not in `files`. |
| dryRun | boolean | no | If true, validate input + introspect what would change but don't write or delete. Returns the same shape with `dryRun: true` and `deletedFiles` showing what *would* be removed. Use this before any destructive call (replace mode, or patch with `delete`) to verify the diff. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"description": "Site name (preferred).",
"type": "string"
},
"siteId": {
"description": "Site id (alternative to name).",
"type": "string"
},
"files": {
"description": "Files to write. Array form `[{path, content, encoding?}]` (preferred) supports binary via encoding:'base64'; map form `{path: content}` is utf8-only. <= 500 MB total. Optional when `delete` is provided in patch mode for delete-only deploys.",
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"path": {
"type": "string"
},
"content": {
"type": "string"
},
"encoding": {
"description": "utf8 (default) treats content as a UTF-8 string written verbatim. base64 decodes content from base64 — required for binary files (images, fonts, PDFs); without it the literal base64 string lands on disk and the file is broken. gzip+base64 ships ~3–5× more raw text per tool call: gzip the bytes locally first, then base64-encode the gzip output. Server gunzips before writing.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"utf8",
"base64",
"gzip+base64"
]
}
},
"required": [
"path",
"content"
]
}
},
{
"type": "object",
"propertyNames": {
"type": "string"
},
"additionalProperties": {
"type": "string"
}
}
]
},
"mode": {
"description": "patch (default): write only the listed files; everything else stays. replace: delete all existing files and write only the listed ones. Use replace only when you genuinely want to throw away the rest of the site.",
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"patch",
"replace"
]
},
"delete": {
"description": "Patch-mode only: site-relative paths to remove from the pod. Files not in this list are kept. Reported back in `deletedFiles` listing only entries that actually existed. Combine with `files` to atomically rename in one call (write new path + delete old path). Rejected in mode:'replace' since replace already removes anything not in `files`.",
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"dryRun": {
"description": "If true, validate input + introspect what would change but don't write or delete. Returns the same shape with `dryRun: true` and `deletedFiles` showing what *would* be removed. Use this before any destructive call (replace mode, or patch with `delete`) to verify the diff.",
"type": "boolean"
}
}
}