updateWhiteboardScene
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Edit elements on a whiteboard's canvas WITHOUT dropping the rest of the scene. A board may hold many diagrams/elements, so prefer surgical edits: mode='patch' (DEFAULT) shallow-merges each incoming object into the existing element with the same id (send just {id, backgroundColor:'blue'} to recolour one box, or {id, x, y} to move one) and appends any elements whose id is new/absent — everything else is left untouched. deleteIds removes specific elements by id. mode='append' only adds. mode='replace' overwrites the ENTIRE scene — to rebuild or edit only PART of a board, still use 'patch', because replace DELETES every element you don't resend (of ANY type). As a safeguard, a replace that would drop ANY existing element not in your payload is REJECTED unless you pass confirmReplace:true (or include those ids); diagrams/images/frames are flagged specially since they're inserted separately and costliest to lose. To author NEW shapes/connectors from a high-level spec, prefer addWhiteboardElements — and prefer library stencils / sticky notes / architecture icons over plain rectangles wherever a standard form fits (sticky notes, kanban/scrum, flowcharts, UML/ER, BPMN, org charts, wireframes). Optional appState/files are merged in. PROCESS: for a non-trivial edit call getWhiteboardGuide FIRST; after editing, ALWAYS call getWhiteboardImage to confirm the board still looks right (layout, labels, overlaps), and patch again if it doesn't.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| projectId | string | no | Optional. Narrows a friendly-id lookup to one project. Only needed when a friendly id is ambiguous — TAS-/IMP-/PLN- ids are numbered per PROJECT, so the same id can exist in several. Ignored when the id is a UUID. |
| documentId | string | yes | |
| elements | array | no | Elements to write. For mode 'patch', each may be a partial { id, ...changedFields } merged into the matching element by id; full Excalidraw elements for 'replace'/'append' (or new ids in 'patch'). |
| mode | string | no | How to apply your `elements`. patch (DEFAULT — use this for ANY partial edit): merges each item into the element with the same id and leaves everything else untouched, like find-and-replace by id; new ids are added. append: only adds your items, changes nothing else. replace: OVERWRITES THE WHOLE CANVAS — every existing element you don't resend is DELETED — so use it ONLY to set an entire board at once. To change or rebuild just a SECTION, use patch (+ deleteIds to remove specific ids), NEVER replace. A replace that would drop any existing element is rejected unless confirmReplace:true. |
| deleteIds | array | no | Element ids to remove from the scene. |
| appState | object | no | Optional Excalidraw appState fields to merge (e.g. viewBackgroundColor). |
| files | object | no | Optional Excalidraw BinaryFiles map (for embedded images), merged in. |
| versionTimestamp | number | no | Optional optimistic-locking token from getWhiteboard. Only used for mode 'replace': if the board changed since you read it, the replace is rejected so you don't overwrite a collaborator's newer edits — re-read with getWhiteboard and retry. Not needed for patch/append, which automatically merge onto the latest scene. |
| confirmReplace | boolean | no | Safety acknowledgement for mode 'replace' ONLY. A replace that would DELETE ANY existing element not present in your `elements` is rejected unless this is true. Leave it unset and use mode:'patch' to edit part of a board (it merges by id and keeps the rest); set true only when you truly intend to overwrite the WHOLE scene. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"projectId": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional. Narrows a friendly-id lookup to one project. Only needed when a friendly id is ambiguous — TAS-/IMP-/PLN- ids are numbered per PROJECT, so the same id can exist in several. Ignored when the id is a UUID."
},
"documentId": {
"type": "string"
},
"elements": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Elements to write. For mode 'patch', each may be a partial { id, ...changedFields } merged into the matching element by id; full Excalidraw elements for 'replace'/'append' (or new ids in 'patch').",
"items": {
"type": "object"
}
},
"mode": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"patch",
"append",
"replace"
],
"description": "How to apply your `elements`. patch (DEFAULT — use this for ANY partial edit): merges each item into the element with the same id and leaves everything else untouched, like find-and-replace by id; new ids are added. append: only adds your items, changes nothing else. replace: OVERWRITES THE WHOLE CANVAS — every existing element you don't resend is DELETED — so use it ONLY to set an entire board at once. To change or rebuild just a SECTION, use patch (+ deleteIds to remove specific ids), NEVER replace. A replace that would drop any existing element is rejected unless confirmReplace:true."
},
"deleteIds": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string"
},
"description": "Element ids to remove from the scene."
},
"appState": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional Excalidraw appState fields to merge (e.g. viewBackgroundColor)."
},
"files": {
"type": "object",
"description": "Optional Excalidraw BinaryFiles map (for embedded images), merged in."
},
"versionTimestamp": {
"type": "number",
"description": "Optional optimistic-locking token from getWhiteboard. Only used for mode 'replace': if the board changed since you read it, the replace is rejected so you don't overwrite a collaborator's newer edits — re-read with getWhiteboard and retry. Not needed for patch/append, which automatically merge onto the latest scene."
},
"confirmReplace": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Safety acknowledgement for mode 'replace' ONLY. A replace that would DELETE ANY existing element not present in your `elements` is rejected unless this is true. Leave it unset and use mode:'patch' to edit part of a board (it merges by id and keeps the rest); set true only when you truly intend to overwrite the WHOLE scene."
}
},
"required": [
"documentId"
]
}