---
title: "Edit method response description"
slug: "apigateway-method-patchresponses"
updated: 2026-09-17T09:35:41Z
published: 2026-09-17T09:35:41Z
canonical: "api.ncloud-docs.com/apigateway-method-patchresponses"
---

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# Edit method response description

Available in Classic and VPC

Edit the description for a response status code for a created method.

## Request

This section describes the request format. The method and URI are as follows:

| Method | URI |
| --- | --- |
| PATCH | /api/v1/products/{product-id}/apis/{api-id}/resources/{resource-id}/methods/{method-name}/responses/{status-code} |

### Request headers

For For information about the headers common to all API Gateway APIs, see [API Gateway request headers](/docs/en/ai-application-service-apigateway#%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD%ED%97%A4%EB%8D%94).

### Request path parameters

You can use the following path parameters with your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `product-id` | String | Required | ID of product the API belongs to - 0-10 characters - See [Get product list](/docs/en/apigateway-product-getproductlist). |
| `api-id` | String | Required | ID of the API whose response description you want to edit - 1-10 characters - See [Get API](/docs/en/apigateway-api-apis). |
| `resource-id` | String | Required | ID of the target resource in the API - 1-10 characters - See [Get resource list](/docs/en/apigateway-resource-getresourcelist). |
| `method-name` | String | Required | Target method type - `ANY` \| `GET` \| `POST` \| `PUT` \| `DELETE` \| `PATCH` \| `OPTIONS` \| `HEAD` |
| `status-code` | Integer | Required | Response status code - See [Get method response](/docs/en/apigateway-method-getresponses). |

### Request syntax

The request syntax is as follows:

```
{
  "responseDescription" : "responseDescription"
}
```

### Request body

You can include the following data in the body of your request:

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `responseDescription` | String | Required | Description of the response - 0-2000 characters |

### Request example

The request example is as follows:

```
curl --location --request PATCH 'https://apigateway.apigw.ntruss.com/api/v1/products/********o9/apis/cvcohvd2xj/resources/tf73xuex0v/methods/GET/responses/400' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-timestamp: {Timestamp}' \
--header 'x-ncp-iam-access-key: {Access Key}' \
--header 'x-ncp-apigw-signature-v2: {API Gateway Signature}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "responseDescription" : "Wrong request. Check parameters."
}'
```

## Response

This section describes the response format.

### Response syntax

The response syntax is as follows:

```
{
  "methodResponseDto" : {
    "tenantId" : "tenantId",
    "apiId" : "apiId",
    "resourceId" : "resourceId",
    "methodCode" : "methodCode",
    "statusCode" : 0,
    "responseDescription" : "responseDescription",
    "modifier" : "modifier"
  }
}
```

### Response status codes

For information about the HTTP status codes common to all API Gateway APIs, see [API Gateway response status codes](/docs/en/ai-application-service-apigateway#%EC%9D%91%EB%8B%B5%EC%83%81%ED%83%9C%EC%BD%94%EB%93%9C).

### Response example

The response example is as follows:

```
{
    "methodResponseDto": {
        "tenantId": "********65ec41039ce6668c2058b8a9",
        "apiId": "cvcohvd2xj",
        "resourceId": "tf73xuex0v",
        "methodCode": "0001",
        "statusCode": 400,
        "responseDescription": "Wrong request. Check parameters.",
        "modifier": "********-7fcd-11ec-a6ba-246e9659184c"
    }
}
```