Update Channel

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "icon": {
    "id": "<string>"
  },
  "moderation": {
    "ban_media": true,
    "ban_urls": true,
    "banned_words": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "user_posts_cooldown_seconds": 1,
    "who_can_post": "everyone",
    "who_can_react": "everyone"
  },
  "name": "Renamed",
  "notifications_enabled": true
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}"

payload = {
    "icon": { "id": "<string>" },
    "moderation": {
        "ban_media": True,
        "ban_urls": True,
        "banned_words": ["<string>"],
        "user_posts_cooldown_seconds": 1,
        "who_can_post": "everyone",
        "who_can_react": "everyone"
    },
    "name": "Renamed",
    "notifications_enabled": True
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    icon: {id: '<string>'},
    moderation: {
      ban_media: true,
      ban_urls: true,
      banned_words: ['<string>'],
      user_posts_cooldown_seconds: 1,
      who_can_post: 'everyone',
      who_can_react: 'everyone'
    },
    name: 'Renamed',
    notifications_enabled: true
  })
};

fetch('https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'icon' => [
        'id' => '<string>'
    ],
    'moderation' => [
        'ban_media' => true,
        'ban_urls' => true,
        'banned_words' => [
                '<string>'
        ],
        'user_posts_cooldown_seconds' => 1,
        'who_can_post' => 'everyone',
        'who_can_react' => 'everyone'
    ],
    'name' => 'Renamed',
    'notifications_enabled' => true
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"icon\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"moderation\": {\n    \"ban_media\": true,\n    \"ban_urls\": true,\n    \"banned_words\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"user_posts_cooldown_seconds\": 1,\n    \"who_can_post\": \"everyone\",\n    \"who_can_react\": \"everyone\"\n  },\n  \"name\": \"Renamed\",\n  \"notifications_enabled\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"icon\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"moderation\": {\n    \"ban_media\": true,\n    \"ban_urls\": true,\n    \"banned_words\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"user_posts_cooldown_seconds\": 1,\n    \"who_can_post\": \"everyone\",\n    \"who_can_react\": \"everyone\"\n  },\n  \"name\": \"Renamed\",\n  \"notifications_enabled\": true\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"icon\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"moderation\": {\n    \"ban_media\": true,\n    \"ban_urls\": true,\n    \"banned_words\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"user_posts_cooldown_seconds\": 1,\n    \"who_can_post\": \"everyone\",\n    \"who_can_react\": \"everyone\"\n  },\n  \"name\": \"Renamed\",\n  \"notifications_enabled\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "account_id": "biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "experience_id": null,
  "icon": {
    "blurhash": null,
    "content_type": "application/pdf",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "filename": "evidence.pdf",
    "height": null,
    "id": "file_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "object": "file",
    "removed_by_moderation": false,
    "size": 9670,
    "upload_status": "pending",
    "url": "https://whop-assets-example.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/audio/2026-01-01/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "visibility": "private",
    "waveform_url": null,
    "width": null,
    "multipart_chunk_size": 5242880,
    "multipart_upload_id": "upload-id",
    "multipart_upload_urls": [
      {
        "part_number": 1,
        "url": "https://whop-assets-example.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2026-01-01/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/application.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "upload_headers": {},
    "upload_url": "https://whop-assets-example.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2026-01-01/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/application.pdf"
  },
  "id": "feed_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "kind": "private",
  "last_message_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "last_message_id": "post_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "membership": {
    "channel_id": "feed_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "id": "memb_1_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "inbox_status": "accepted",
    "last_viewed_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "notification_preference": "all",
    "pinned_position": null,
    "unread": false,
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "user": {
      "id": "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "name": "Dana Whitfield",
      "profile_picture": {
        "url": "https://ui-avatars.com/api/"
      },
      "username": "danawhitfield"
    },
    "user_id": "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  },
  "moderation": {
    "ban_media": true,
    "ban_urls": true,
    "banned_words": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "user_posts_cooldown_seconds": 123,
    "who_can_post": "everyone",
    "who_can_react": "everyone"
  },
  "name": "Renamed",
  "notifications_enabled": true,
  "support": {
    "awaiting_reply": false,
    "customer_user_id": "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "last_message_by": "customer",
    "resolved_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "status": "resolved"
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

PATCH

channels

{id}

Update Channel

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "icon": {
    "id": "<string>"
  },
  "moderation": {
    "ban_media": true,
    "ban_urls": true,
    "banned_words": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "user_posts_cooldown_seconds": 1,
    "who_can_post": "everyone",
    "who_can_react": "everyone"
  },
  "name": "Renamed",
  "notifications_enabled": true
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}"

payload = {
    "icon": { "id": "<string>" },
    "moderation": {
        "ban_media": True,
        "ban_urls": True,
        "banned_words": ["<string>"],
        "user_posts_cooldown_seconds": 1,
        "who_can_post": "everyone",
        "who_can_react": "everyone"
    },
    "name": "Renamed",
    "notifications_enabled": True
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    icon: {id: '<string>'},
    moderation: {
      ban_media: true,
      ban_urls: true,
      banned_words: ['<string>'],
      user_posts_cooldown_seconds: 1,
      who_can_post: 'everyone',
      who_can_react: 'everyone'
    },
    name: 'Renamed',
    notifications_enabled: true
  })
};

fetch('https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'icon' => [
        'id' => '<string>'
    ],
    'moderation' => [
        'ban_media' => true,
        'ban_urls' => true,
        'banned_words' => [
                '<string>'
        ],
        'user_posts_cooldown_seconds' => 1,
        'who_can_post' => 'everyone',
        'who_can_react' => 'everyone'
    ],
    'name' => 'Renamed',
    'notifications_enabled' => true
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"icon\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"moderation\": {\n    \"ban_media\": true,\n    \"ban_urls\": true,\n    \"banned_words\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"user_posts_cooldown_seconds\": 1,\n    \"who_can_post\": \"everyone\",\n    \"who_can_react\": \"everyone\"\n  },\n  \"name\": \"Renamed\",\n  \"notifications_enabled\": true\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"icon\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"moderation\": {\n    \"ban_media\": true,\n    \"ban_urls\": true,\n    \"banned_words\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"user_posts_cooldown_seconds\": 1,\n    \"who_can_post\": \"everyone\",\n    \"who_can_react\": \"everyone\"\n  },\n  \"name\": \"Renamed\",\n  \"notifications_enabled\": true\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.whop.com/api/v1/channels/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"icon\": {\n    \"id\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"moderation\": {\n    \"ban_media\": true,\n    \"ban_urls\": true,\n    \"banned_words\": [\n      \"<string>\"\n    ],\n    \"user_posts_cooldown_seconds\": 1,\n    \"who_can_post\": \"everyone\",\n    \"who_can_react\": \"everyone\"\n  },\n  \"name\": \"Renamed\",\n  \"notifications_enabled\": true\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "account_id": "biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "experience_id": null,
  "icon": {
    "blurhash": null,
    "content_type": "application/pdf",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "duration_seconds": null,
    "filename": "evidence.pdf",
    "height": null,
    "id": "file_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "object": "file",
    "removed_by_moderation": false,
    "size": 9670,
    "upload_status": "pending",
    "url": "https://whop-assets-example.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/audio/2026-01-01/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "visibility": "private",
    "waveform_url": null,
    "width": null,
    "multipart_chunk_size": 5242880,
    "multipart_upload_id": "upload-id",
    "multipart_upload_urls": [
      {
        "part_number": 1,
        "url": "https://whop-assets-example.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2026-01-01/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/application.pdf"
      }
    ],
    "upload_headers": {},
    "upload_url": "https://whop-assets-example.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2026-01-01/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/application.pdf"
  },
  "id": "feed_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "kind": "private",
  "last_message_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "last_message_id": "post_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
  "membership": {
    "channel_id": "feed_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "id": "memb_1_xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "inbox_status": "accepted",
    "last_viewed_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "notification_preference": "all",
    "pinned_position": null,
    "unread": false,
    "updated_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "user": {
      "id": "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
      "name": "Dana Whitfield",
      "profile_picture": {
        "url": "https://ui-avatars.com/api/"
      },
      "username": "danawhitfield"
    },
    "user_id": "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
  },
  "moderation": {
    "ban_media": true,
    "ban_urls": true,
    "banned_words": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "user_posts_cooldown_seconds": 123,
    "who_can_post": "everyone",
    "who_can_react": "everyone"
  },
  "name": "Renamed",
  "notifications_enabled": true,
  "support": {
    "awaiting_reply": false,
    "customer_user_id": "user_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx",
    "last_message_by": "customer",
    "resolved_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
    "status": "resolved"
  },
  "updated_at": "2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

{
  "error": {
    "message": "account_id is required",
    "type": "bad_request",
    "code": "<string>"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

An Account API key, an App API key, an account access token, or an account-scoped user token. Prepend the key or token with Bearer, for example Bearer ***************************. See Auth & API keys for how to get each one.

Headers

Api-Version-Date

string

Pins the request to a dated API version.

Example:

"2026-11-07"

Path Parameters

string

required

Public resource ID.

Body

application/json

icon

object | null

Community channels only. File reference for the experience logo; null clears it and restores the app icon fallback. Omit to preserve the current logo.

Show child attributes

moderation

object

Moderation settings, accepted only for community channels. Requires chat moderation permission. Omitted settings are preserved.

Show child attributes

name

string | null

Replacement display name for any channel kind. Send null to clear a private or support channel name. Community channels require a name and also rename the experience.

Maximum string length: 255

Pattern: \S

Example:

"Renamed"

notifications_enabled

boolean

Whether app notifications are on for any channel kind. Webhooks fire either way. Omit to preserve the current setting.

Response

operation completed

account_id

string | null

required

Example:

"biz_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

created_at

string

required

Creation time as an ISO 8601 timestamp.

Example:

"2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"

experience_id

string | null

required

Example:

null

icon

object | null

required

Experience logo, falling back to the app icon for community channels. Null for other channel kinds or when neither image exists.

Show child attributes

string

required

Existing public channel ID, preserved across REST and chat clients.

Example:

"feed_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

kind

enum<string>

required

Available options:

private,

community,

support

Example:

"private"

last_message_at

string | null

required

When the channel last recorded message activity, as an ISO 8601 timestamp. Null when no message activity is recorded.

Example:

"2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"

last_message_id

string | null

required

Example:

"post_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

membership

object | null

required

Show child attributes

moderation

object | null

required

Show child attributes

name

string | null

required

Example:

"Renamed"

notifications_enabled

boolean

required

Whether app notifications are on. Webhooks fire either way.

Example:

true

support

object | null

required

Show child attributes

updated_at

string

required

Last channel change as an ISO 8601 timestamp.

Example:

"2026-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"

Introduction

Reference

Core Resources

Payments

Money

Commerce

Websites

Ads

Analytics

Communication

Partners

Workforce

Media

Developer

Update Channel

Authorizations

Headers

Path Parameters

Body

Response