> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.whop.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update forum > Update moderation and notification settings for a forum, such as who can post, who can comment, and email notification preferences. Required permissions: - `forum:moderate` ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/api-v1-stable.json patch /forums/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: description: >- The Whop REST API. Please see https://docs.whop.com/developer/api/getting-started for more details. termsOfService: https://whop.com/tos-developer-api/ title: Whop API version: 1.0.0 x-api-version-date: 2026-07-08-1 servers: - description: Production Whop API url: https://api.whop.com/api/v1 - description: Sandbox Whop API url: https://sandbox-api.whop.com/api/v1 security: [] tags: - description: Products name: Products - description: Payments name: Payments - description: Refunds name: Refunds - description: Disputes name: Disputes - description: Dispute alerts name: Dispute alerts - description: Resolution center cases name: Resolution center cases - description: Checkout configurations name: Checkout configurations - description: Setup intents name: Setup intents - description: Payment methods name: Payment methods - description: Invoices name: Invoices - description: Promo codes name: Promo codes - description: Card transactions name: Card transactions - description: Ledger accounts name: Ledger accounts - description: Withdrawals name: Withdrawals - description: Payout methods name: Payout methods - description: Verifications name: Verifications - description: Identity profiles name: Identity profiles - description: Payout accounts name: Payout accounts - description: Topups name: Topups - description: Companies name: Companies - description: Authorized users name: Authorized users - description: Fee markups name: Fee markups - description: Members name: Members - description: Memberships name: Memberships - description: Leads name: Leads - description: Entries name: Entries - description: Shipments name: Shipments - description: Reviews name: Reviews - description: Company token transactions name: Company token transactions - description: Affiliates name: Affiliates - description: Experiences name: Experiences - description: Forums name: Forums - description: Forum posts name: Forum posts - description: Chat channels name: Chat channels - description: Support channels name: Support channels - description: Messages name: Messages - description: Reactions name: Reactions - description: Dm members name: Dm members - description: Dm channels name: Dm channels - description: Notifications name: Notifications - description: Courses name: Courses - description: Course chapters name: Course chapters - description: Course lessons name: Course lessons - description: Course students name: Course students - description: Course lesson interactions name: Course lesson interactions - description: Apps name: Apps - description: Webhooks name: Webhooks - description: App builds name: App builds - description: Access tokens name: Access tokens - description: Account links name: Account links - description: Files name: Files - description: Ai chats name: Ai chats - description: Bounties name: Bounties - description: Stats name: Stats - description: Conversions name: Conversions - description: Ad reports name: Ad reports paths: /forums/{id}: patch: tags: - Forums summary: Update forum description: >- Update moderation and notification settings for a forum, such as who can post, who can comment, and email notification preferences. Required permissions: - `forum:moderate` operationId: updateForum parameters: - description: >- The unique identifier of the forum to update. Accepts either an experience ID (e.g. 'exp_xxxxx') or a forum ID. in: path name: id required: true schema: type: string requestBody: content: application/json: schema: description: Parameters for UpdateForum properties: banned_words: description: >- A list of words that are automatically blocked from posts in this forum. For example, ['spam', 'scam']. items: description: >- Represents textual data as UTF-8 character sequences. This type is most often used by GraphQL to represent free-form human-readable text. type: string type: - array - 'null' banner_image: description: >- The banner image displayed at the top of the forum page. Pass null to remove the existing banner. properties: id: description: The ID of an existing file object. type: string required: - id title: FileInputWithId type: - object - 'null' email_notification_preference: description: >- Controls how email notifications are sent to members when new posts are created in this forum. oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForumEmailNotificationPreferences' - type: 'null' who_can_comment: description: >- Controls which roles are allowed to comment on posts in this forum. oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForumWhoCanCommentTypes' - type: 'null' who_can_post: description: >- Controls which roles are allowed to create new posts in this forum. oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForumWhoCanPostTypes' - type: 'null' required: [] type: object required: false responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Forum' description: A successful response '400': content: application/json: example: error: code: parameter_missing message: 'Missing required parameter: amount.' param: amount type: invalid_request_error schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Bad request '401': content: application/json: example: error: message: Invalid or missing API key type: unauthorized schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Unauthorized '403': content: application/json: example: error: message: You do not have permission to access this resource type: forbidden schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Forbidden '404': content: application/json: example: error: message: Resource not found type: not_found schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Not found '422': content: application/json: example: error: null schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Verification required '429': content: application/json: example: error: null schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Too many requests '500': content: application/json: example: error: message: An unexpected error occurred type: internal_server_error schema: properties: error: properties: code: description: >- A short string indicating the specific error code, e.g. 'parameter_missing', 'parameter_invalid', 'invalid_json' type: - string - 'null' message: type: string param: description: The parameter that caused the error, if applicable type: - string - 'null' type: type: string required: - type - message type: object required: - error type: object description: Internal server error security: - bearerAuth: - forum:moderate components: schemas: ForumEmailNotificationPreferences: description: Email notification preference option for a forum feed enum: - all_admin_posts - only_weekly_summary - none type: string ForumWhoCanCommentTypes: description: Who can comment on a forum feed enum: - everyone - admins type: string ForumWhoCanPostTypes: description: Who can post on a forum feed enum: - everyone - admins type: string Forum: description: >- A discussion forum where members can create posts, comment, and react, belonging to an experience. properties: email_notification_preference: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForumEmailNotificationPreferences' description: >- The email notification setting that controls which posts trigger email alerts. One of: all_admin_posts, only_weekly_summary, none. experience: description: The parent experience that this forum belongs to. properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the experience. example: exp_xxxxxxxxxxxxxx type: string name: description: >- The display name of this experience shown to users in the product navigation. Maximum 255 characters. example: Trading Signals Chat type: string required: - id - name type: object id: description: The unique identifier for the entity type: string who_can_comment: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForumWhoCanCommentTypes' description: >- The permission level controlling who can comment on posts. One of: everyone, admins. who_can_post: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForumWhoCanPostTypes' description: >- The permission level controlling who can create new posts. One of: everyone, admins. required: - id - experience - who_can_post - who_can_comment - email_notification_preference type: object securitySchemes: bearerAuth: bearerFormat: auth-scheme description: >- A company API key, company scoped JWT, app API key, or user OAuth token. You must prepend your key/token with the word 'Bearer', which will look like `Bearer ***************************` scheme: bearer type: http ````