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id: 1ba5a615-9559-44b8-82ff-e68f53a92d23
slug: /sdks/reference/messaging/update
title: Update
sidebar-title: Update
max-toc-depth: 3
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Use this endpoint for the Media method to update a message body after it has been sent.
Useful for removing sensitive information from the body after the message has been received.

<EndpointSchemaSnippet endpoint="POST /Accounts/{AccountSid}/Messages/{Sid}" />

## Request examples

<CodeBlocks>
  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require('@signalwire/compatibility-api')
  const client = RestClient('YourProjectID', 'YourAuthToken', { signalwireSpaceUrl: 'example.signalwire.com' })

  client.messages('MessageSid')
        .update({body: 'Overridden'})
        .then(message => console.log(message.to))
        .done();
  ```

  ```csharp
  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using Twilio;
  using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;

  class Program
  {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          TwilioClient.Init("YourProjectID", "YourAuthToken", new Dictionary<string, object> { ["signalwireSpaceUrl"] = "{SPACE}.signalwire.com" });

          var message = MessageResource.Update(
              body: "Overridden",
              pathSid: "MessageSid"
          );

          Console.WriteLine(message.To);
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.rest import Client as signalwire_client

  client = signalwire_client("YourProjectID", "YourAuthToken", signalwire_space_url = 'example.signalwire.com')

  message = client.messages('MessageSid') \
                  .update(body='Overridden')

  print(message.to)
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  @client = Signalwire::REST::Client.new 'YourProjectID', 'YourAuthToken', signalwire_space_url: "example.signalwire.com"

  message = @client.messages('MMXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
                   .update(body: 'Overridden')

  puts message.to
  ```
</CodeBlocks>

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### Request: redact a message

Redact a message body by posting an empty string as the body to a `sent` message.

<CodeBlocks>
  ```javascript title="Node.js"
  const { RestClient } = require('@signalwire/compatibility-api')
  const client = RestClient('YourProjectID', 'YourAuthToken', { signalwireSpaceUrl: 'example.signalwire.com' })

  client.messages('MessageSid')
        .update({body: ''})
        .then((message) => process.stdout.write(message.body));
  ```

  ```csharp
  using System;
  using System.Collections.Generic;
  using Twilio;
  using Twilio.Rest.Api.V2010.Account;

  class Program
  {
      static void Main(string[] args)
      {
          TwilioClient.Init("YourProjectID", "YourAuthToken", new Dictionary<string, object> { ["signalwireSpaceUrl"] = "{SPACE}.signalwire.com" });

          const string sid = "MessageSid";
          var message = MessageResource.Update(sid, "");

          Console.WriteLine(message.Body);
      }
  }
  ```

  ```python
  from signalwire.rest import Client as signalwire_client

  client = signalwire_client("YourProjectID", "YourAuthToken", signalwire_space_url = 'example.signalwire.com')

  client.messages("MessageSid") \
        .update(body="")
  ```

  ```ruby
  require 'signalwire/sdk'

  @client = Signalwire::REST::Client.new 'YourProjectID', 'YourAuthToken', signalwire_space_url: "example.signalwire.com"

  @message = @client.api.messages('MessageSid').fetch

  @message.update(body: '')

  puts @message.body
  ```
</CodeBlocks>