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# Update Company Watchlist

> Update watchlist name or enable/disable the watchlist

Modify your company watchlist settings including name and active status.

<Note>
  **Platform: LinkedIn only.** Company watchlists track LinkedIn company pages; there is no Reddit equivalent. Collection requires your team's OutX Chrome extension to be installed and active (within the last 48 hours). See [Choose a watchlist type](/docs/api-reference/watchlist/overview).
</Note>

## Request Body

<ParamField body="id" type="string" required>
  Watchlist ID to update
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="name" type="string">
  New watchlist name
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="disable" type="boolean">
  Set to `true` to disable the watchlist, `false` to enable it
</ParamField>

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X PUT \
    "https://api.outx.ai/api-company-watchlist" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
    -d '{
      "id": "880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      "name": "Updated FAANG Companies",
      "disable": false
    }'
  ```

  ```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
  const response = await fetch(
    'https://api.outx.ai/api-company-watchlist',
    {
      method: 'PUT',
      headers: {
        'Content-Type': 'application/json',
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        id: '880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
        name: 'Updated FAANG Companies',
        disable: false
      })
    }
  );
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  url = 'https://api.outx.ai/api-company-watchlist'
  headers = {
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
      'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY'
  }
  payload = {
      'id': '880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000',
      'name': 'Updated FAANG Companies',
      'disable': False
  }

  response = requests.put(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json Response theme={null}
  {
    "id": "880e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
    "name": "Updated FAANG Companies",
    "disable": false,
    "updated": true,
    "message": "Watchlist updated successfully"
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

## Response Fields

<ResponseField name="id" type="string">
  Watchlist ID that was updated
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="name" type="string">
  Updated watchlist name
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="disable" type="boolean">
  Current active/disabled status
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="updated" type="boolean">
  Whether the update was successful
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="message" type="string">
  Success message
</ResponseField>

## Error Responses

| Status Code | Error Message                        | Description                                  |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------- |
| 400         | Missing required parameter: id       | Watchlist ID is required                     |
| 401         | Unauthorized                         | Invalid or missing API key                   |
| 403         | Access denied                        | Trying to update watchlist from another team |
| 404         | Watchlist not found or access denied | Watchlist ID doesn't exist                   |

## Frequently Asked Questions

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="What properties can I update on a company watchlist?">
    You can update the watchlist `name` and the `disable` status (to pause or resume tracking). To modify the companies being tracked, you would need to create a new watchlist with the updated list of companies.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Does updating a watchlist reset existing collected data?">
    No. Updating a watchlist's name or disable status does not affect any posts or data that have already been collected. Your existing data remains intact. Disabling a watchlist pauses future tracking, but all previously collected posts are still accessible via the Posts API.
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>