# Update audience

> PATCH /audiences/:id — rename an audience.

`PATCH /audiences/:id`

Rename an audience. The only field accepted is `name`. Returns the updated audience object.

**Body**

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | The new name for the audience. Must be non-empty. |

**Node.js**

```js
import { SendPing } from 'sendping';

const mb = new SendPing('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

const { data, error } = await mb.audiences.update('AUDIENCE_ID', { "name": "Beta Signups" });
console.log({ data, error });
```

**Ruby**

```ruby
require "sendping"

SendPing.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

SendPing::Audiences.update("AUDIENCE_ID", {
  "name": "Beta Signups"
})
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use SendPing\SendPing;

$sendping = SendPing::client('mb_xxxxxxxxx');

$sendping->audiences->update('AUDIENCE_ID', [
  'name' => "Beta Signups"
]);
```

**Python**

```python
import sendping

sendping.api_key = "mb_xxxxxxxxx"

sendping.Audiences.update("AUDIENCE_ID", {
  "name": "Beta Signups"
})
```

**Go**

```go
import "github.com/shekhu10/sendping-sdks/sendping-go"

client := sendping.NewClient("mb_xxxxxxxxx")

audience, err := client.Audiences.Update("AUDIENCE_ID", &sendping.UpdateAudienceRequest{
    Name: "Beta Signups",
})
```

**Rust**

```rust
use sendping::SendPing;

let mb = SendPing::new("mb_xxxxxxxxx");

let _audience = mb.audiences.update("AUDIENCE_ID", "Beta Signups").await?;
```

**Java**

```java
import co.sendping.SendPing;
import co.sendping.SendPingResponse;

SendPing sendping = new SendPing("mb_xxxxxxxxx");

SendPingResponse response = sendping.audiences().update("AUDIENCE_ID", "Beta Signups");
```

**.NET**

```csharp
using SendPing;

ISendPing sendping = SendPingClient.Create("mb_xxxxxxxxx");

var resp = await sendping.AudienceUpdateAsync("AUDIENCE_ID", "Beta Signups");
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X PATCH 'https://www.sendping.co/api/audiences/AUDIENCE_ID' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer mb_xxxxxxxxx' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{ "name": "Beta Signups" }'
```

**CLI**

```bash
sendping audiences update AUDIENCE_ID \
  --name 'Beta Signups'
```

### Response

```json
{
  "object": "audience",
  "id": "78261eea-8f8b-4381-83c6-79fa7120f1cf",
  "name": "Beta Signups",
  "created_at": "2026-06-23T17:22:43.000Z"
}
```

Omitting `name` (or sending an empty string) returns `422 missing_required_field`. An unknown id returns `404 not_found`. See [Errors](https://www.sendping.co/docs/api/errors).