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PATCH
/
assets
/
characters
/
{character_id}
Update asset character
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.fal.ai/v1/assets/characters/{character_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "Alice",
  "reference_images": [
    "019e6d0a-e5be-7b82-b329-35ae64296902"
  ]
}
'
{
  "character": {
    "id": "d7tatpsregjaga2cf3d0",
    "type": "character",
    "name": "Alice",
    "description": "A character with red hair and a blue jacket",
    "icon": "folder",
    "color": "blue",
    "cover_image_url": "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png",
    "character_identifier": "alice",
    "is_favorited": false,
    "created_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-23T20:00:00.000Z",
    "asset_count": null,
    "reference_images": [
      "https://v3b.fal.media/files/b/0a9b4900/PDbTGyzqRh1aijW2WQiY9_opengraph-1%20%281%29.png"
    ]
  }
}

Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://fal.ai/docs/llms.txt

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key must be prefixed with "Key ", e.g. Authorization: Key YOUR_API_KEY

Headers

Idempotency-Key
string

Optional idempotency key for safe request retries

Example:

"550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

Path Parameters

character_id
string
required

Character collection ID

Minimum string length: 1
Example:

"d7tatpsregjaga2cf3d0"

Body

application/json
name
string

Character display name

Required string length: 1 - 255
description
string

Text description used for character semantic matching

Required string length: 1 - 2000
reference_images
string[]

Reference images for the character. Prefer vector IDs or request IDs for existing fal-generated assets. Use fal-hosted image URLs only for standalone images.

Required array length: 1 - 20 elements
Minimum string length: 1
cover_image_url
string<uri> | null

Optional fal-hosted cover image URL for the character

Response

Character updated

character
object
required

Asset character