curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/projectsV2/10/items/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "value": "example-value"
    }
  ]
}'

# PATCH /users/{username}/projectsV2/{project_number}/items/{item_id} (GitHub API)
Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization; GitHub token; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Update project item for user

## Critical Gotchas
* GitHub recommends an `Accept: application/vnd.github+json` header and an explicit `X-GitHub-Api-Version` header.
* Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

## cURL
curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/projectsV2/10/items/10' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \
  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "fields": [
    {
      "id": 0,
      "value": "example-value"
    }
  ]
}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| project_number | path | integer | Yes | The project's number. |
| username | path | string | Yes | The handle for the GitHub user account. |
| item_id | path | integer | Yes | The unique identifier of the project item. |
| fields | body | object[] | Yes | A list of field updates to apply. |

## Response example
{"id":0,"node_id":"string"}

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PATCH /users/{username}/projectsV2/{project_number}/items/{item_id} — GitHub API

GitHub token (required); https://api.github.com

GitHub API

Update project item for user

Base URL: https://api.github.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <GITHUB_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

GitHub recommends an Accept: application/vnd.github+json header and an explicit X-GitHub-Api-Version header.

Fine-grained tokens only authorize repositories and permissions selected when the token is created.

cURL

curl -X PATCH 'https://api.github.com/users/example-username/projectsV2/10/items/10' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github+json' \  -H 'X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "fields": [    {      "id": 0,      "value": "example-value"    }  ]}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
project_number	path	integer	Yes	The project's number.
username	path	string	Yes	The handle for the GitHub user account.
item_id	path	integer	Yes	The unique identifier of the project item.
fields	body	object[]	Yes	A list of field updates to apply.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": 0,
  "node_id": "string",
  "project_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/2/projectsV2/3",
  "content_type": "Issue",
  "content": {},
  "creator": {
    "name": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": true,
    "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
    "user_view_type": "public"
  },
  "created_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "archived_at": "2022-04-28T12:00:00Z",
  "item_url": "https://api.github.com/users/monalisa/2/projectsV2/items/3",
  "fields": [
    {}
  ]
}

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