curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/projects/project-id' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

# POST /organization/projects/{project_id} (OpenAI API)
Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization; OpenAI admin key; required.
Request formats: application/json.
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Modify project

## Critical Gotchas
* The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.
* Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/projects/project-id' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{}'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| project_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the project. |
| name | body | string | No | The updated name of the project, this name appears in reports. |
| external_key_id | body | string | No | External key ID to associate with the project. |
| geography | body | string | No | Geography for the project. Deprecated: use `residency` when creating a projec... |

## Response example
{"id":"string","object":"organization.project"}

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POST /organization/projects/{project_id} — OpenAI API

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OpenAI API

Modify project

Base URL: https://api.openai.com/v1
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <OPENAI_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

The Responses API is the primary interface for new text and tool workflows; Chat Completions remains a separate compatibility API.

Audio transcription uploads use multipart form data rather than a JSON request body.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.openai.com/v1/organization/projects/project-id' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $OPENAI_ADMIN_KEY" \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{}'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
project_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the project.
name	body	string	No	The updated name of the project, this name appears in reports.
external_key_id	body	string	No	External key ID to associate with the project.
geography	body	string	No	Geography for the project. Deprecated: use `residency` when creating a project to configure data residency. This field is retained for backward compatibility.

Response 200 OK

{
  "id": "string",
  "object": "organization.project",
  "name": "string",
  "created_at": 0,
  "archived_at": 0,
  "status": "string",
  "external_key_id": "string",
  "residency": "GLOBAL"
}

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