Update existing form via API

User Support Form Building
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Hi!
I try to use KoboForms API to make changes in existing form.
I would like to create/update a form based on data from my application.
The problem is that actually only name of form is updated and never survey. No matter if it’s deployed or not.

{
“content”: {
“survey”: [
{
“type”: “text”,
“label”:“Test”,
“required”:“false”,
“$kuid”:“lk5ef21”
},
{
“name”:“start”,
“type”:“start”
},
{
“name”:“end”,
“type”:“end”
}
],
“settings”:[{}]
}
“name”: “test project - NA”
}

this is example content from Headers that goes when I update form via UI.
Sending the same request to any new form (empty with random name) changes only name, does not add any question. I trie also with deleted $kuid and start/end objects.
Those are options that I send to node.js request promise call:

const options = {
        method: 'PATCH',
        uri: `${this.config.koboForms.formsUrl}/assets/${uid}/`,
        headers: {
          authorization: `Token ${this.config.koboForms.token}`,
          accept: 'application/json'
        },
        form: querystring.stringify(form)
      }

Does anyone has any hint? Does anyone had similar problem?
Greetings and thanks!

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Hi Johny,

I would like to know if you have the update functionality working because I’m looking for the same functionality as you. I also would like to update my form.

The reason is I have created my form via the api and tried to deploy it, however it was missing a list_name, and I would like to update my survey to deploy it. And even after deploying it, I would like to update my choices sheet with the latest data.

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would love to know the updates here