# UpdateProfile
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Update a profile.

## Request Syntax
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```
PATCH /profiles/ProfileArn HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "ProfileDescription": "string",
   "ProfileQuestions": [ 
      { 
         "QuestionId": "string",
         "SelectedChoiceIds": [ "string" ]
      }
   ]
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [ProfileArn](#API_UpdateProfile_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="wellarchitected-UpdateProfile-request-uri-ProfileArn"></a>
The profile ARN.  
Length Constraints: Maximum length of 2084.  
Pattern: `arn:aws[-a-z]*:wellarchitected:[a-z]{2}(-gov)?-[a-z]+-\d:\d{12}:profile/[a-z0-9]+`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [ProfileDescription](#API_UpdateProfile_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="wellarchitected-UpdateProfile-request-ProfileDescription"></a>
The profile description.  
Type: String  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 3. Maximum length of 100.  
Required: No

 ** [ProfileQuestions](#API_UpdateProfile_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="wellarchitected-UpdateProfile-request-ProfileQuestions"></a>
Profile questions.  
Type: Array of [ProfileQuestionUpdate](API_ProfileQuestionUpdate.md) objects  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "Profile": { 
      "CreatedAt": number,
      "Owner": "string",
      "ProfileArn": "string",
      "ProfileDescription": "string",
      "ProfileName": "string",
      "ProfileQuestions": [ 
         { 
            "MaxSelectedChoices": number,
            "MinSelectedChoices": number,
            "QuestionChoices": [ 
               { 
                  "ChoiceDescription": "string",
                  "ChoiceId": "string",
                  "ChoiceTitle": "string"
               }
            ],
            "QuestionDescription": "string",
            "QuestionId": "string",
            "QuestionTitle": "string",
            "SelectedChoiceIds": [ "string" ]
         }
      ],
      "ProfileVersion": "string",
      "ShareInvitationId": "string",
      "Tags": { 
         "string" : "string" 
      },
      "UpdatedAt": number
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [Profile](#API_UpdateProfile_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="wellarchitected-UpdateProfile-response-Profile"></a>
The profile.  
Type: [Profile](API_Profile.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
User does not have sufficient access to perform this action.    
 ** Message **   
Description of the error.
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
The resource has already been processed, was deleted, or is too large.    
 ** Message **   
Description of the error.  
 ** ResourceId **   
Identifier of the resource affected.  
 ** ResourceType **   
Type of the resource affected.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
There is a problem with the AWS Well-Architected Tool API service.    
 ** Message **   
Description of the error.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The requested resource was not found.    
 ** Message **   
Description of the error.  
 ** ResourceId **   
Identifier of the resource affected.  
 ** ResourceType **   
Type of the resource affected.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
Request was denied due to request throttling.    
 ** Message **   
Description of the error.  
 ** QuotaCode **   
Service Quotas requirement to identify originating quota.  
 ** ServiceCode **   
Service Quotas requirement to identify originating service.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The user input is not valid.    
 ** Fields **   
The fields that caused the error, if applicable.  
 ** Message **   
Description of the error.  
 ** Reason **   
The reason why the request failed validation.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/wellarchitected-2020-03-31/UpdateProfile)