POST drill/…

Updates specific drill details. Only the author of a drill can update its details. Note that if the drill is public or is used by a group, changes are immediately visible to all users.

A successful update results in an empty 200 response.

⚠️ Deprecrated

This endpoint is deprecated. Please use the PUT drill/… endpoint instead.

Resource URL

https://www.drillster.com/api/2.1.1/drill/{drill_id}

Parameters

Field	Description
`drill_id` required	The unique identifier of the drill. Note that this API call will only operate on drills, not on courses. Example value: `R_GVlYZQTKOEmN_r69EVFQ`
`name` optional	The name of the drill. Example value: `German Made Easy chapter 1`
`subject` optional	The subject of the drill. Example value: `German`
`description` optional	The description of the drill. Example value: `This drill is about the German language after all`

Example request

POST https://www.drillster.com/api/2.1.1/drill/R_GVlYZQTKOEmN_r69EVFQ
name=German Made Easy chapter 1
subject=German
description=This drill is about the German language after all

Response

{}

Error responses

The following error situations are possible:

ID	Description
`invalid_drill_id`	Given drill ID is invalid or drill could not be loaded.
`missing_parameters`	No input parameters specified.
`invalid_locale`	Given locale is not valid.
`invalid_drill_description`	Given drill description is not valid.
`invalid_drill_name`	Given drill name is not valid.
`invalid_drill_subject`	Given drill subject is not valid.

Last updated on 2025-04-18