Initiate duplication edits to rich text#

Description#

Sends a RichTextDuplicationEdit to perform on the rich text. The optional revision property can be used to identify a stable version of the text to use for selections. The latest revision is used if not specified. This is a long running operation. Responses include a Location header, which indicates where to poll for results. For more details on long-running job polling, see Operations endpoint. The resourceUrl field will be populated with a link to the Rich Text Duplication Edit Results endpoint to retrieve the IDs of the new resources.

POST /content/richText/{richTextId}/duplication/edit

Required OAuth Scopes

file:write

Parameters#

Parameter	In	Type	Required	Description
X-Version	header	string	true	Version of the API (2026-01-01)
richTextId	path	string	true	The unique identifier of the rich text content
body	body	RichTextDuplicationEdit	true	The rich text duplication edits to apply

Body parameter example#

{
  "duplicateTable": {
    "insertAt": {
      "offset": 0,
      "paragraphIndex": 2
    },
    "sourceTable": "WAxsaHxoYvTB4D0twUm6YtiF99TNO0gBkSOhgYBed9AMB99EUxqELDQychBaGR9SkZucm5sK"
  },
  "revision": "24601abc",
  "type": "duplicateTable"
}

Code Samples#

curl

curl -X POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/content/richText/{richTextId}/duplication/edit \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -H 'Accept: application/json' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    -H 'X-Version: 2026-01-01'

httpie

http POST https://api.app.wdesk.com/content/richText/{richTextId}/duplication/edit \
    X-Version:2026-01-01 \
    Content-Type:application/json \
    Accept:application/json \
    Authorization:"Bearer {access-token}"

wget

wget --method=POST "https://api.app.wdesk.com/content/richText/{richTextId}/duplication/edit" \
    --output-document -  \ 
    --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Accept: application/json' \ 
    --header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
    --header 'X-Version: 2026-01-01'

python

import requests

headers = {
  'X-Version': '2026-01-01',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}'
}

r = requests.post('https://api.app.wdesk.com/content/richText/{richTextId}/duplication/edit', headers = headers)

print(r.headers['Location'])

Returns#

202 - Accepted#

Response body for asynchronous operations. Contains an operationLocation field that specifies the URL to poll for the operation result. This URL can also be found in the Location header on the response.

Header	Description
Location	The location to poll for the operation result.
Retry-After	The number of seconds to wait before polling for a result and between polling attempts.