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PATCH
/
v3
/
avatars
/
looks
/
{look_id}
Update Avatar Look
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.heygen.com/v3/avatars/looks/{look_id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>"
}
'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "avatar_type": "studio_avatar",
    "group_id": "ag_abc123",
    "preview_image_url": "https://files.heygen.ai/look/business_preview.jpg",
    "preview_video_url": "https://files.heygen.ai/look/business_preview.mp4",
    "gender": "female",
    "tags": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "default_voice_id": "1bd001e7e50f421d891986aad5c8bbd2",
    "supported_api_engines": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "image_width": 1920,
    "image_height": 1080,
    "preferred_orientation": "portrait",
    "status": "completed",
    "error": {
      "code": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  }
}

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Authorizations

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x-api-key
string
header
required

HeyGen API key. Obtain from your HeyGen dashboard.

Path Parameters

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look_id
string
required

Unique avatar look identifier. This is the value to pass as avatar_id to POST /v3/videos.

Body

application/json

Request body for PATCH /v3/avatars/looks/<look_id>.

​
name
string | null

New display name for the look.

Maximum string length: 255

Response

Successful response

​
data
AvatarLookItem · object

A single avatar look in the list response.

The id field is the look-level identifier to pass as avatar_id to POST /v3/videos.