> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.vanta.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Update questionnaire response content > Update the answer content of a questionnaire response. The edit is recorded as performed by the calling application, since vanta-api authenticates an OAuth client rather than a specific user. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /reference/manage-vanta.json patch /customer-trust/questionnaires/{questionnaireId}/responses/{responseId} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Manage Vanta version: 1.0.0 description: >- The REST API lets customers query and mutate Vanta's data. Use this API to automate bulk actions, query data for custom workflows and dashboards, and bolster your security operations **Note for Vanta Gov (FedRAMP) customers:** Select `Vanta Gov (FedRAMP)` from the server dropdown to issue requests against `https://api.vanta-gov.com`. The OAuth token URL shown below defaults to the commercial host — replace it with `https://api.vanta-gov.com/oauth/token`. termsOfService: https://www.vanta.com/terms license: name: UNLICENSED contact: name: API Support url: https://help.vanta.com/ email: support@vanta.com servers: - url: https://api.vanta.com/v1 description: Vanta (Commercial) - url: https://api.vanta-gov.com/v1 description: Vanta Gov (FedRAMP) security: [] paths: /customer-trust/questionnaires/{questionnaireId}/responses/{responseId}: patch: tags: - Customer Trust summary: Update questionnaire response content description: |- Update the answer content of a questionnaire response. The edit is recorded as performed by the calling application, since vanta-api authenticates an OAuth client rather than a specific user. operationId: UpdateQuestionnaireResponseContent parameters: - in: path name: questionnaireId required: true schema: type: string - in: path name: responseId required: true schema: type: string requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/UpdateQuestionnaireResponseContentArgs' responses: '200': description: Ok content: application/json: schema: $ref: >- #/components/schemas/QuestionnaireResponseWithoutViewerPermissions examples: Example 1: value: id: '000000000000000000000001' question: Do you encrypt customer data at rest? isPendingAnswerGeneration: false answer: explanation: Yes, we encrypt all customer data at rest with AES-256. ownerAssignment: type: User id: '000000000000000000000002' displayName: Jane Doe security: - bearerAuth: [] components: schemas: UpdateQuestionnaireResponseContentArgs: description: Request body for updating a questionnaire response's answer content. properties: answerPartsValues: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Record_string.unknown_' description: |- Map of answer part id -> value, matching the shape of the `answerPartsValues` read field. Values must be string, number, boolean, null, or string[]. A null value clears that part's value; ids omitted from the map are left unchanged. required: - answerPartsValues type: object additionalProperties: false QuestionnaireResponseWithoutViewerPermissions: description: >- A questionnaire response without the fields that describe what the requesting user may do with it. Surfaces that authenticate a client rather than a user return this, since there is no user those fields could describe. properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the questionnaire response sectionId: type: string nullable: true description: |- The questionnaire section this response belongs to, if any. Null for standalone questions or legacy responses without a section. sequenceLabel: type: string description: Sequence label for ordering responses within a questionnaire question: type: string description: The actual question text answer: $ref: '#/components/schemas/DeprecatedQAutoAnswerForAPI' description: The current answer for the question. deprecated: true editedBy: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerTrustUser' nullable: true description: The user who last edited the question/answer approvedBy: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerTrustUser' nullable: true description: The user who approved the current answer isPendingAnswerGeneration: type: boolean description: Indicates whether the answer is currently being worked on by AI. originType: $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireResponseOriginType' description: >- Where the current answer has came from - AI: generated by Vanta AI - Manual: written in by a user - Original questionnaire: included in the original import - Answer library: the answer was found in a matching question in the knowledge center - Resource: the answer was found in a matching excerpt from a document in the knowledge center answerSchema: type: string description: |- JSON Schema describing the expected answer format for this question. Prefer `answerPartsSchema` + `answerPartsValues` — those mirror the apps/web GraphQL surface and let clients render against the canonical composite schema. answerPartsSchema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7' description: |- Composite JSONSchema7 built from the response's stored answer parts (via `toCompositeSchema`). Mirrors the GraphQL `answerPartsSchema` field. Absent when the response has no stored parts — clients fall back to the legacy `answerSchema` field. answerPartsValues: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Record_string.AnswerPartValue_' description: |- Flat map of part-id → current value (via `toAnswerPartsValues`). Same key set as `answerPartsSchema.properties`. Absent when the response has no stored parts. attachedEvidence: items: properties: uploadedDocument: properties: slugId: type: string filename: type: string id: type: string required: - id type: object required: - uploadedDocument type: object type: array description: Evidence documents attached to support this questionnaire response generatedAnswerLogId: type: string description: >- Id of the QAutoGeneratedAnswerLog that produced the current generated answer on this response, if any. The browser extension API exposes the log body and citations at `GET /questionnaires/{questionnaireId}/responses/{responseId}/generated-answer-log`. ownerAssignment: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActorAssignment' nullable: true description: >- The response's owner, or null when no owner is assigned. Resolved from the object-role grant rather than the response document's legacy `ownerUserId`, which the object-role registry leaves unset for Team owners. required: - id - question - isPendingAnswerGeneration - ownerAssignment type: object additionalProperties: false Record_string.unknown_: properties: {} additionalProperties: {} type: object description: Construct a type with a set of properties K of type T DeprecatedQAutoAnswerForAPI: description: >- Frozen local clone of the shared `QAutoAnswer` shape, scoped to the deprecated REST `answer` field so that field's contract does not track changes to the shared answer-library type. No longer populated at runtime; removal is tracked by CTAUTO-1973. properties: explanation: type: string nullable: true multipleChoice: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/QuestionnaireResponseMultipleChoiceAnswer' nullable: true multipleChoiceCustom: type: string nullable: true type: object additionalProperties: false CustomerTrustUser: properties: id: type: string organizationId: type: string email: type: string givenName: type: string nullable: true familyName: type: string nullable: true required: - id - organizationId - email - givenName - familyName type: object additionalProperties: false QuestionnaireResponseOriginType: type: string enum: - AI - ANSWER_LIBRARY - MANUAL - ORIGINAL_QUESTIONNAIRE - RESOURCE JSONSchema7: properties: $ref: 7ef42983-a1e4-44f5-98af-756af9fb0280 $id: type: string $schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Version' $comment: type: string $defs: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: object type: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7TypeName' - items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7TypeName' type: array enum: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Type' type: array const: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Type' multipleOf: type: number format: double maximum: type: number format: double exclusiveMaximum: type: number format: double minimum: type: number format: double exclusiveMinimum: type: number format: double maxLength: type: number format: double minLength: type: number format: double pattern: type: string items: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' - items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: array additionalItems: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' maxItems: type: number format: double minItems: type: number format: double uniqueItems: type: boolean contains: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' maxProperties: type: number format: double minProperties: type: number format: double required: items: type: string type: array properties: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: object patternProperties: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: object additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' dependencies: properties: {} additionalProperties: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' - items: type: string type: array type: object propertyNames: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' if: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' then: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' else: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' allOf: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: array anyOf: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: array oneOf: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: array not: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' format: type: string contentMediaType: type: string contentEncoding: type: string definitions: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Definition' type: object title: type: string description: type: string default: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Type' readOnly: type: boolean writeOnly: type: boolean examples: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Type' type: object additionalProperties: false Record_string.AnswerPartValue_: properties: {} additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AnswerPartValue' type: object description: Construct a type with a set of properties K of type T ActorAssignment: properties: type: type: string enum: - User - Team id: type: string displayName: type: string nullable: true required: - type - id - displayName type: object additionalProperties: false QuestionnaireResponseMultipleChoiceAnswer: enum: - 'NO' - NOT_APPLICABLE - 'YES' type: string JSONSchema7Version: type: string description: |- Meta schema Recommended values: - 'http://json-schema.org/schema#' - 'http://json-schema.org/hyper-schema#' - 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/schema#' - 'http://json-schema.org/draft-07/hyper-schema#' JSONSchema7Definition: anyOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7' - type: boolean description: JSON Schema v7 JSONSchema7TypeName: type: string enum: - string - number - integer - boolean - object - array - 'null' description: Primitive type JSONSchema7Type: anyOf: - type: string - type: number format: double - type: boolean - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Object' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Array' nullable: true description: Primitive type AnswerPartValue: anyOf: - type: string - type: number format: double - type: boolean - items: type: string type: array nullable: true description: >- Valid runtime value types for an answer part. Array values are restricted to string items to match `ArrayFieldSchema.items` (which is narrowed to `StringFieldSchema` only). JSONSchema7Object: properties: {} type: object additionalProperties: $ref: '#/components/schemas/JSONSchema7Type' JSONSchema7Array: properties: {} type: object additionalProperties: false securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer ```` ## Related topics - [Update questionnaire response owner](/api-reference/customer-trust/update-questionnaire-response-owner.md) - [Update questionnaire](/api-reference/customer-trust/update-questionnaire.md) - [Delete questionnaire](/api-reference/customer-trust/delete-questionnaire.md) - [Questionnaire created](/api-reference/questionnaire/questionnaire-created.md) - [Questionnaire deleted](/api-reference/questionnaire/questionnaire-deleted.md)