# `bird realtime apps update`

## Usage

```bash
bird realtime apps update <realtime-app-id> [flags]
```

## Description

Update a Realtime app

Rename a Realtime app or change its configuration flags. Omitted fields keep their current value. Region cannot be changed after creation, so moving an app to another region means creating a new one and repointing clients.

Build the request from flags, a JSON RealtimeAppUpdate body via --body-file ("-" reads
stdin), or both — a flag overrides the matching body field. Run --example to
print a ready-to-edit body, or --dry-run to print the resolved request without
sending it.

## Examples

```bash
# print the body shape (no credentials needed)
bird realtime apps update --example

# the body it prints:
```

```json
{
  "connection_counting": true,
  "name": "chat-production"
}
```

## Options

#### Request

| Name                | Description                                                  |
| ------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ |
| `--body-file`       | Read the JSON request body from this file; "-" reads stdin   |
| `--example`         | Print a complete example request body, then exit             |
| `--dry-run`         | Print the resolved request without sending it, then exit     |
| `--idempotency-key` | Deduplication key; a retry with the same key won't act twice |

#### Options

| Name                        | Description                                                                                                                        |
| --------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `--name`                    | A label for the app, shown wherever it is listed.                                                                                  |
| `--client-events`           | Allow clients to trigger events directly (client events).                                                                          |
| `--connection-counting`     | Count the connections subscribed to each channel and expose the count on channel queries.                                          |
| `--connection-count-events` | Broadcast a connection-count event to a channel's subscribers whenever its connection count changes. Requires connection_counting. |
| `--authorized-connections`  | Require every connection to be authorized.                                                                                         |
| `--response-schema`         | Print the fields this command returns, then exit                                                                                   |

## Related

| Name                                                                    | Description           |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- |
| [`bird realtime apps create`](/docs/cli/reference/realtime-apps-create) | Create a Realtime app |
| [`bird realtime apps delete`](/docs/cli/reference/realtime-apps-delete) | Delete a Realtime app |
| [`bird realtime apps get`](/docs/cli/reference/realtime-apps-get)       | Get a Realtime app    |
| [`bird realtime apps list`](/docs/cli/reference/realtime-apps-list)     | List Realtime apps    |