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# Publish reusable block <Badge intent="info" minimal outlined>OAuth Scope: posts:write</Badge>

POST https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/{reusableBlockId}/publish

This feature is currently in beta and the API is subject to change.

This endpoint is available to workspaces on the Pro and Enterprise plans.

Publish the unpublished changes made to a reusable block in the app, so every post, template and automation email using it picks them up. Does nothing when the block has no unpublished changes. Requires an API key with access to every publication in the workspace.

Reference: https://developers.beehiiv.com/api-reference/reusable-blocks/publish

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `reusableBlockId` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the reusable block object

## Response

### 200

OK

- `data` (ReusableBlockDetail, required)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized. The API key or OAuth access token is missing, invalid, or expired.

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Resource Not Found

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Entity

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate Limit Exceeded

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `status` (integer, required)
- `statusText` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of ErrorDetail, required)

## Types

### ReusableBlockDetail

- `created` (integer, required) — When the block was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
- `id` (string, required) — The prefixed ID of the reusable block.
- `kind` (enum, required) — Whether the block is a header, a footer, or content placed inside a post.
  - Allowed values: `header`, `footer`, `body`
- `name` (string, required) — The name of the reusable block.
- `status` (enum, required) — Whether the block is active or has been archived. An archived block stops appearing in templates, automation emails and unsent posts, and cannot be added to new ones.
  - Allowed values: `active`, `archived`
- `updated` (integer, required) — When the block was last saved. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch. Archiving or restoring a block does not change it.
- `description` (string, optional) — The description of the reusable block.
- `header_image_url` (string, optional) — The URL of a header block's image, or `null` when it has none. Omitted for footer and body blocks.

### ErrorDetail

- `message` (string, required)
- `code` (string, required)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "created": 1700000000,
    "id": "reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
    "kind": "header",
    "name": "Brand header",
    "status": "active",
    "updated": 1700000000,
    "description": "The masthead every publication shares",
    "header_image_url": "https://media.beehiiv.com/uploads/asset/file/00000000/header.png"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.beehiiv.com/v2/workspaces/reusable_blocks/reusable_block_00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000/publish")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```