*REST API › Endpoint reference › Rentals › Projects*

# Archive or restore a project

> Takes the project out of the active views or brings it back to them.

It deletes nothing and touches neither the orders, nor the documents, nor the team: only the visibility. Only a draft or cancelled project can be archived (409 otherwise); restoring is always allowed. PUT because the call SETS the value —there is no toggle—, so repeating it does nothing new. Responds 204 with no body. An archived project is left out of the listing unless `archived=true` is passed; its GET keeps answering with `archived: true`.

`PUT /api/v1/projects/{projectId}/archive` — scope `projects:write`

Scope: `projects:write` · 120/min · Inherited tenancy · Idempotency-Key · If-Match · MCP: `filmo_projects_archive`

## Authorizations

Bearer API key with the scope below. `projects:write`

## Headers

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Idempotency-Key` | string | No | Unique identifier of the request, chosen by the client (a UUID works). Between 1 and 255 characters: an empty header is rejected with 400 `validation_error`, because the client would believe itself protected. Repeating the same key with the SAME body within 24 h returns the stored response without executing again, with the `Idempotent-Replay: true` header. With a DIFFERENT body it returns 422. It is the safe way to retry after a network timeout. |
| `If-Match` | string | No | Optimistic locking: the `ETag` you read from the resource (or `*`). If the resource changed since, the write is rejected with `412 precondition_failed` before doing anything; read it again and retry. Without the header the write always proceeds. |

## Path parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `projectId` | string | Yes | Project identifier. |

## Body

Body schema: `ProjectArchiveBody`

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `archived` | boolean | Yes | true removes the project from the active views; false brings it back. |

## Request examples

*Archive or restore a project*

**cURL**

```bash
curl https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/projects/proj_8f2a1c/archive \
  --request PUT \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer $FILMO_API_KEY" \
  --header "Idempotency-Key: $(uuidgen 2>/dev/null || cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/uuid)" \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "archived": true
}'
```

**Node.js**

```javascript
fetch('https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/projects/proj_8f2a1c/archive', {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer YOUR_FILMO_API_KEY',
    'Idempotency-Key': crypto.randomUUID(),
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    archived: true
  })
})
```

**Python**

```python
import uuid
import requests

requests.put(
    "https://app.filmo.io/api/v1/projects/proj_8f2a1c/archive",
    headers={
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_FILMO_API_KEY",
      "Idempotency-Key": str(uuid.uuid4()),
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    json={
      "archived": True
    }
)
```

## Response

| Status | Description |
| --- | --- |
| 204 | No content. |
| 400 | Invalid request (validation_error): malformed query or body. `errors[]` lists every offending field with its stable code. |
| 401 | Authentication failed (unauthorized, api_key_invalid, api_key_revoked, api_key_expired, api_key_owner_inactive, api_key_owner_not_admin). |
| 403 | Not allowed (insufficient_scope: the API key does not have the required scope, named in `requiredScope`; forbidden: the owner of the key lacks the permission the operation requires). `insufficient_scope` is answered before the request counts against the rate limit, so it carries no `RateLimit-*` headers; `forbidden` does. |
| 404 | Resource not found (not_found): it does not exist or is outside the scope of the API key. |
| 409 | Conflict (conflict): the current state of the resource prevents the operation, a request with that Idempotency-Key is already in progress, or another conditional write (`If-Match`) held the resource for more than five seconds. `errors[0].code` says which: `in_progress` and `lock_timeout` are solved by retrying; `invalid_state` is not, because the state of the resource forbids the operation. |
| 412 | Precondition failed (precondition_failed): the `If-Match` entity tag does not match the current representation. Read the resource again and retry. |
| 422 | Idempotency-Key reused (idempotency_key_reused): the same key was used before with a different body. Change the key. |
| 429 | Rate limit exceeded (rate_limited): retry after `Retry-After` seconds; `RateLimit-*` says which quota ran out. |
| 500 | Internal error (internal_error). |

204: No body.

## Errors

| Status | Codes | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 400 | `validation_error` | Malformed query or body. `errors[]` lists every offending field with its stable code. |
| 404 | `not_found` | It does not exist or is outside the scope of the API key. |
| 409 | `conflict` | The current state of the resource prevents the operation, a request with that Idempotency-Key is already in progress, or another conditional write (`If-Match`) held the resource for more than five seconds. `errors[0].code` says which: `in_progress` and `lock_timeout` are solved by retrying; `invalid_state` is not, because the state of the resource forbids the operation. |
| 412 | `precondition_failed` | The `If-Match` entity tag does not match the current representation. Read the resource again and retry. |
| 422 | `idempotency_key_reused` | The same key was used before with a different body. Change the key. |

## Deprecation

This operation is not deprecated. Deprecations are announced with a Deprecation header and a sunset date.

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Canonical URL: https://docs.filmo.io/rest-api/endpoint-reference/projects/archive-or-restore-a-project  
Last updated: 2026-10-25