# Update a price

Updates the specified price by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided are left unchanged.

## Prerequisites

Before you can run the following code snippet, you need to call these APIs with the provided parameters to set up the prerequisite API object(s).

1. createPrice
POST /v1/prices {"currency":"usd","unit_amount":1000,"recurring":{"interval":"month"},"product_data":{"name":"Gold Plan"}}

## Request

```curl
curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/prices/{{PRICE_ID}} \
  -u "<<YOUR_SECRET_KEY>>" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]=6735"
```

### Response

```json
{
  "id": "price_1MoBy5LkdIwHu7ixZhnattbh",
  "object": "price",
  "active": true,
  "billing_scheme": "per_unit",
  "created": 1679431181,
  "currency": "usd",
  "custom_unit_amount": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "lookup_key": null,
  "metadata": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  },
  "nickname": null,
  "product": "prod_NZKdYqrwEYx6iK",
  "recurring": {
    "interval": "month",
    "interval_count": 1,
    "trial_period_days": null,
    "usage_type": "licensed"
  },
  "tax_behavior": "unspecified",
  "tiers_mode": null,
  "transform_quantity": null,
  "type": "recurring",
  "unit_amount": 1000,
  "unit_amount_decimal": "1000"
}
```

## Returns

The updated price object is returned upon success. Otherwise, this call raises [an error](https://docs.stripe.com/api/errors.md).

## Parameters

- `active` (boolean, optional)
  Whether the price can be used for new purchases. Defaults to `true`.

- [`currency_options`](https://docs.stripe.com/api/prices/update.md?query=currency_options) (map, optional)
  Prices defined in each available currency option. Each key must be a three-letter [ISO currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html) and a [supported currency](https://docs.stripe.com/currencies.md).

- `lookup_key` (string, optional)
  A lookup key used to retrieve prices dynamically from a static string. This may be up to 200 characters.

  The maximum length is 200 characters.

- `metadata` (map, optional)
  Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata.md) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to `metadata`.

- `nickname` (string, optional)
  A brief description of the price, hidden from customers.

- `tax_behavior` (enum, recommended if calculating taxes)
  Only required if a [default tax behavior](https://docs.stripe.com/tax/products-prices-tax-categories-tax-behavior.md#setting-a-default-tax-behavior-\(recommended\)) was not provided in the Stripe Tax settings. Specifies whether the price is considered inclusive of taxes or exclusive of taxes. One of `inclusive`, `exclusive`, or `unspecified`. Once specified as either `inclusive` or `exclusive`, it cannot be changed.
Possible enum values:
  - `exclusive`
  - `inclusive`
  - `unspecified`

- `transfer_lookup_key` (boolean, optional)
  If set to true, will atomically remove the lookup key from the existing price, and assign it to this price.