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Tridion Docs REST API endpoint to update content as new version

Janani Kalyanaraman — Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:16:53 GMT

I'm trying to use this endpoint to update content

PUT/v3/DocumentObjects/ByLanguageCardId/{LanguageCardId}/Content

Updates the document object content by its language card identifier.

It works, but it overwrites existing version. How can I also rev the version during the update process?

I did see another endpoint to create new version:

POST/v3/DocumentObjects/Versions

Creates document object version. - NOT IMPLEMENTED

But it says not implemented. Does that mean I cannot use the REST APIs to update content of existing object as new version?

File translation thru API using VBA

Gaurav Chavan — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 12:09:08 GMT

Hi All,

I want to translate a file using API and thru VBA. I could translate text. But in case of file translation, I am unable to pass the file name/path.

Please guide me how to pass the input filename/path in the body of the API.

A sample VBA code will be useful.

Thanks,

gaurav

import/add another .sdlppx to Trados project - Automation API

Vladimír Oberreiter — Tue, 11 Apr 2023 10:53:45 GMT

Hello,

I can't find out how to import/add other .sdlppx to Trados project.

Example:

Client send me more .sdlppx from one Trados project (split project according target language). I need join/merge this .sdlppx to one project.

At first I create project from one package:

ProjectPackageImport packageimport = new ProjectPackageImport();

FileBasedProject project = FileBasedProject.CreateFromProjectPackage("projectPackageFilePath", "projectFolder" , out packageimport);

How Can I import/add others .sdlppx to project.

Thanks a lot for advice.

Vladimír

How can I get the Selected translation result?

Angela Sigee — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 12:40:05 GMT

When in the editor I can get retrieve the current TM matches like this:

    if (_editorController.TranslationResultsController.HasTranslationResults)
    {
        var trc = _editorController.TranslationResultsController;
        var results = trc.TryGetCurrentTranslationResults();
        if (results != null && results.LookupResults.Count > 0)
        {
            ...

While I can then access all of the results I cannot see which one is currently selected. By default it is the first one (results.LookupResults[0]) but of course the user may select a different one.

Is there there a way to determine this via the API?

Trados development

li xiaobu — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 08:42:18 GMT

For the development of trados plug-in, how to obtain and parse the content of the current project's glossary in the code, and the development language is C#.I hope to get your help.

Signing of Trados 2019 plugins?

Jonathan Olds — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 17:18:16 GMT

Hi,

I'm currently working on a ("private") plugin for Trados 2019 (at my client's request) I've just seen that support for Trados 2019 is being downgraded from the end of the year.

Are you (RWS) still signing private Trados 2019 plugins? Will you continue to do so after the end of this year?

Cheers,

Jon

Terminology provider connection issue

Balázs Fehér — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 11:23:18 GMT

Dear RWS,

I have created a custom terminology provider for Studio 2022, 2021 and 2019. It connects to a remote web service and use that as a source. When the studio loads the terminology provider, if the service is not available, user not available...etc the plugin display a Window, in which the user can try to login. In studio 2022 everything works fine, but in Studio 2019, it fails to load the terminology provider, because when the plugin tries to display the UI to login, it throws an error "calling thread must be STA". In Studio 2022 this error is also thrown, but after the first error, studio API tries once again and it successfully display the login UI. Thus I thought this is a fallback mechanism from studio side, if this error is cacthed then it retries to create the provider from the STA thread. I beleived in this, because it is quite a common scenario, if i remember well, if i add a server based MultiTerm termbase, and if the server is not available it also display a similar login window. However finding that 2019 studio works differently, it questions my beleif about that it is an on purpose fallback mechanism.

Can you advise about this?

Thanks in advance,

Balazs

Get target term with GroupShare REST API

Luca Menozzi — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:52:56 GMT

Hi All,

I looking for a way to get the target term in a entry. Using the '/multiterm/api/1.0/termbases/search' I'm only able to receive back the source term for the source language 'srcLangId'. I've tried to use the param 'trgLangId' but the result is the same.

The response has only the value for 'termText' for the source language.

Maybe the 'trgLangId' field has another purpose...

Thanks in advance

Luca

Programmatically refresh the files list

Jean-François Verdoodt — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:17:50 GMT

Hi,

we are currently migrating the plugins from version 17 to 21.

We are facing a problem with the file list. As we add or remove a file in the project via the plugin.

In the previous version we just needed to open the project, call the activation on the project controller and on the files controller and the list was refreshed.

As from now, the same code doesn't refresh the list anymore, it is only refreshed if the user press F5 key.

Could anyone help me on that case as I cannot find a way to do it.

Sorry if it's the wrong place to post.

Regards,

Jean-François

Trados 2019 - Creating projects

Daryl Stubbs — Wed, 13 Oct 2021 16:00:03 GMT

We are using the following API call

{{host}}/api/projectserver/v2/projects

{
"Name": "A-DUMMY-1",
"OrganizationId": "<ID>",
"Description": "TESTING THE API",
"ProjectTemplateId": "<ID>",
"DueDate": "2021-10-05T11:46:25.928Z",
"SuppressEmail": true
}

Everything seems to work, because it returns a project ID, but when we try to list the project, it's not there. Also, we added files to the project and it seemed to work but still can not see anything. Any idea what the issue is?

Withdraw a submitted request

Anupam Kakade — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 07:19:24 GMT

Hi Team,

Is there a Mantra api to withdraw/cancel the submitted request for translation ?
The link which I am referring is here

Client ID and Secret

ramakrishna p — Fri, 26 Feb 2021 11:56:30 GMT

I am developer and i want to call SDL api into my application but to call other APIs i need token and token can be generated only by clientid and secret but i am not able to find any clientid and secret on my login, I also search for solution for this problem but the reply said that you will find under My Application section in menu but i am not able to find any My Application section anywhere in menu bar.

Receiving 404 on certain installations from Trados Studio 2021 Translation Memory configuration form

Colin Harper — Tue, 02 Feb 2021 11:19:41 GMT

One client is receiving a 404 error when configuring their KantanMT plugin.

Studio version: 16.1.3.4096

Plugin version: 4.1.0

The error only occurs on their installation and does not occur on any other device/installation even when tried with the clients credentials (API token).

Any suggestions much appreciated.

Colin

Connect my web system with SDL studio

Mohamed Hady — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 13:52:39 GMT

Hello dears,

I have a technical question, I want to create my own web system and connect it with SDL trados so I can analyse and pre-translate my files through the web system then get my pre-translated files back.

I have my own legal TM which will be used through the process of pre-translation and I do not want it to be shared with any one else.

so is there any way to help me connects my system with trados to use the previous features like an API or web serves ??

Note : I do not want to use the groupshare.

How can I create a plugin to integrate my own machine translation system into the trados?

da xu — Mon, 11 Nov 2019 12:52:52 GMT

I want to write a plugin tin order to call my own machine translation system when I want to translate sentences in trados.

could anyone tell me which API should I use?

Can metadata value be updated via the API?

Kiet Binh Tran — Wed, 17 Apr 2019 01:32:39 GMT

Hi,

I've looked at the current API and it seems there is no support for updating the metadata after a project is created. If this is true, will this be in the product road map?

Thanks

Kiet

scoring of MT results

rensdn — Fri, 26 Oct 2018 08:45:49 GMT

Can Trados support standard scoring of MT generated results?

And below this standard prompt.

sdl2019 and some problems.

rensdn — Wed, 19 Sep 2018 07:25:39 GMT

Hello,
I upgraded my plug-in to be compatible with sdl2019, but I had some problems.

1. I try to follow the official method, but it seems to be impracticable. He hints that the plug-in defined in xx.plugin.xml contains references to the old SDL API assemblies. Loading this plug-in can cause stability problems.Then I chose yes, but the plug-in wasn't found in the system when I created the project to use it, but the previous version was okay.

2. My plugin can be used in previous versions, but I can't use it in sdl2019. It can be installed, but sdl2019 can not read this plugin.

v4.7 vs 2017

What can I do to make my plugin compatible with sdl2019? Can you help me.

Thank you very much.

Regards

Recommended size for Projects created through the API

Frederic Renier — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:55:04 GMT

Hi,

When developing an integration with SDL Managed Translation, what are SDL's recommendations regarding Project size and batching? How many files per project? What recommended word volume per project?

Thanks

Fred

API Timeout

Frederic Renier — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:53:11 GMT

Hi,

What is the recommended, reasonable timeout for an application using the API?

Thanks in advance.

Fred

API authentication and connections

Frederic Renier — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 15:52:00 GMT

Hi,

I have some questions regarding authentication and connections with the API:

What are SDL's recommendations regarding the OAuth2 authentication? In particular, do you recommend the use of the Refresh token (as it seems there may be reliability issues)?
Is it possible to obtain multiple Access tokens from the same public IP?
Is it possible to maintain concurrent connections? How many?

Thanks

Fred

How can I generate a Client ID and Secret when working with the Managed Translation API?

Ian Parnell — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:05:24 GMT

I'd like to develop an application using the Managed Translation API but I'm not sure how or where I can generate an API key and secret?

How can I access the API documentation for SDL Managed Translation?

Ian Parnell — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 09:03:21 GMT

I am interested in using the Managed Translation API and would like to check the API documentation. Where is the documentation available from and how can I request access? Is the documentation available in any offline formats?