Update Cell | Athena | API Reference Docs

Update a single cell in an Athena spreadsheet.

Authentication

X-API-KEYstring

API Key authentication via header

Request

This endpoint expects an object.

asset_idstringRequired

The ID of the spreadsheet asset

columnintegerRequired

1-based column index (e.g., 1 = column A)

rowintegerRequired

1-based row index (e.g., 1 = first row)

valuestringRequired

Value to set in the cell

sheet_idintegerOptionalDefaults to 1

Sheet ID (defaults to 1)

treat_as_textbooleanOptionalDefaults to false

Store the value as text (plain-text cell format): no numeric coercion, leading zeros preserved, formula-looking input kept literal — like a text-formatted cell in Excel.

Response

Successful Response

asset_idstring

The ID of the spreadsheet asset

messagestring

Success message or error description

successboolean

Whether the operation was successful

new_sheet_idinteger or nullOptional

ID of the newly created sheet when the operation creates one (e.g. duplicate). For rnc-engine sheets this is the engine-assigned id, which may differ from a requested new_sheet_id.

Errors

422

Unprocessable Entity Error

$	curl -X POST https://api.athenaintel.com/api/v0/tools/sheets/cell/update \
>	-H "X-API-KEY: <apiKey>" \
>	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>	-d '{
>	"asset_id": "spreadsheet_987654321",
>	"column": 3,
>	"row": 5,
>	"value": "Quarterly Revenue"
>	}'

1	{
2	"asset_id": "spreadsheet_987654321",
3	"message": "Cell updated successfully.",
4	"success": true,
5	"new_sheet_id": 1
6	}