## Update Prefix Description

`client.Addressing.Prefixes.Edit(ctx, prefixID, params) (*Prefix, error)`

**patch** `/accounts/{account_id}/addressing/prefixes/{prefix_id}`

Modify the description for a prefix owned by the account.

### Parameters

- `prefixID string`

  Identifier of an IP Prefix.

- `params PrefixEditParams`

  - `AccountID param.Field[string]`

    Path param: Identifier of a Cloudflare account.

  - `Description param.Field[string]`

    Body param: Description of the prefix.

### Returns

- `type Prefix struct{…}`

  - `ID string`

    Identifier of an IP Prefix.

  - `AccountID string`

    Identifier of a Cloudflare account.

  - `Advertised bool`

    Prefix advertisement status to the Internet. This field is only not 'null' if on demand is enabled.

  - `AdvertisedModifiedAt Time`

    Last time the advertisement status was changed. This field is only not 'null' if on demand is enabled.

  - `Approved string`

    Approval state of the prefix (P = pending, V = active).

  - `ASN int64`

    Autonomous System Number (ASN) the prefix will be advertised under.

  - `CIDR string`

    IP Prefix in Classless Inter-Domain Routing format.

  - `CreatedAt Time`

  - `DelegateLOACreation bool`

    Whether Cloudflare is allowed to generate the LOA document on behalf of the prefix owner.

  - `Description string`

    Description of the prefix.

  - `IrrValidationState string`

    State of one kind of validation for an IP prefix.

  - `LOADocumentID string`

    Identifier for the uploaded LOA document.

  - `ModifiedAt Time`

  - `OnDemandEnabled bool`

    Whether advertisement of the prefix to the Internet may be dynamically enabled or disabled.

  - `OnDemandLocked bool`

    Whether advertisement status of the prefix is locked, meaning it cannot be changed.

  - `OwnershipValidationState string`

    State of one kind of validation for an IP prefix.

  - `OwnershipValidationToken string`

    Token provided to demonstrate ownership of the prefix.

  - `RPKIValidationState string`

    State of one kind of validation for an IP prefix.

### Example

```go
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"

  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/addressing"
  "github.com/cloudflare/cloudflare-go/option"
)

func main() {
  client := cloudflare.NewClient(
    option.WithAPIKey("144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194"),
    option.WithAPIEmail("user@example.com"),
  )
  prefix, err := client.Addressing.Prefixes.Edit(
    context.TODO(),
    "2af39739cc4e3b5910c918468bb89828",
    addressing.PrefixEditParams{
      AccountID: cloudflare.F("258def64c72dae45f3e4c8516e2111f2"),
      Description: cloudflare.F("Internal test prefix"),
    },
  )
  if err != nil {
    panic(err.Error())
  }
  fmt.Printf("%+v\n", prefix.ID)
}
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "id": "2af39739cc4e3b5910c918468bb89828",
    "account_id": "258def64c72dae45f3e4c8516e2111f2",
    "advertised": true,
    "advertised_modified_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "approved": "P",
    "asn": 13335,
    "cidr": "192.0.2.0/24",
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "delegate_loa_creation": true,
    "description": "Internal test prefix",
    "irr_validation_state": "pending",
    "loa_document_id": "d933b1530bc56c9953cf8ce166da8004",
    "modified_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "on_demand_enabled": true,
    "on_demand_locked": false,
    "ownership_validation_state": "pending",
    "ownership_validation_token": "1234a5b6-1234-1abc-12a3-1234a5b6789c",
    "rpki_validation_state": "pending"
  }
}
```