> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.canton.network/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Publish updates

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      <a href="../details">JSON API AsyncAPI</a>

      <span class="x2mdx-ref-breadcrumb-separator">›</span>

      <a href="./details">/v2/updates</a>

      <span class="x2mdx-ref-breadcrumb-separator">›</span>

      <span>publish</span>
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    <div class="x2mdx-ref-hero">
      <p class="x2mdx-ref-eyebrow">/v2/updates</p>

      <h1 class="x2mdx-ref-title">Publish updates</h1>

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        <span class="x2mdx-ref-badge x2mdx-ref-badge--protocol">WebSocket</span>

        <span class="x2mdx-ref-badge x2mdx-ref-badge--added">Since 3.4</span>

        <span class="x2mdx-ref-badge x2mdx-ref-badge--changed">Changed 3.5</span>
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    <div class="x2mdx-ref-operation-bar">
      <span class="x2mdx-ref-operation-method x2mdx-ref-operation-method--publish">PUBLISH</span>

      <code>/v2/updates</code>
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    ## Protocol Details

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        <dt>Protocol</dt>
        <dd>WebSocket</dd>
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      <div class="x2mdx-ref-meta-item">
        <dt>Channel</dt>
        <dd>/v2/updates</dd>
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      <div class="x2mdx-ref-meta-item">
        <dt>Action</dt>
        <dd>publish</dd>
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        <dt>Operation ID</dt>
        <dd>sendV2Updates</dd>
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        <dt>Content type</dt>
        <dd>application/json</dd>
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      <div class="x2mdx-ref-meta-item">
        <dt>Payload</dt>
        <dd>object</dd>
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    </dl>

    ## Inputs

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        <h3>GetUpdatesRequest</h3>
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          <dt>Direction</dt>
          <dd>Client -> Server</dd>
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          <dt>Message</dt>
          <dd>GetUpdatesRequest</dd>
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            <code class="x2mdx-ref-field-name">beginExclusive</code>
            <span class="x2mdx-ref-type-badge">string</span>

            <span class="x2mdx-ref-required-badge">required</span>
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    ## Outputs

    ## Lifecycle Changes

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        <span class="x2mdx-ref-change-version">3.5</span>
        <span class="x2mdx-ref-change-detail">channel description updated; publish description updated; publish required fields added: `beginExclusive`; publish required fields removed: `updateFormat`; subscribe description updated</span>
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    ## Related Schemas

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      <Accordion title="GetUpdatesRequest">
        <div class="x2mdx-ref-schema" id="schema-v2-updates-publish">
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              <div class="x2mdx-ref-field-main">
                <code class="x2mdx-ref-field-name">beginExclusive</code>
                <span class="x2mdx-ref-type-badge">string</span>

                <span class="x2mdx-ref-required-badge">required</span>
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            </div>
          </div>
        </div>
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        ```bash wscat theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
        npx wscat \
          -c <WEBSOCKET_URL> \
          -x '{"beginExclusive": "<integer>"}' \
          -w -1
        ```
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          <span className="x2mdx-ref-rail-heading">message</span>

          <span className="x2mdx-ref-response-label">application/json</span>
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        ```json message theme={"theme":{"light":"github-light","dark":"github-dark"}}
        {
          "beginExclusive": "<integer>"
        }
        ```
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