# set_hike_spots

Replace the ordered spots a hike goes to.

`PUT /v1/hikes/{hikeId}/spots` · MCP tool `set_hike_spots` · scope `write` · beta · since 2026-10-06.8

Full replacement: the spotKeys in order. A hike can go to several spots; [] leaves it on no spot, which is fine for one stage of a multi-day hike.

## Path parameters

- `hikeId` (string, required): Id of the hike.

## Body parameters

- `spotKeys` (array of strings, required): The spots of this guide the hike goes to, in order (spotKey from list_spots), each once, at most 200.

## Returns

200.

- `ok` (boolean, required): Always true: the write went through. Always `true`.
- `hikeId` (string, required): The hike's id.
- `edges` (number, required): How many links the list now holds.

## Examples

### Link the trail to the spot it goes to

```bash
curl -X PUT "https://sceniq.earth/api/v1/hikes/kx7f2h8j4k0k6z2x8c4v0b6n2m8q4w0e/spots" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCENIQ_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "spotKeys": [
    "01M2Z1G0Y0QG7M2V6N9R3T5W8Y"
  ]
}'
```

MCP `tools/call`:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "set_hike_spots",
    "arguments": {
      "hikeId": "kx7f2h8j4k0k6z2x8c4v0b6n2m8q4w0e",
      "spotKeys": [
        "01M2Z1G0Y0QG7M2V6N9R3T5W8Y"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

Response 200:

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "hikeId": "kx7f2h8j4k0k6z2x8c4v0b6n2m8q4w0e",
  "edges": 1
}
```

### Leave a stage of a multi-day hike on no spot

```bash
curl -X PUT "https://sceniq.earth/api/v1/hikes/kx7c5e7g9j1k3m5q7s9v1x3z5b7d9f1h/spots" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCENIQ_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "spotKeys": []
}'
```

MCP `tools/call`:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "set_hike_spots",
    "arguments": {
      "hikeId": "kx7c5e7g9j1k3m5q7s9v1x3z5b7d9f1h",
      "spotKeys": []
    }
  }
}
```

Response 200:

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "hikeId": "kx7c5e7g9j1k3m5q7s9v1x3z5b7d9f1h",
  "edges": 0
}
```

## Errors

- `invalid_argument` (400): A required field is missing, a field is unknown, or a value does not match its type (the Convex validator's path and value are in the message).
- `invalid_request` (400): A writer refused a value: a map link on a host that is not allowed, a title that is too long, a date that does not exist, too many items in a list. The message is the writer's own sentence.
- `unauthenticated` (401): The request carries no key. Send it as Authorization: Bearer sk_sceniq_... (or X-Api-Key).
- `invalid_api_key` (401): The key is unknown, revoked or expired.
- `api_scope_required` (403): A read-only key called a write operation, or a key without the publish option called publish_changes.
- `forbidden` (403): The key belongs to a creator account that is no longer active.
- `not_found` (404): The id does not exist or belongs to another creator. The two answers are identical on purpose, so ids never reveal what exists.
- `payload_too_large` (413): A JSON body over 2 MB, an image over 6 MB, a batch upload over 19 MB, or an MCP message over 2 MB.
- `rate_limited` (429): Over a limit: requests per key per minute, per creator per hour, uploads per key per minute, or check_links per guide per hour.
- `internal_error` (500): An unexpected failure. The message is hidden on purpose.

Reference: https://developers.sceniq.earth/reference/set_hike_spots