Place a paywall at a location
Places a paywall at the location: from now on, end users see its deployed build there.
This ends the location's previous placement, even when that was a running experiment. Placing the paywall it already shows changes nothing.
Guide: Paywalls in your app
A project secret key: vh_sk_... for production, vh_sk_test_... for test. Keep it on your servers.
In: header
Path parameters
The project's id, proj_.... A secret key works only in the project it belongs to.
The location's id, pw_loc_....
Request body
application/json
TypeScript definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
The paywall to show, pw_...; it must have a deployed build.
Examples
curl -X PUT "https://api.voidhash.com/api/v1/projects/proj_tz4a98xxat96iws9zmbrgj3a/paywall-locations/pw_loc_e2r5t8y1u4i7o0p3a6s9d2f5/showing" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer vh_sk_..." \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{ "paywallId": "pw_h7d2k9m4x1c6v8b3n5q0w2e7" }'{ "id": "pw_loc_show_w4e8r2t6y0u3i7o1p5a9s3d7", "paywallLocationId": "pw_loc_e2r5t8y1u4i7o0p3a6s9d2f5", "type": "paywall", "paywallId": "pw_h7d2k9m4x1c6v8b3n5q0w2e7", "buildNumber": 3, "featureFlagId": null, "startedAt": "2026-03-10T11:05:02.000Z", "endedAt": null, "createdByUserId": "user_k3m8q1z6v9c2x5b7n4w0e8r1"}{ "error": { "type": "invalid_request", "code": "invalid_body", "message": "The request body is invalid: Missing key\n at [\"paywallId\"]" }}{ "error": { "type": "unauthenticated", "code": "invalid_api_key", "message": "This secret key is not valid." }}{ "error": { "type": "permission_denied", "code": "permission_denied", "message": "Insufficient permissions." }}{ "error": { "type": "not_found", "code": "paywall_not_found", "message": "This project has no paywall pw_h7d2k9m4x1c6v8b3n5q0w2e7.", "param": "paywallId" }}{ "error": { "type": "conflict", "code": "paywall_not_deployed", "message": "Paywall pw_h7d2k9m4x1c6v8b3n5q0w2e7 has no deployed build yet. Build it and deploy the build, then show it here.", "param": "paywallId" }}{ "error": { "type": "internal", "code": "internal_error", "message": "Something went wrong on our side. Try again, and contact support with the Request-Id header if it keeps failing." }}Response body
application/json
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Errors
| Status | type | code | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| 404 | not_found | paywall_not_found | When the project has no such paywall. |
| 409 | conflict | paywall_not_deployed | When the paywall has no deployed build. |
| 409 | conflict | paywall_location_archived | When the location is archived. |
It can also fail with the errors every operation shares, such as unauthenticated; see Errors.
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