# Move a project column

From **GitHub v3 REST API**.

`POST /projects/columns/{column_id}/moves`

Move a project column

## Parameters

### `column_id`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `integer`

column_id parameter

## Request body

- Required: true
### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

```json
{"properties":{"position":{"description":"The position of the column in a project. Can be one of: `first`, `last`, or `after:\u003ccolumn_id\u003e` to place after the specified column.","example":"last","pattern":"^(?:first|last|after:\\d+)$","type":"string"}},"required":["position"],"type":"object"}
```

## Responses

### `201`

Response

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

```json
{"additionalProperties":false,"type":"object"}
```

### `304`

Not modified

### `401`

Requires authentication

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

### `403`

Forbidden

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Basic Error

```json
{"description":"Basic Error","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"message":{"type":"string"},"status":{"type":"string"},"url":{"type":"string"}},"title":"Basic Error","type":"object"}
```

### `422`

Validation failed

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

Validation Error Simple

```json
{"description":"Validation Error Simple","properties":{"documentation_url":{"type":"string"},"errors":{"items":{"type":"string"},"type":"array"},"message":{"type":"string"}},"required":["message","documentation_url"],"title":"Validation Error Simple","type":"object"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request POST \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/projects/columns/{column_id}/moves \
  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "position": "string"
}'
```