Can we use PATCH to update just one field in a collection?

Did a minor workaround using ES6 spread operator for our blog site Progress.org:

const items = webflow.items({ collectionId: ids.collections.articles }, { limit: 1 })
items.then(i => {
	const item = i.items[0]

	// Do stuff. Then, modify item as seen in line below, using `email` field as example
	let itemToUpdate = { ...item, email: true }

	// Remove `_id`, and other fields that cannot be modified.
	delete itemToUpdate['_id']
	delete itemToUpdate['updated-on']
	delete itemToUpdate['updated-by']
	delete itemToUpdate['created-on']
	delete itemToUpdate['created-by']
	delete itemToUpdate['published-on']
	delete itemToUpdate['published-by']

	// Finally, update item.
	const updateItem = webflow.updateItem({
		collectionId: ids.collections.articles,
		itemId: item['_id'],
		fields: { ...itemToUpdate }
	})
	updateItem
		.then(i => console.log(i))
		.catch(err => console.error(err))
})
.catch(err => console.error(err))