def update_prep_template(self, study, user, callback):
        """Update a prep template from the POST method

        Parameters
        ----------
        study : Study
            The current study object
        user : User
            The current user object
        callback : function
            The callback function to call with the results once the processing
            is done

        Raises
        ------
        HTTPError
            If the prep template file does not exists
        """
        # If we are on this function, the arguments "prep_template_id",
        # "update_prep_template_file" must defined. If not, let tornado
        # raise its error
        pt_id = int(self.get_argument('prep_template_id'))
        prep_template = self.get_argument('update_prep_template_file')

        # Define here the message and message level in case of success
        msg = "The prep template '%s' has been updated" % prep_template
        msg_level = "success"
        # Get the uploads folder
        _, base_fp = get_mountpoint("uploads")[0]
        # Get the path of the prep template in the uploads folder
        fp = join(base_fp, str(study.id), prep_template)

        if not exists(fp):
            # The file does not exist, fail nicely
            # Using 400 because we want the user to get the error in the GUI
            raise HTTPError(400, "This file doesn't exist: %s" % fp)
        try:
            with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warns:
                pt = PrepTemplate(pt_id)
                pt.update(load_template_to_dataframe(fp))
                remove(fp)

                # join all the warning messages into one. Note that this info
                # will be ignored if an exception is raised
                if warns:
                    msg = '; '.join([str(w.message) for w in warns])
                    msg_level = 'warning'

        except (TypeError, QiitaDBColumnError, QiitaDBExecutionError,
                QiitaDBDuplicateError, IOError, ValueError, KeyError,
                CParserError, QiitaDBDuplicateHeaderError, QiitaDBError) as e:
            # Some error occurred while processing the sample template
            # Show the error to the user so they can fix the template
            msg = html_error_message % ('updating the prep template:',
                                        basename(fp), str(e))
            msg = convert_text_html(msg)
            msg_level = "danger"

        callback((msg, msg_level, 'prep_template_tab', pt_id, None))