Update connection

Namespace: microsoft.graph.externalConnectors

Important

APIs under the /beta version in Microsoft Graph are subject to change. Use of these APIs in production applications is not supported. To determine whether an API is available in v1.0, use the Version selector.

Update the properties of an externalConnection.

This API is available in the following national cloud deployments.

Global service	US Government L4	US Government L5 (DOD)	China operated by 21Vianet
✅	✅	✅	❌

Permissions

Choose the permission or permissions marked as least privileged for this API. Use a higher privileged permission or permissions only if your app requires it. For details about delegated and application permissions, see Permission types. To learn more about these permissions, see the permissions reference.

Permission type	Least privileged permissions	Higher privileged permissions
Delegated (work or school account)	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.OwnedBy	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.All
Delegated (personal Microsoft account)	Not supported.	Not supported.
Application	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.OwnedBy	ExternalConnection.ReadWrite.All

HTTP request

PATCH /external/connections/{id}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required. Learn more about authentication and authorization.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that aren't included in the request body maintain their previous values or are recalculated based on changes to other property values. For best performance, don't include existing values that haven't changed. The following properties can be updated.

Property	Type	Description
configuration	microsoft.graph.externalConnectors.configuration	Specifies additional application IDs that are allowed to manage the connection and to index content in the connection.
description	String	Description of the connection displayed in the Microsoft 365 admin center.
name	String	The display name of the connection to be displayed in the Microsoft 365 admin center. Maximum length of 128 characters.

Response

If successful, this method returns a 204 No Content response code.

Examples

Request

The following example shows a request.

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/beta/external/connections/contosohr
Content-type: application/json

{
  "name": "Contoso HR Service Tickets",
  "description": "Connection to index HR service tickets"
}

C#

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 5.x

// Dependencies
using Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Models.ExternalConnectors;

var requestBody = new ExternalConnection
{
	Name = "Contoso HR Service Tickets",
	Description = "Connection to index HR service tickets",
};

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=csharp
var result = await graphClient.External.Connections["{externalConnection-id}"].PatchAsync(requestBody);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

CLI

mgc-beta external connections patch --external-connection-id {externalConnection-id} --body '{\
  "name": "Contoso HR Service Tickets",\
  "description": "Connection to index HR service tickets"\
}\
'

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Go

// Code snippets are only available for the latest major version. Current major version is $v0.*

// Dependencies
import (
	  "context"
	  msgraphsdk "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go"
	  graphmodelsexternalconnectors "github.com/microsoftgraph/msgraph-beta-sdk-go/models/externalconnectors"
	  //other-imports
)

requestBody := graphmodelsexternalconnectors.NewExternalConnection()
name := "Contoso HR Service Tickets"
requestBody.SetName(&name) 
description := "Connection to index HR service tickets"
requestBody.SetDescription(&description) 

// To initialize your graphClient, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=go
connections, err := graphClient.External().Connections().ByExternalConnectionId("externalConnection-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Java

// Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 6.x

GraphServiceClient graphClient = new GraphServiceClient(requestAdapter);

com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.externalconnectors.ExternalConnection externalConnection = new com.microsoft.graph.beta.models.externalconnectors.ExternalConnection();
externalConnection.setName("Contoso HR Service Tickets");
externalConnection.setDescription("Connection to index HR service tickets");
com.microsoft.graph.models.externalconnectors.ExternalConnection result = graphClient.external().connections().byExternalConnectionId("{externalConnection-id}").patch(externalConnection);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

JavaScript

const options = {
	authProvider,
};

const client = Client.init(options);

const externalConnection = {
  name: 'Contoso HR Service Tickets',
  description: 'Connection to index HR service tickets'
};

await client.api('/external/connections/contosohr')
	.version('beta')
	.update(externalConnection);

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PHP

<?php
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\GraphServiceClient;
use Microsoft\Graph\Beta\Generated\Models\ExternalConnectors\ExternalConnection;


$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($tokenRequestContext, $scopes);

$requestBody = new ExternalConnection();
$requestBody->setName('Contoso HR Service Tickets');
$requestBody->setDescription('Connection to index HR service tickets');

$result = $graphServiceClient->external()->connections()->byExternalConnectionId('externalConnection-id')->patch($requestBody)->wait();

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

PowerShell

Import-Module Microsoft.Graph.Beta.Search

$params = @{
	name = "Contoso HR Service Tickets"
	description = "Connection to index HR service tickets"
}

Update-MgBetaExternalConnection -ExternalConnectionId $externalConnectionId -BodyParameter $params

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Python

# Code snippets are only available for the latest version. Current version is 1.x
from msgraph_beta import GraphServiceClient
from msgraph_beta.generated.models.external_connectors.external_connection import ExternalConnection
# To initialize your graph_client, see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/graph/sdks/create-client?from=snippets&tabs=python
request_body = ExternalConnection(
	name = "Contoso HR Service Tickets",
	description = "Connection to index HR service tickets",
)

result = await graph_client.external.connections.by_external_connection_id('externalConnection-id').patch(request_body)

Important

Microsoft Graph SDKs use the v1.0 version of the API by default, and do not support all the types, properties, and APIs available in the beta version. For details about accessing the beta API with the SDK, see Use the Microsoft Graph SDKs with the beta API.

For details about how to add the SDK to your project and create an authProvider instance, see the SDK documentation.

Response

The following example shows the response.

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content