Update externalConnection

Namespace: microsoft.graph.externalConnectors

Update the properties of an externalConnection object.

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/{connectionsId}

Request headers

Name	Description
Authorization	Bearer {token}. Required.
Content-Type	application/json. Required.

Request body

In the request body, supply the values for relevant fields that should be updated. Existing properties that are not included in the request body will maintain their previous values or be 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

HTTP

PATCH https://graph.microsoft.com/v1.0/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.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);

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

CLI

// THE CLI IS IN PREVIEW. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
mgc external connections patch --external-connection-id {externalConnection-id} --body '{\
  "name": "Contoso HR Service Tickets",\
  "description": "Connection to index HR service tickets"\
}\
'

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

Go

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

graphClient := msgraphsdk.NewGraphServiceClientWithCredentials(cred, scopes)


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

connections, err := graphClient.External().Connections().ByExternalConnectionId("externalConnection-id").Patch(context.Background(), requestBody, nil)

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

Java

GraphServiceClient graphClient = GraphServiceClient.builder().authenticationProvider( authProvider ).buildClient();

ExternalConnection externalConnection = new ExternalConnection();
externalConnection.name = "Contoso HR Service Tickets";
externalConnection.description = "Connection to index HR service tickets";

graphClient.external().connections("contosohr")
	.buildRequest()
	.patch(externalConnection);

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')
	.update(externalConnection);

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

PHP

<?php

// THIS SNIPPET IS A PREVIEW VERSION OF THE SDK. NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY
$graphServiceClient = new GraphServiceClient($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();

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.Search

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

Update-MgExternalConnection -ExternalConnectionId $externalConnectionId -BodyParameter $params

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

Python

# THE PYTHON SDK IS IN PREVIEW. FOR NON-PRODUCTION USE ONLY

graph_client = GraphServiceClient(credentials, scopes)

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)

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