Update connector name and description API

This functionality is in beta and is subject to change. The design and code is less mature than official GA features and is being provided as-is with no warranties. Beta features are not subject to the support SLA of official GA features.

Updates the name and description fields of a connector.

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Request

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PUT _connector/<connector_id>/_name

Prerequisites

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To sync data using self-managed connectors, you need to deploy the Elastic connector service. on your own infrastructure. This service runs automatically on Elastic Cloud for Elastic managed connectors.
The connector_id parameter should reference an existing connector.

Path parameters

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<connector_id>: (Required, string)

Request body

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name: (Required, string) Name of the connector.
description: (Optional, string) Description of the connector.

Response codes

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200: Connector name and description fields were successfully updated.
400: The connector_id was not provided or the request payload was malformed.
404 (Missing resources): No connector matching connector_id could be found.

Examples

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The following example updates the name and description fields for the connector with ID my-connector:

resp = client.connector.update_name(
    connector_id="my-connector",
    name="Custom connector",
    description="This is my customized connector",
)
print(resp)

response = client.connector.update_name(
  connector_id: 'my-connector',
  body: {
    name: 'Custom connector',
    description: 'This is my customized connector'
  }
)
puts response

const response = await client.connector.updateName({
  connector_id: "my-connector",
  name: "Custom connector",
  description: "This is my customized connector",
});
console.log(response);

PUT _connector/my-connector/_name
{
    "name": "Custom connector",
    "description": "This is my customized connector"
}

{
    "result": "updated"
}

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