# Update an identity provider

To update an existing identity provider, send a `PATCH` request to the `/api/identity_providers/:id` endpoint, where `id` is the ID of the resource that you want to update.

Here below the list of all the possible arguments that you can pass with the request body.

## Request

**PATCH** <https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/ap&#x69;**/identity\\_providers/:id>\*\*

### Arguments

| Body Parameter                   | Type      | Required |
| -------------------------------- | --------- | -------- |
| **type**                         | `string`  | Required |
| **id**                           | `string`  | Required |
| attributes.**name**              | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**client\_id**        | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**client\_secret**    | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**issuer**            | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**domains**           | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**token\_url**        | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**authorize\_url**    | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**jwks\_url**         | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**organization**      | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**reference**         | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**reference\_origin** | `string`  | Optional |
| attributes.**metadata**          | `object`  | Optional |
| attributes.**\_disable**         | `boolean` | Optional |
| attributes.**\_enable**          | `boolean` | Optional |

### Example

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The following request updates the identity provider identified by the ID "xYZkjABcde":

```sh
curl -g -X PATCH \
  'https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/identity_providers/xYZkjABcde' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{your_access_token}}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "identity_providers",
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "attributes": {
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE"
    }
  }
}'
```

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On success, the API responds with a `200 OK` status code, returning the updated resource object:

```javascript
{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "identity_providers",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/identity_providers/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "name": "Org auth0",
      "client_id": "a6CDk5v1ZV99GrtOcfYVEZRnDDt",
      "client_secret": "s6CD55v1ZV99ArtOcfYVEZRnDDf",
      "issuer": "https://dev.auth987.com/",
      "status": "pending",
      "domains": "dev.auth987.com,stg.auth987.com",
      "token_url": "https://dev.auth987.com/oauth/token",
      "authorize_url": "https://dev.auth987.com/authorize",
      "jwks_url": "https://dev.auth987.com/.well-known/jwks.json",
      "txt_record": "cl-verification=a6CDk5v",
      "organization": "org_76gsfs5gd",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      },
      "disabled_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "user": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/identity_providers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/user",
          "related": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/identity_providers/xYZkjABcde/user"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```

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