---
title: Change the Parent DN
description: You can also change the parent DN, in addition to or independent of the RDN, in order to move the entry. The new parent DN must point to an existing entry and the naming attribute must still be provided, even if the RDN does not change.
component: pingdirectory
page_id: pingdirectory:directory:directory-entry-apis/change-the-parent-dn
canonical_url: https://developer.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/directory/directory-entry-apis/change-the-parent-dn.html
section_ids:
  headers: Headers
  body: Body
  example-request: Example Request
  example-response: Example Response
---

# Change the Parent DN

##

```none
PUT {{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}
```

You can also change the parent DN, in addition to or independent of the RDN, in order to move the entry. The new parent DN must point to an existing entry and the naming attribute must still be provided, even if the RDN does not change.

### Headers

Authorization      Bearer {{accessToken}}

Content-Type      application/json

### Body

raw ( application/json )

```json
{
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "cn": [
        "Linda Brown"
    ]
}
```

##

### Example Request

* cURL

* C#

* Go

* HTTP

* Java

* jQuery

* NodeJS

* Python

* PHP

* Ruby

* Swift

```shell
curl --location --globoff --request PUT '{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data '{
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "cn": [
        "Linda Brown"
    ]
}'
```

```csharp
var options = new RestClientOptions("{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}")
{
  MaxTimeout = -1,
};
var client = new RestClient(options);
var request = new RestRequest("", Method.Put);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
var body = @"{" + "\n" +
@"    ""_dn"": ""cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com""," + "\n" +
@"    ""cn"": [" + "\n" +
@"        ""Linda Brown""" + "\n" +
@"    ]" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
```

```golang
package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "strings"
  "net/http"
  "io"
)

func main() {

  url := "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}"
  method := "PUT"

  payload := strings.NewReader(`{
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "cn": [
        "Linda Brown"
    ]
}`)

  client := &http.Client {
  }
  req, err := http.NewRequest(method, url, payload)

  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

  res, err := client.Do(req)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  defer res.Body.Close()

  body, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println(err)
    return
  }
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
```

```http
PUT /directory/v1/{{dn}} HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}

{
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "cn": [
        "Linda Brown"
    ]
}
```

```java
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
  .build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n    \"_dn\": \"cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com\",\n    \"cn\": [\n        \"Linda Brown\"\n    ]\n}");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
  .url("{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}")
  .method("PUT", body)
  .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .build();
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();
```

```javascript
var settings = {
  "url": "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}",
  "method": "PUT",
  "timeout": 0,
  "headers": {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
  },
  "data": JSON.stringify({
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "cn": [
      "Linda Brown"
    ]
  }),
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

```javascript
var request = require('request');
var options = {
  'method': 'PUT',
  'url': '{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}',
  'headers': {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "cn": [
      "Linda Brown"
    ]
  })

};
request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
});
```

```python
import requests
import json

url = "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}"

payload = json.dumps({
  "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
  "cn": [
    "Linda Brown"
  ]
})
headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}

response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=payload)

print(response.text)
```

```php
<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request->setUrl('{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_PUT);
$request->setConfig(array(
  'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
));
$request->setBody('{\n    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",\n    "cn": [\n        "Linda Brown"\n    ]\n}');
try {
  $response = $request->send();
  if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
    echo $response->getBody();
  }
  else {
    echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
    $response->getReasonPhrase();
  }
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
  echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}
```

```ruby
require "uri"
require "json"
require "net/http"

url = URI("{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
request.body = JSON.dump({
  "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
  "cn": [
    "Linda Brown"
  ]
})

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```swift
let parameters = "{\n    \"_dn\": \"cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com\",\n    \"cn\": [\n        \"Linda Brown\"\n    ]\n}"
let postData = parameters.data(using: .utf8)

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}")!,timeoutInterval: Double.infinity)
request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
request.addValue("Bearer {{accessToken}}", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")

request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.httpBody = postData

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
  guard let data = data else {
    print(String(describing: error))
    return
  }
  print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8)!)
}

task.resume()
```

### Example Response

200 OK

```json
{
    "_dn": "cn=Linda Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com",
    "objectClass": [
        "top",
        "person",
        "organizationalPerson",
        "inetOrgPerson"
    ],
    "uid": [
        "lindabrown"
    ],
    "cn": [
        "Linda Brown"
    ],
    "sn": [
        "Brown"
    ],
    "ubidEmailJSON": [
        {
            "type": "home",
            "value": "user@example.com",
            "verified": true
        }
    ],
    "_links": {
        "schemas": [
            {
                "href": "https://ds.example.com/directory/v1/schemas/inetOrgPerson"
            }
        ],
        "self": {
            "href": "https://ds.example.com/directory/v1/cn=Linda+Brown,ou=employees,dc=example,dc=com"
        }
    }
}
```