Rename an Entry, Keep Both
PUT {{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}
You can also execute an operation that keeps the old value of the naming attribute in place, which results in assigning multiple naming attribute values to the entry.
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curl --location --globoff --request PUT '{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}' \
--data '{
"_dn": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
}'
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"": ""uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com""," + "\n" +
@" ""uid"": [" + "\n" +
@" ""lindasmith""," + "\n" +
@" ""lindajones""" + "\n" +
@" ]" + "\n" +
@"}";
request.AddStringBody(body, DataFormat.Json);
RestResponse response = await client.ExecuteAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(response.Content);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}"
method := "PUT"
payload := strings.NewReader(`{
"_dn": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
}`)
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))
}
PUT /directory/v1/{{dn}} HTTP/1.1
Host: {{apiPath}}
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}
{
"_dn": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
}
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient().newBuilder()
.build();
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{\n \"_dn\": \"uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com\",\n \"uid\": [\n \"lindasmith\",\n \"lindajones\"\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();
var settings = {
"url": "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}",
"method": "PUT",
"timeout": 0,
"headers": {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"
},
"data": JSON.stringify({
"_dn": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
}),
};
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
console.log(response);
});
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": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
})
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(response.body);
});
import requests
import json
url = "{{apiPath}}/directory/v1/{{dn}}"
payload = json.dumps({
"_dn": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
})
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'Authorization': 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
}
response = requests.request("PUT", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)
<?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": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",\n "uid": [\n "lindasmith",\n "lindajones"\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();
}
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": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
]
})
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
let parameters = "{\n \"_dn\": \"uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com\",\n \"uid\": [\n \"lindasmith\",\n \"lindajones\"\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
{
"_dn": "uid=lindasmith,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com",
"objectClass": [
"top",
"person",
"organizationalPerson",
"inetOrgPerson"
],
"uid": [
"lindasmith",
"lindajones"
],
"cn": [
"Linda Smith"
],
"sn": [
"Smith"
],
"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/uid=lindajones,ou=people,dc=example,dc=com"
}
}
}