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PATCH
/
connections
/
{id}
Update connection
curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id} \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "type": "SFTP",
  "sftpUsername": "<string>",
  "sftpPassword": "<string>",
  "sftpPrivateKey": "<string>",
  "sftpPassphrase": "<string>",
  "useHostedSFTP": true,
  "awsUserName": "<string>",
  "awsPublicKey": "<string>",
  "awsPassword": "<string>",
  "ipWhitelist": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "sftpServerDataId": "<string>",
  "sftpHost": "<string>",
  "sftpPort": 123,
  "sftpRemotePath": "<string>",
  "emailAllowedSenders": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "emailAllowedFormats": [],
  "emailSubjectFilter": "<string>",
  "emailInboundAddress": "jsmith@example.com"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id}"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "type": "SFTP",
    "sftpUsername": "<string>",
    "sftpPassword": "<string>",
    "sftpPrivateKey": "<string>",
    "sftpPassphrase": "<string>",
    "useHostedSFTP": True,
    "awsUserName": "<string>",
    "awsPublicKey": "<string>",
    "awsPassword": "<string>",
    "ipWhitelist": ["<string>"],
    "sftpServerDataId": "<string>",
    "sftpHost": "<string>",
    "sftpPort": 123,
    "sftpRemotePath": "<string>",
    "emailAllowedSenders": ["<string>"],
    "emailAllowedFormats": [],
    "emailSubjectFilter": "<string>",
    "emailInboundAddress": "jsmith@example.com"
}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    type: 'SFTP',
    sftpUsername: '<string>',
    sftpPassword: '<string>',
    sftpPrivateKey: '<string>',
    sftpPassphrase: '<string>',
    useHostedSFTP: true,
    awsUserName: '<string>',
    awsPublicKey: '<string>',
    awsPassword: '<string>',
    ipWhitelist: ['<string>'],
    sftpServerDataId: '<string>',
    sftpHost: '<string>',
    sftpPort: 123,
    sftpRemotePath: '<string>',
    emailAllowedSenders: ['<string>'],
    emailAllowedFormats: [],
    emailSubjectFilter: '<string>',
    emailInboundAddress: 'jsmith@example.com'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => '<string>',
    'type' => 'SFTP',
    'sftpUsername' => '<string>',
    'sftpPassword' => '<string>',
    'sftpPrivateKey' => '<string>',
    'sftpPassphrase' => '<string>',
    'useHostedSFTP' => true,
    'awsUserName' => '<string>',
    'awsPublicKey' => '<string>',
    'awsPassword' => '<string>',
    'ipWhitelist' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'sftpServerDataId' => '<string>',
    'sftpHost' => '<string>',
    'sftpPort' => 123,
    'sftpRemotePath' => '<string>',
    'emailAllowedSenders' => [
        '<string>'
    ],
    'emailAllowedFormats' => [
        
    ],
    'emailSubjectFilter' => '<string>',
    'emailInboundAddress' => 'jsmith@example.com'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"type\": \"SFTP\",\n  \"sftpUsername\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPassword\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPrivateKey\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPassphrase\": \"<string>\",\n  \"useHostedSFTP\": true,\n  \"awsUserName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"awsPublicKey\": \"<string>\",\n  \"awsPassword\": \"<string>\",\n  \"ipWhitelist\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"sftpServerDataId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpHost\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPort\": 123,\n  \"sftpRemotePath\": \"<string>\",\n  \"emailAllowedSenders\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"emailAllowedFormats\": [],\n  \"emailSubjectFilter\": \"<string>\",\n  \"emailInboundAddress\": \"jsmith@example.com\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id}")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"type\": \"SFTP\",\n  \"sftpUsername\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPassword\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPrivateKey\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPassphrase\": \"<string>\",\n  \"useHostedSFTP\": true,\n  \"awsUserName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"awsPublicKey\": \"<string>\",\n  \"awsPassword\": \"<string>\",\n  \"ipWhitelist\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"sftpServerDataId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpHost\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPort\": 123,\n  \"sftpRemotePath\": \"<string>\",\n  \"emailAllowedSenders\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"emailAllowedFormats\": [],\n  \"emailSubjectFilter\": \"<string>\",\n  \"emailInboundAddress\": \"jsmith@example.com\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sftpsync.io/connections/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"name\": \"<string>\",\n  \"type\": \"SFTP\",\n  \"sftpUsername\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPassword\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPrivateKey\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPassphrase\": \"<string>\",\n  \"useHostedSFTP\": true,\n  \"awsUserName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"awsPublicKey\": \"<string>\",\n  \"awsPassword\": \"<string>\",\n  \"ipWhitelist\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"sftpServerDataId\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpHost\": \"<string>\",\n  \"sftpPort\": 123,\n  \"sftpRemotePath\": \"<string>\",\n  \"emailAllowedSenders\": [\n    \"<string>\"\n  ],\n  \"emailAllowedFormats\": [],\n  \"emailSubjectFilter\": \"<string>\",\n  \"emailInboundAddress\": \"jsmith@example.com\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "sftpUsername": "<string>",
  "useHostedSFTP": true,
  "awsUserName": "<string>",
  "awsPublicKey": "<string>",
  "ipWhitelist": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "sftpServerDataId": "<string>",
  "sftpServer": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "name": "<string>",
    "isAwsHosted": true,
    "host": "<string>",
    "port": 123,
    "status": "<string>",
    "rootDirectory": "<string>",
    "createdAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updatedAt": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "emailInbox": {
    "inboundAddress": "<string>",
    "allowedSenders": [
      "<string>"
    ],
    "allowedFormats": [],
    "subjectFilter": "<string>"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
x-api-key
string
header
required

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Body

application/json
​
name
string
required
​
type
enum<string>
default:SFTP

Connection kind. Defaults to SFTP. Set to EMAIL to create an email inbox connection — the email* fields then apply and SFTP fields are ignored.

Available options:
SFTP,
EMAIL
​
sftpUsername
string
​
sftpPassword
string
​
sftpPrivateKey
string
​
sftpPassphrase
string
​
useHostedSFTP
boolean
​
awsUserName
string
​
awsPublicKey
string
​
awsPassword
string
​
ipWhitelist
string[]
​
sftpServerDataId
string
​
sftpHost
string

Self-hosted SFTP (useHostedSFTP=false): the customer SFTP host FileFeed dials out to.

​
sftpPort
integer

Self-hosted SFTP port.

​
sftpRemotePath
string

Self-hosted SFTP remote directory.

​
emailAllowedSenders
string[]

EMAIL only. Allowed senders — full address (alice@acme.com) or root-domain pattern (@acme.com). Empty/omitted = accept any sender.

Maximum array length: 50
​
emailAllowedFormats
enum<string>[]

EMAIL only. Attachment accept-list. Required and non-empty for EMAIL connections.

Minimum array length: 1
Available options:
csv,
xlsx,
xls,
json,
xml,
tsv
​
emailSubjectFilter
string

EMAIL only. Case-insensitive substring required in the subject. Empty = no filter.

Maximum string length: 200
​
emailInboundAddress
string<email>

EMAIL only, create-only and immutable. Custom inbound address {workspace-slug}.{connection-slug}@in.filefeed.io. Omit to have one generated (feed-XXXX@in.filefeed.io).

Maximum string length: 320

Response

200 - application/json

Connection

An SFTP / Email / API endpoint with its credentials. Canonical name as of API version 2026-05-25 (formerly Client). Credentials (sftpPassword / sftpPrivateKey / sftpPassphrase / awsPassword) are write-only and never returned in responses.

​
id
string
required
​
name
string
required
​
type
enum<string>
required

Connection kind. Always present as of API version 2026-05-25.

Available options:
SFTP,
EMAIL
​
createdAt
string<date-time>
required
​
updatedAt
string<date-time>
required
​
sftpUsername
string
​
useHostedSFTP
boolean
​
awsUserName
string

Server-generated SFTP username slug for a FileFeed-hosted connection. (Outbound uploads reference a connection by its human-readable name, not this slug.)

​
awsPublicKey
string
​
ipWhitelist
string[]
​
sftpServerDataId
string
​
sftpServer
object

The SFTP server a connection is bound to. For a self-hosted connection, host/port/rootDirectory describe the customer endpoint FileFeed dials out to; for a hosted connection, the FileFeed-managed AWS Transfer server.

​
emailInbox
object

Resolved inbox config for an EMAIL connection. Returned on Connection.emailInbox, present only when type = EMAIL.