# Update a Cross Connect

{% hint style="info" %}
**Prerequisite:** Only contract administrators, owners, and users with **createPcc** privilege can create and manage Cross Connects via the API. You can also set User privileges in the DCD. For more information, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Set User Privileges for Cross Connect</mark>](https://docs.ionos.com/sections-test/guides/network-services/cross-connect/how-tos/set-privileges-cross-connect).
{% endhint %}

To modify a Cross Connect via the API, perform a `PATCH` request with the **ID** of the respective Cross Connect.

## Request

```bash
   curl --location 
   --request PATCH 'https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/pccs/b229-d5df-4b97-bb23-e8b3' \
   --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
   --header 'Authorization: Basic <auth-token>' \
   --data ' {
        "name": "My resource1",
        "description": "Cross Connect between datacenter '\''E'\'' and datacenter '\''B'\'' "
}
'
```

## Response

**202 Successful operation**

```json
{
    "id": "b229-d5df-4b97-bb23-e8b3",
    "type": "pcc",
    "href": "https://api.ionos.com/cloudapi/v6/pccs/b229-d5df-4b97-bb23-e8b3",
    "metadata": {
        "createdDate": "2023-10-11T13:29:16Z",
        "createdBy": "abc@ionos.com",
        "etag": "9913a87deffc",
        "lastModifiedDate": "2023-10-12T06:06:36Z",
        "lastModifiedBy": "abc@ionos.com",
        "state": "BUSY"
    },
    "properties": {
        "name": "My resource1",
        "description": "Cross Connect between datacenter 'E' and datacenter 'B' ",
        "peers": [],
        "connectableDatacenters": [
            {
                "id": "40ea-d887-4819-809b-41c6",
                "name": "Berlin-W1",
                "location": "de/txl"
            },
            {
                "id": "1ee4-7065-51ad-8yd6-cecf",
                "name": "VMAS",
                "location": "de/txl"
            },
            {
                "id": "12v2-7a56-4228-8990-b9fa",
                "name": "Berlin-W2",
                "location": "de/txl"
            }
        ]
    }
}
```

For more information about the request and response fields, see [<mark style="color:blue;">Partially modify Cross Connects</mark>](https://api.ionos.com/docs/cloud/v6/#tag/Cross-Connects/operation/pccsPatch).