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updatedAt: 2026-06-04T14:03:58.000Z
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# Approve a connector

Approves a connector.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "externalDocs": {
    "description": "See documentation for Akamai's Enterprise Application Access API",
    "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference"
  },
  "info": {
    "license": {
      "name": "Apache 2.0",
      "url": "https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"
    },
    "title": "Connectors",
    "version": "v1"
  },
  "openapi": "3.0.0",
  "paths": {
    "/mgmt-pop/agents/{uuid_url}/approve": {
      "post": {
        "description": "Approves a connector.",
        "externalDocs": {
          "description": "See documentation for this operation in Akamai's Enterprise Application Access API",
          "url": "https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/post-connector-approve"
        },
        "operationId": "post-connector-approve",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "description": "The Akamai contract identifier for your Enterprise Application Access product.",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "contractId",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "example": "K-0N7RAK7",
              "type": "string"
            },
            "x-akamai": {
              "file-path": "parameters/contract-id-query.yaml"
            }
          },
          {
            "description": "For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).",
            "in": "query",
            "name": "accountSwitchKey",
            "required": false,
            "schema": {
              "example": "1-5C0YLB:1-8BYUX",
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "example": {
                  "message": "Connector approved"
                },
                "schema": {
                  "additionalProperties": false,
                  "properties": {
                    "message": {
                      "description": "A connector approval message.",
                      "type": "string"
                    }
                  },
                  "type": "object",
                  "x-akamai": {
                    "file-path": "schemas/agent-approve.yaml"
                  }
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Successful response."
          }
        },
        "summary": "Approve a connector",
        "tags": [
          "Connectors"
        ]
      },
      "parameters": [
        {
          "description": "A unique identifier for each connector.",
          "in": "path",
          "name": "uuid_url",
          "required": true,
          "schema": {
            "example": "ojxkXzwyQZiBkoRee0XcnA",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "x-akamai": {
            "file-path": "parameters/uuid-url-path.yaml"
          }
        }
      ],
      "x-akamai": {
        "file-path": "paths/approve.yaml",
        "path-info": "/mgmt-pop/agents/{uuid_url}/approve"
      }
    }
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://{hostname}/crux/v1"
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "description": "Manage Connectors.",
      "name": "Connectors"
    }
  ],
  "x-akamai": {
    "auth-type": "EDGE_GRID",
    "file-path": "04-agents.yaml"
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false,
    "samples-languages": [
      "curl",
      "python",
      "node"
    ]
  }
}
```

# Sibling pages

* [Create a connector](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/post-connector.md)
* [List connectors](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/get-connectors.md)
* [Get a connector](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/get-connector.md)
* [Modify a connector](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/put-connector.md)
* [Delete a connector](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/delete-connector.md)
* [Upgrade OS packages on a connector](https://techdocs.akamai.com/eaa-api/reference/post-upgrade-connector.md)