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Modifying a Desktop Attribute

Modifies a desktop attribute.

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PUT /v2/{project_id}/desktops/{desktop_id}

**Table 1** Path Parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Project ID.
desktop_id	Yes	String	Desktop ID.

**Table 2** Request header parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	No	String	User token. It can be obtained by calling the IAM API that is used to obtain a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.
Content-Type	No	String	MIME type of the request body.

**Table 3** Request body parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
desktop	No	desktop object	Desktop attribute.

**Table 4** desktop
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
computer_name	No	String	Desktop name.
self_backup_management	No	String	Whether to enable the snapshot function. 0: no; 1: yes.

Status code: 200

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code, which is returned upon failure.
error_msg	String	Error description.
error_detail	String	Error details.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 400

**Table 6** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code, which is returned upon failure.
error_msg	String	Error description.
error_detail	String	Error details.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 401

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code, which is returned upon failure.
error_msg	String	Error description.
error_detail	String	Error details.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 403

**Table 8** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code, which is returned upon failure.
error_msg	String	Error description.
error_detail	String	Error details.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 404

**Table 9** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code, which is returned upon failure.
error_msg	String	Error description.
error_detail	String	Error details.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

Status code: 500

**Table 10** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Error code, which is returned upon failure.
error_msg	String	Error description.
error_detail	String	Error details.
encoded_authorization_message	String	Encrypted detailed reason for rejection. You can call the API decode-authorization-message of STS to decrypt the reason.

{
  "desktop" : {
    "computer_name" : "string",
    "self_backup_management" : 1
  }
}

Status code: 200

Normal.

{
  "error_code" : "string",
  "error_msg" : "string",
  "encoded_authorization_message" : "string"
}

Status Code	Description
200	Normal.
400	The request cannot be understood by the server due to malformed syntax.
401	Authentication failed.
403	No operation permissions.
404	No resources found.
500	An internal service error occurred. For details, see the error code description.