# IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin.RefreshExternalLocation

Location: [gRPC API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/index.md) > [Administration API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/admin/index.md) > [External locations](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin/index.md)

HTML version: https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin/RefreshExternalLocation/

Badges: `Administration API / specialized` `admin` `session` `idempotent`

Checks the location now instead of waiting for the next automatic round.

- **Service:** [External locations](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin/RefreshExternalLocation`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/refresh-external-location`
- **Request:** [`RefreshExternalLocationRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin/RefreshExternalLocation/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`RefreshExternalLocationResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCExternalLocationsAdmin/RefreshExternalLocation/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Administration API, specialized
- **Kind:** admin
- **Session:** Required: the session ID from LogIn in the mfiles-session-id-bin metadata.
- **Idempotent:** yes
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

- Tests access to the location first and fails if the location is disabled or cannot be reached.
- Starts the refresh as a background operation and returns once it has started, not when it has
  finished.
- Requires `manage_external_locations`.

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## Request: RefreshExternalLocationRequest

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `id` | `int32` | The ID of the external location to refresh. |

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## Response: RefreshExternalLocationResponse

No fields.