# IRPCObjectTypesAdmin.GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfo

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) > [Object type administration](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/index.md)

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

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

Gets the configuration domain and status message of a connector for one object type.

- **Service:** [Object type administration](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfo`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-external-object-type-plugin-connection-info`
- **Request:** [`GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfoRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfo/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfoResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfo/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:** no
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

- Requires `read_all_metadata_structure`. The answer comes from the connector; M-Files Admin uses
  it to open the connector's configuration.

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## Request: GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfoRequest

> 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 |
|---|---|---|
| `plugin_guid` | `string` | The GUID of the connector, from [GetExternalObjectTypePlugins](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCObjectTypesAdmin/GetExternalObjectTypePlugins/index.md). |
| `object_type` | `int32` | The ID of the object type. |

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## Response: GetExternalObjectTypePluginConnectionInfoResponse

> 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 |
|---|---|---|
| `domain_id` | `string` | Domain ID for the object type connection. |
| `message` | `string` | Info message about the configuration/status. |