# IRPCVault.BroadcastRequest

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Badges: `Vault API / core` `write` `session` `idempotent` `returns metadata structure version`

Broadcasts a vault level request.

- **Service:** [Vault information](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVault/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCVault`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCVault/BroadcastRequest`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/broadcast-request`
- **Request:** [`BroadcastRequestRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVault/BroadcastRequest/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`BroadcastRequestResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVault/BroadcastRequest/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Vault API, core
- **Kind:** write
- **Session:** Required: the session ID from LogIn in the mfiles-session-id-bin metadata.
- **Idempotent:** yes
- **Returns metadata structure version:** yes (in the mfiles-metadata-version-bin trailer)
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

Used by M-Files administration tools. Requires full control of the vault. The only request type,
`BROADCAST_REQUEST_TYPE_RESTART_VAULT`, restarts the vault on all servers and waits for the restart
on this server. Other values fail with `E_INVALIDARG`.

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## Request: BroadcastRequestRequest

> 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 |
|---|---|---|
| `request_type` | [`BroadcastRequestType`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Enums/MFiles.BroadcastRequestType/index.md) | The broadcast request type. Values: `BROADCAST_REQUEST_TYPE_RESTART_VAULT` (0). |
| `request_data` | `string` | The optional custom data that can be attached to the request. |

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## Response: BroadcastRequestResponse

No fields.