# Brokers broker-id Promote


## URI


`/v1/brokers/broker-id/promote`

## HTTP methods


### POST


**Operation ID:** `Promote`

Promotes a data replication replica broker to a primary.


**Path parameters**  

| Name | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| broker-id | String | True | The unique ID that Amazon MQ generates for the broker. | 


**Responses**  

| Status code | Response model | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |
| 200 |  PromoteOutput | HTTP Status Code 200: OK. | 
| 400 | Error | HTTP Status Code 400: Bad request due to incorrect input. Correct your request and then retry it. | 
| 403 | Error | HTTP Status Code 403: Access forbidden. Correct your credentials and then retry your request. | 
| 404 | Error | HTTP Status Code 404: Resource not found due to incorrect input. Correct your request and then retry it. | 
| 500 | Error | HTTP Status Code 500: Unexpected internal server error. Retrying your request might resolve the issue. | 

### OPTIONS



**Path parameters**  

| Name | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| broker-id | String | True | The unique ID that Amazon MQ generates for the broker. | 


**Responses**  

| Status code | Response model | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |
| 200 | None | Default response for CORS method | 

## Schemas


### Request bodies


#### POST schema
POST

```
{
  "mode": enum
}
```

### Response bodies


#### PromoteOutput schema
PromoteOutput

```
{
  "brokerId": "string"
}
```

#### Error schema
Error

```
{
  "errorAttribute": "string",
  "message": "string"
}
```

## Properties


### Error


Returns information about an error.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| errorAttribute | string | False | The attribute which caused the error. | 
| message | string | False | The explanation of the error. | 

### PromoteInput


Creates a Promote request with the properties specified.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| mode | [PromoteMode](#brokers-broker-id-promote-model-promotemode) | True | The Promote mode requested. Note: Valid values for the parameter are SWITCHOVER, FAILOVER. | 

### PromoteMode


The Promote mode requested.
+ `SWITCHOVER`
+ `FAILOVER`

### PromoteOutput


Returns information about the updated broker.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| brokerId | string | False | The unique ID that Amazon MQ generates for the broker. | 

## See also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs and references, see the following:

### Promote

+ [AWS Command Line Interface V2](/goto/cli2/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](/goto/DotNetSDKV4/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](/goto/SdkForCpp/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](/goto/SdkForGoV2/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](/goto/SdkForJavaV2/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](/goto/SdkForKotlin/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](/goto/SdkForPHPV3/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](/goto/boto3/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](/goto/SdkForRubyV3/mq-2017-11-27/Promote)