Technical Tip: How to Refresh the FortiClient EMS Fabric Connector in FortiManager using the API

1. Log in to FortiManager using the CSRF method mentioned in the article: Technical Tip: How to login to FortiManager/FortiAnalyzer using API with CSRF cookies.
2. Create a new POST request with 'https://{{host}}/cgi-bin/module/flatui/json'.
3. Under the 'header' tab of this request, add a new entry and use the variable {{csrf_token}}, which was created in step #3: 

Key:  XSRF-TOKEN | Value: {{csrf_token}}

4. In the body of this new request, add the following query:

{
    "id": "1",
    "method": "exec",
    "params": [
        {
            "data": {
                "flags": [
                    "create_task",
                    "nonblocking"
                ],
                "adom": "{{ADOM}}",
                "server_type": "ems",
                "connector": "{{NAME}}",
                "service_type": 0
            },
            "url": "/connector/update"
        }
    ]
}

5. After, send the request.

Example response:

6. In FortiManager -> Task Monitor, a new task is created with the description 'import from connector'.The task ID is in the output of step #7.

Related documents:

FortiClient EMS Connector

Technical Tip: Using FortiManager API

Fortinet Development Network (FNDN) - FortiManager