> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://www.seam.co/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Convert an Unmanaged Access Code > Converts an [unmanaged access code](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes/migrating-existing-access-codes) to an [access code managed through Seam](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes). An unmanaged access code has a limited set of operations that you can perform on it. Once you convert an unmanaged access code to a managed access code, the full set of access code operations and lifecycle events becomes available for it. Note that not all device providers support converting an unmanaged access code to a managed access code. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi.json patch /access_codes/unmanaged/convert_to_managed openapi: 3.0.0 info: description: >- Programmable API to control locks, thermostats, noise sensors, cameras, access control systems, and other IoT devices. Prefer the official Seam SDKs over hand-written HTTP calls: they handle authentication, request serialization, pagination, and error handling for you. The official SDKs are listed in this document under `info.x-seam-sdks`. If you call the HTTP API directly, your query parameters must be serialized compatibly with the Seam API. There is no universal convention for serializing arrays, booleans, or nested objects in a query string, so use @seamapi/url-search-params-serializer, the language specific serializer module provided by each Seam SDK, or follow its specification: https://github.com/seamapi/url-search-params-serializer title: Seam Connect version: 1.0.0 x-seam-query-serializer: description: >- Reference implementation and specification for query parameter serialization compatible with the Seam API. url: https://github.com/seamapi/url-search-params-serializer x-seam-sdks: - language: javascript url: https://github.com/seamapi/javascript - language: python url: https://github.com/seamapi/python - language: ruby url: https://github.com/seamapi/ruby - language: php url: https://github.com/seamapi/php - language: csharp url: https://github.com/seamapi/csharp servers: - url: https://connect.getseam.com security: [] tags: - description: access_codes name: /access_codes - description: acs name: /acs - description: action_attempts name: /action_attempts - description: client_sessions name: /client_sessions - description: connected_accounts name: /connected_accounts - description: connect_webviews name: /connect_webviews - description: devices name: /devices - description: events name: /events - description: health name: /health - description: locks name: /locks - description: networks name: /networks - description: noise_sensors name: /noise_sensors - description: phones name: /phones - description: thermostats name: /thermostats - description: user_identities name: /user_identities - description: webhooks name: /webhooks - description: workspaces name: /workspaces paths: /access_codes/unmanaged/convert_to_managed: patch: tags: - /access_codes summary: Convert an Unmanaged Access Code description: >- Converts an [unmanaged access code](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes/migrating-existing-access-codes) to an [access code managed through Seam](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes). An unmanaged access code has a limited set of operations that you can perform on it. Once you convert an unmanaged access code to a managed access code, the full set of access code operations and lifecycle events becomes available for it. Note that not all device providers support converting an unmanaged access code to a managed access code. operationId: accessCodesUnmanagedConvertToManagedPatch requestBody: content: application/json: schema: properties: access_code_id: description: >- ID of the unmanaged access code that you want to convert to a managed access code. format: uuid type: string allow_external_modification: description: >- Indicates whether [external modification](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes#external-modification) of the access code is allowed. type: boolean force: description: >- Indicates whether to force the access code conversion. To switch management of an access code from one Seam workspace to another, set `force` to `true`. type: boolean is_external_modification_allowed: description: >- Indicates whether [external modification](/low-level-apis/smart-locks/access-codes#external-modification) of the access code is allowed. type: boolean required: - access_code_id type: object responses: '200': content: application/json: schema: properties: {} type: object description: OK '400': description: Bad Request '401': description: Unauthorized security: - client_session: [] - client_session_with_customer: [] - pat_with_workspace: [] - console_session_with_workspace: [] - api_key: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: javascript label: Seam SDK source: |- await seam.accessCodes.unmanaged.convertToManaged({ access_code_id: "9ef2af02-e335-4b49-bd51-00e851a83ef6", is_external_modification_allowed: true, force: true, }); /* // void */ - lang: bash label: cURL source: >- curl --include --request POST "https://connect.getseam.com/access_codes/unmanaged/convert_to_managed" \ --header "Authorization: Bearer $SEAM_API_KEY" \ --json @- < nil - lang: php label: Seam SDK source: |- $seam->access_codes->unmanaged->convert_to_managed( access_code_id: "9ef2af02-e335-4b49-bd51-00e851a83ef6", is_external_modification_allowed: true, force: true, ); - lang: bash label: Seam CLI source: >- seam access-codes unmanaged convert-to-managed --access_code_id "9ef2af02-e335-4b49-bd51-00e851a83ef6" --is_external_modification_allowed true --force true # {} components: securitySchemes: client_session: bearerFormat: Client Session Token scheme: bearer type: http client_session_with_customer: bearerFormat: Customer Client Session Token scheme: bearer type: http pat_with_workspace: bearerFormat: API Token scheme: bearer type: http console_session_with_workspace: bearerFormat: Console Session Token scheme: bearer type: http api_key: bearerFormat: API Key scheme: bearer type: http ````