---
title: "Start a crawl"
method: POST
path: "/1/crawlers/{id}/reindex"
tags: ["crawler"]
---

# Start a crawl

`POST /1/crawlers/{id}/reindex`

Starts or resumes a crawl.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required — Universally unique identifier (UUID) of the crawler.

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `taskId` string, required — Universally unique identifier (UUID) of the task.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid request.
- `401` — Authorization information is missing or invalid.
- `403` — The user doesn't have enough rights on the specified Crawler, or it doesn't exists.

## Changes

- **2024-04-04** `dc15e81eebdb` — 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/algolia/apis/crawler-api/changes/1/crawlers/:id/reindex/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/algolia/apis/crawler-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/algolia/apis/crawler-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/algolia/crawler-api/revisions/7f1df3bfe8bd/schema)