---
title: "POST /v1/discovery/start"
method: POST
path: "/v1/discovery/start"
tags: ["Discovery"]
---

# POST /v1/discovery/start

`POST /v1/discovery/start`

Starts discovering the cloud resources, exposed as REST.

## Request body

- StartDiscoveryRequest
  - `resourceGroup` string
  - `csafDomain` string

## Response `200`

OK

- StartDiscoveryResponse
  - `successful` boolean

## Other responses

- `default` — Default error response

## Changes

> 32 revisions in range; 1 could not be searched.

- **2024-04-28** `a13c3c6358e2` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `csafDomain`
- **2023-02-14** `3296e83c192a` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `resourceGroup`
- **2022-03-08** `932b1aaf3e32` — 1 warning
  - removed the request property `providers`
- **2022-03-04** `d8a068c620e9` — 1 info
  - added the new optional request property `providers`
- **2022-01-18** `932b1aaf3e32` — 2 breaking, 1 info
  - the request's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/``
  - the response's body type/format changed from ``/`` to `object`/`` for status `200`
  - api tag `Discovery` added

[Full history](https://skmtc.dev/clouditor/apis/discovery-api/changes/v1/discovery/start/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/clouditor/apis/discovery-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/clouditor/apis/discovery-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/clouditor/discovery-api/revisions/4ae9524266ff/schema)