---
title: "Start Sync"
method: POST
path: "/api/channels/{channel}/accounts/{account_id}/sync/start"
tags: ["channels", "channels", "channel-sync"]
---

# Start Sync

`POST /api/channels/{channel}/accounts/{account_id}/sync/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.dialogbrain.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.dialogbrain.com/api/channels/{channel}/accounts/{account_id}/sync/start`
- Auth: none declared

Start background sync for an account.

Args:
    channel: Channel name
    account_id: Account to start sync for
    request: Sync options

Returns:
    Sync start confirmation

## Path parameters

- `channel` string, required
- `account_id` string, required

## Request body

- StartSyncRequest: Request to start background sync.
  - `full_sync` boolean: Whether to perform full sync (backfill)

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/dialogbrain/apis/dialogbrain-v2-api-gateway/revisions/d84e7dc9977d?raw)