---
title: "Trigger discovery"
method: POST
path: "/-/discover"
tags: ["admin"]
---

# Trigger discovery

`POST /-/discover`

Kicks off a discovery pass and returns 201 immediately. Fire-and-forget: the crawl runs in the background, this does not wait for it.

## Response `201`

Discovery started in the background

## Changes

- **2026-07-17** `ae3c2fd65492` — 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2024-08-20** `4009b08a3a5a` — 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation

[Change history](https://skmtc.dev/etkecc/apis/matrix-rooms-search-api/changes/-/discover/post.md)

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/etkecc/apis/matrix-rooms-search-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/etkecc/apis/matrix-rooms-search-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/etkecc/matrix-rooms-search-api/revisions/ae3c2fd65492/schema)