---
title: "Start Game"
method: POST
path: "/chatrooms/{room_name}/games/start"
tags: ["games"]
---

# Start Game

`POST /chatrooms/{room_name}/games/start`

Start a format in this room.

Idempotent in the same way Canasta's start is: if a game is already running,
return it rather than replacing it. Concurrent taps on a picker would
otherwise each kill the previous game, and whoever tapped first would lose.

## Path parameters

- `room_name` string, required

## Headers

- `authorization` string, nullable

## Request body

- StartGameRequest
  - `game_type` string, required
  - `config` object
  - `player_ids` string[], nullable

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

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