---
title: "Connect a new replication source"
method: POST
path: "/api/replication/connect"
tags: ["Replication"]
---

# Connect a new replication source

`POST /api/replication/connect`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.getdot.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://app.getdot.ai/api/replication/connect`
- Auth: one of:
  - API key in header `X-API-KEY`
  - API key in cookie `Authorization`
  - OAuth 2 (password, token URL `/api/auth/token`)

Provision DWH tenant, create config, trigger first sync.

User-chosen fetch targets are preflighted before storage and revalidated
from the complete decrypted row at worker dispatch time.

## Request body

- BodyConnectSourceApiReplicationConnectPost
  - `source_type` string, required
  - `credentials` object, required
  - `dataset_name` string
  - `schedule_hours` integer

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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