cloudresource

Validate the connection for a Data Source

The API returns the link to poll for the results of connection validation.</br> NOTE: Only Data Source users can validate the connection.

post/gdc/dataload/dataSources/{dataSourceId}/validateConnection

Request

Base URL
https://secure.gooddata.com
Auth
none declared

Request body

Example request

{
  "dataSource": {
    "name": "{data_source_name}",
    "prefix": "{data_source_prefix}",
    "alias": "{data_source_alias}",
    "connectionInfo": {
      "mssql": {
        "authentication": {
          "activeDirectoryPassword": {
            "userName": "{username}",
            "password": "{password}"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Response

Accepted - create new connection validation async task

Example response

{
  "asyncTask": {
    "links": {
      "poll": "/gdc/uri/poll"
    }
  }
}

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.