---
title: "POST /gdc/dataload/dataSources/validateConnection"
method: POST
path: "/gdc/dataload/dataSources/validateConnection"
---

# POST /gdc/dataload/dataSources/validateConnection

`POST /gdc/dataload/dataSources/validateConnection`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://secure.gooddata.com`
- URL: `https://secure.gooddata.com/gdc/dataload/dataSources/validateConnection`
- Auth: none declared

## Request body

- DataSource1
  - `dataSource` DataSourceCommon, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `prefix` string
    - `alias` string
    - `connectionInfo` union, required
      - Snowflake
        - `snowflake` object, required
          - `url` string, required
          - `authentication` union, required
            - BasicAuthentication
              - …
            - KeyPairConnectionAuthentication
              - …
          - `database` string, required
          - `schema` string, required
          - `warehouse` string, required
      - Redshift
        - `redshift` object, required
          - `url` string, required
          - `authentication` union, required
            - BasicAuthentication
              - …
            - RedshiftIAMAuthentication
              - …
          - `database` string, required
          - `schema` string, required
      - BigQuery
        - `bigQuery` object, required
          - `project` string, required
          - `schema` string, required
          - `authentication` BigQueryServiceAccountAuthentication, required
            - `serviceAccount` object, required
              - …
      - Postgres
        - `postgres` object, required
          - `url` string, required
          - `authentication` BasicAuthentication, required
            - `basic` object, required
              - …
          - `database` string, required
          - `schema` string, required
          - `sslMode` 'prefer' | 'require' | 'verify-ca' | 'verify-full'
      - MSSQL
        - `mssql` object, required
          - `url` string, required
          - `authentication` union, required
            - BasicAuthentication
              - …
            - ActiveDirectoryPasswordAuthentication
              - …
          - `database` string, required
          - `schema` string, required
          - `sslMode` 'prefer' | 'require' | 'verify-full'
          - `databaseType` 'SQLServer' | 'AzureSQL' | 'SynapseSQL', required
      - MySQL
        - `mysql` object, required
          - `url` string, required
          - `authentication` BasicAuthentication, required
            - `basic` object, required
              - …
          - `database` string, required
          - `sslMode` 'prefer' | 'require' | 'verify-full'
          - `databaseType` 'MongoDBConnector' | 'MySQL'
      - Generic
        - `generic` object, required
          - `params` object
          - `secureParams` object
      - S3
        - `s3` object, required
          - `bucket` string, required
          - `accessKey` string, required
          - `secretKey` string
          - `region` string
          - `serverSideEncryption` boolean, required
      - BlobStorage
        - `blobStorage` object, required
          - `connectionString` string, required
          - `container` string, required
          - `path` string
      - ADS
        - `ads` object, required
          - `instance` string, required
          - `exportable` boolean, required

## Response `202`

Accepted - create new connection validation async task

- NewAsyncTask: New taskman async task used in all new API resources. It contains `links` element in plural which complies with our API rules.
  - `asyncTask` object, required
    - `links` AsyncTaskPollLink, required
      - `poll` string, uri, required: URI of the polling resource

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