---
title: "Creates a job to migrate all chat sessions from one collection to another."
method: POST
path: "/collections/{collection_id}/migrate_chat_sessions_job"
tags: ["Collections"]
---

# Creates a job to migrate all chat sessions from one collection to another.

`POST /collections/{collection_id}/migrate_chat_sessions_job`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1`
- URL: `https://h2ogpte.genai.h2o.ai/api/v1/collections/{collection_id}/migrate_chat_sessions_job`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/h2o/apis/h2ogpte-rest-api/docs/collections/:collection_id/migrate_chat_sessions_job/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Creates a job to migrate all chat sessions from the source collection (specified in path) to the destination collection (specified in request body). Only the collection owner can perform this operation.

## Path parameters

- `collection_id` string, required

## Query parameters

- `timeout` number, double

## Request body

- MigrateCollectionChatSessionsJobRequest
  - `target_collection_id` string, required: The UUID of the target collection to migrate chat sessions to.

## Response `201`

Successful operation

- JobDetails
  - `id` string, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `overall_status` 'in progress' | 'completed' | 'failed' | 'canceled', required
  - `status` string
  - `passed_percentage` number, double, required
  - `failed_percentage` number, double, required
  - `progress` number, double, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `kind` string, required
  - `statuses` JobDetailsStatus[], required
    - `id` string, required
    - `status` string, required
  - `errors` string[], required
  - `duration` string, required
  - `duration_seconds` number, double, required
  - `canceled_by` string
  - `cancel_reason` string
  - `timeout` number, double
  - `start_time` number, double
  - `files_total` integer
  - `files_failed` integer

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key
- `default`: Unexpected error

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