---
title: "Trigger reindexing of a transcoder"
method: POST
path: "/v1/transcoders/{transcoder_id}/reindex/"
---

# Trigger reindexing of a transcoder

`POST /v1/transcoders/{transcoder_id}/reindex/`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://app.iconik.io/API/files`
- URL: `https://app.iconik.io/API/files/v1/transcoders/{transcoder_id}/reindex/`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `App-ID`, `Auth-Token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files/docs/v1/transcoders/:transcoder_id/reindex/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Required roles:
 - can_reindex_transcoders

## Path parameters

- `transcoder_id` string, required

## Headers

- `App-ID` string, required
- `Auth-Token` string, required

## Request body

- ReindexTranscoderSchema
  - `sync_to_another_dc` boolean

## Response `201`

ID and status of the job

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad request
- `401`: Token is invalid
- `404`: Transcoder doesn't exist
- `default`: Error response

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/iconik/apis/iconik-files/revisions/ed57d13791a2?raw)