---
title: "Test Connection"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/connections/{connection_id}/test"
tags: ["Connections"]
---

# Test Connection

`POST /api/v1/connections/{connection_id}/test`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2
    - Password
    - Token URL: `api/v1/login`
  - API key in query parameter `x-api-key`
  - API key in header `x-api-key`

Check stored credentials, including Slack validation, and requested scope coverage.

## Path parameters

- `connection_id` string, uuid, required

## Request body

- ConnectionTestRequest
  - `required_scopes` string[]

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ConnectionRead: Credential-free connection metadata returned by every API route.
  - `allow_non_interactive` boolean, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `display_name` string, required
  - `executing_identity` ExecutingIdentityDescriptor, required: Non-secret identity metadata shown by connection pickers.
    - `account` ConnectionAccount: Non-secret provider account metadata associated with a credential.
      - `display` string, nullable
      - `id` string, required
      - `tenant_id` string, nullable
    - `identity` 'user_delegated' | 'bot' | 'service', required
  - `granted_scopes` string[], required
  - `has_credentials` boolean, required
  - `health` 'unknown' | 'healthy' | 'unhealthy', required
  - `health_checked_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `owner_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `ownership_mode` 'user' | 'instance', required
  - `provider_key` string, required
  - `status` 'pending' | 'ready' | 'expired' | 'revoked' | 'error', required
  - `status_reason` 'credential-missing' | 'credential-undecryptable' | 'oauth-denied' | 'oauth-expired' | 'oauth-failed': A credential error or the result of the most recent failed OAuth attempt.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

## Changes

- **2026-10-21** `4349fbe90c64`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/langflow-ai/apis/langflow/changes/api/v1/connections/:connection_id/test/post.md)

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