---
title: "Sniffer start"
method: POST
path: "/sniffer"
tags: ["Sniffer"]
---

# Sniffer start

`POST /sniffer`

## Request

- Base URL: `/v1` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/v1/sniffer`
- Auth: none declared. Required headers: `X-Auth-Token`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/neuvector/apis/neuvector-api/docs/sniffer/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Query parameters

- `f_workload` string, required

## Headers

- `X-Auth-Token` string, required

## Request body

- RESTSnifferArgsData
  - `sniffer` RESTSnifferArgs, required
    - `file_number` integer
    - `duration` integer
    - `filter` string

## Response `200`

Success

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