---
title: "Start Nexus Job"
method: POST
path: "/nexus/start"
tags: ["Nexus"]
---

# Start Nexus Job

`POST /nexus/start`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.perplant.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.perplant.ai/nexus/start`
- Auth: none declared

## Headers

- `X-Nexus-Key` string, nullable
- `x-nexus-secret` string, nullable

## Request body

- NexusStartRequest
  - `job_id` string, required
  - `task_id` string, required
  - `app_id` string, required
  - `farmer_id` string, required
  - `field_id` string, required
  - `operation_id` string, required
  - `crop_context` string, required
  - `detection_goal` 'count' | 'find_map', required
  - `coco_s3_key` string, required
  - `image_s3_keys` ImageS3Ref[], required
    - `image_id` string, required
    - `s3_key` string, required
  - `field_s3_prefix` string, required
  - `detection_label` string, required
  - `callback_url` string, required

## Response `202`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/perplant/apis/perplant-image-search-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/perplant/apis/perplant-image-search-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/perplant/apis/perplant-image-search-api/revisions/c1303f87a20f?raw)