---
title: "Activate a goal from the recommendation slate"
method: POST
path: "/api/rewards/goals/{id}/activate"
tags: ["Rewards"]
---

# Activate a goal from the recommendation slate

`POST /api/rewards/goals/{id}/activate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.rewritelifestyle.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.rewritelifestyle.ai/api/rewards/goals/{id}/activate`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Returns 409 at the active cap so the app can prompt for a swap rather than evicting a goal the user did not choose to drop.

## Path parameters

- `id` number, required

## Headers

- `x-timezone` string, required

## Other responses

- `409`: Already at the active-goal cap

## Changes

- **2026-09-12** `0d5ef02a4fbe`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/rewritelifestyle/apis/rewrite-lifestyle-api/changes/api/rewards/goals/:id/activate/post.md)

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