---
title: "Create Archiver Job"
method: POST
path: "/archiver/jobs"
tags: ["archiving"]
---

# Create Archiver Job

`POST /archiver/jobs`

## Request

- Base URL: `/` (relative, and the document was published on a file host, not at the API’s origin)
- URL: `/archiver/jobs`
- Auth: HTTP basic

## Request body

- CreateJobBody
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `type` 'archive' | 'retrieve', required

## Response `201`

Job Created

- CreateJobResp
  - `uuid` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required

## Other responses

- `422`: Data Validation Error
- `500`: Internal Server Error

## Changes

- **2025-11-21** `527aef2c43cd`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/swissopenem/apis/ethz-archiver-service-2/changes/archiver/jobs/post.md)

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