---
title: "Create a validation run"
method: POST
path: "/v1/validation/runs"
tags: ["Benchmarks"]
---

# Create a validation run

`POST /v1/validation/runs`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.talonic.com`
- URL: `https://api.talonic.com/v1/validation/runs`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Start a new validation run against a ground-truth dataset.

## Request body

- object
  - `golden_sample_id` string, uuid, required: Ground-truth dataset to validate against.
  - `schema_id` string, uuid: Optional schema to scope the validation.

## Response `201`

Validation run created.

- ValidationRunResponse
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `golden_sample_id` string, uuid
  - `schema_id` string, uuid, nullable
  - `status` 'pending' | 'running' | 'completed' | 'failed', required
  - `accuracy_overall` number, float, nullable
  - `documents_processed` integer, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `completed_at` string, date-time, nullable
  - `links` object
    - `self` string
    - `results` string

## Other responses

- `400`: The request is invalid.
- `401`: Missing or invalid API key.
- `429`: Daily rate limit exceeded.

---

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