---
title: "Create source connection check"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/sources/{source_id}/connection-check"
tags: ["sources"]
---

# Create source connection check

`POST /api/v1/sources/{source_id}/connection-check`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://platform-api.transform.unstructured.io` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://platform-api.transform.unstructured.io/api/v1/sources/{source_id}/connection-check`
- Auth: none declared
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/unstructured/apis/platform-api/docs/api/v1/sources/:source_id/connection-check/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Initiates a connection check for the specified source connector.

## Path parameters

- `source_id` union, required
  - string, uuid
  - string

## Headers

- `unstructured-api-key` string, nullable

## Response `202`

Successful Response

- DagNodeConnectionCheck
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `status` 'SCHEDULED' | 'SUCCESS' | 'FAILURE', required
  - `reason` string, nullable
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `reported_at` string, date-time, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

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