---
title: "Run a company-record monitor now"
method: POST
path: "/monitors/{monitor_id}/run"
tags: ["Monitoring"]
---

# Run a company-record monitor now

`POST /monitors/{monitor_id}/run`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://vatfind.com/v1`
- URL: `https://vatfind.com/v1/monitors/{monitor_id}/run`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Runs a billable manual company-record recheck. Idempotency-Key is required and the JSON body must be empty.

## Path parameters

- `monitor_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, required

## Request body

- object

## Response `200`

Completed monitoring refresh

- MonitorRunResponse
  - `monitor` Monitor, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `object` 'vat_monitor', required
    - `environment` 'live' | 'sandbox', required
    - `status` 'active' | 'paused' | 'attention', required
    - `health` 'healthy' | 'source_degraded' | 'needs_credits', required
    - `identifier` Identifier, required
      - `type` 'vat_number' | 'tax_identifier' | 'registration_number', required
      - `input` string, required
      - `normalized` string, required
      - `country_code` string, required
    - `company_name` string
    - `client_reference` string
    - `metadata` object
    - `cadence` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly', required
    - `watched_fields` MonitorWatchedField[], required
    - `webhook_url` string, uri
    - `baseline_check_id` string, required
    - `latest_check_id` string, required
    - `latest_snapshot` MonitorSnapshot, required
      - `check_id` string, required
      - `observed_at` string, date-time, required
      - `registry_match_status` 'matched' | 'not_matched' | 'ambiguous' | 'unavailable' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
      - `company_legal_status` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'dissolved' | 'liquidation' | 'insolvency' | 'unknown' | 'unavailable' | 'not_applicable' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
      - `legal_name` string, nullable, required
      - `registration_number` string, nullable, required
      - `vat_numbers` string[], required
      - `registered_address` string, nullable, required
    - `last_checked_at` string, date-time, required
    - `next_check_at` string, date-time, required
    - `last_event_at` string, date-time
    - `failure_count` integer, required
    - `last_error_code` string
    - `estimated_monthly_checks` 1 | 5 | 30, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `check` Check, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `object` 'check', required
    - `processing_status` 'completed', required
    - `source` 'api' | 'mcp' | 'dashboard' | 'monitoring', required
    - `identifier` Identifier, required
      - `type` 'vat_number' | 'tax_identifier' | 'registration_number', required
      - `input` string, required
      - `normalized` string, required
      - `country_code` string, required
    - `format_status` 'valid' | 'invalid' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
    - `registry_match_status` 'matched' | 'not_matched' | 'ambiguous' | 'unavailable' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
    - `tax_authority_status` 'valid' | 'invalid' | 'unavailable' | 'not_applicable' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
    - `company_legal_status` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'dissolved' | 'liquidation' | 'insolvency' | 'unknown' | 'unavailable' | 'not_applicable' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
    - `company_name` string
    - `client_reference` string
    - `metadata` object
    - `company` Company
      - `id` string, required
      - `object` 'company', required
      - `legal_name` string, required
      - `registration_number` string
      - `vat_numbers` string[], required
      - `tax_identifiers` string[], required
      - `country_code` string, required
      - `company_legal_status` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'dissolved' | 'liquidation' | 'insolvency' | 'unknown' | 'unavailable' | 'not_applicable' | 'not_supported' | 'not_checked', required
      - `raw_company_legal_status` string
      - `legal_form` string
      - `incorporation_date` string, date
      - `registered_address` object
        - `formatted` string, required
      - `website` string, uri
      - `sources` Source[], required
        - `source_type` 'government_registry' | 'official_public_record' | 'licensed_data_provider', required
        - `source_name` string
        - `source_url` string, uri
      - `retrieved_at` string, date-time, required
    - `evidence` Evidence[], required
      - `dimension` 'format' | 'registry_match' | 'tax_authority' | 'company_legal', required
      - `source_type` 'vatfind_rules' | 'government_registry' | 'tax_authority' | 'official_public_record' | 'licensed_data_provider', required
      - `source_name` string
      - `source_url` string, uri
      - `raw_status` string
      - `retrieved_at` string, date-time, required
    - `warnings` Warning[], required
      - `dimension` string, required
      - `code` string, required
      - `message` string, required
      - `retryable` boolean, required
    - `credits_used` integer, required
    - `created_at` string, date-time, required
    - `completed_at` string, date-time, required
  - `changes` MonitorChange[], required
    - `field` 'registry_match_status' | 'company_legal_status' | 'legal_name' | 'registration_number' | 'vat_numbers' | 'registered_address', required
    - `previous` union, required
      - string
      - string[]
    - `current` union, required
      - string
      - string[]
  - `event_id` string, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: VATFind problem detail
- `401`: VATFind problem detail
- `402`: VATFind problem detail
- `403`: VATFind problem detail
- `404`: VATFind problem detail
- `409`: VATFind problem detail
- `413`: VATFind problem detail
- `415`: VATFind problem detail
- `422`: VATFind problem detail
- `429`: VATFind problem detail
- `500`: VATFind problem detail
- `503`: VATFind problem detail

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