---
title: Trigger Synthetic tests
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# Trigger Synthetic tests{% #trigger-synthetic-tests %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                       |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger  |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger |

### Overview

Trigger a set of Synthetic tests. This endpoint requires the `synthetics_write` permission.

OAuth apps require the `synthetics_write` authorization [scope](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest/scopes.md#synthetics) to access this endpoint.



### Request

#### Body Data (required)

The identifiers of the tests to trigger.

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| Parent field | Field                       | Type     | Description                                     |
| ------------ | --------------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
|              | tests [*required*]     | [object] | List of Synthetic tests.                        |
| tests        | metadata                    | object   | Metadata for the Synthetic tests run.           |
| metadata     | ci                          | object   | Description of the CI provider.                 |
| ci           | pipeline                    | object   | Description of the CI pipeline.                 |
| pipeline     | url                         | string   | URL of the pipeline.                            |
| ci           | provider                    | object   | Description of the CI provider.                 |
| provider     | name                        | string   | Name of the CI provider.                        |
| metadata     | git                         | object   | Git information.                                |
| git          | branch                      | string   | Branch name.                                    |
| git          | commitSha                   | string   | The commit SHA.                                 |
| tests        | public_id [*required*] | string   | The public ID of the Synthetic test to trigger. |

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```json
{
  "tests": [
    {
      "public_id": "123-abc-456"
    }
  ]
}
```

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### Response

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OK
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Object containing information about the tests triggered.

| Parent field | Field               | Type     | Description                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------- |
|              | batch_id            | string   | The public ID of the batch triggered.           |
|              | locations           | [object] | List of Synthetic locations.                    |
| locations    | id                  | int64    | Unique identifier of the location.              |
| locations    | name                | string   | Name of the location.                           |
|              | results             | [object] | Information about the tests runs.               |
| results      | device              | string   | The device ID.                                  |
| results      | location            | int64    | The location ID of the test run.                |
| results      | public_id           | string   | The public ID of the Synthetic test.            |
| results      | result_id           | string   | ID of the result.                               |
|              | triggered_check_ids | [string] | The public IDs of the Synthetic test triggered. |

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```json
{
  "batch_id": "string",
  "locations": [
    {
      "id": "integer",
      "name": "string"
    }
  ],
  "results": [
    {
      "device": "chrome.laptop_large",
      "location": "integer",
      "public_id": "string",
      "result_id": "string"
    }
  ],
  "triggered_check_ids": []
}
```

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Bad Request
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Error response object.

| Field                    | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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Too many requests
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Error response object.

| Field                    | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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### Code Example

##### 
                          \## default
# 
 \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "DD-API-KEY: ${DD_API_KEY}" \
-H "DD-APPLICATION-KEY: ${DD_APP_KEY}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "tests": [
    {
      "public_id": "aaa-aaa-aaa"
    }
  ]
}
EOF 
                        
##### 

```go
// Trigger Synthetic tests returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV1"
)

func main() {
	// there is a valid "synthetics_api_test" in the system
	SyntheticsAPITestPublicID := os.Getenv("SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID")

	body := datadogV1.SyntheticsTriggerBody{
		Tests: []datadogV1.SyntheticsTriggerTest{
			{
				PublicId: SyntheticsAPITestPublicID,
			},
		},
	}
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewSyntheticsApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.TriggerTests(ctx, body)

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `SyntheticsApi.TriggerTests`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `SyntheticsApi.TriggerTests`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Trigger Synthetic tests returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.SyntheticsApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.SyntheticsTriggerBody;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.SyntheticsTriggerCITestsResponse;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.SyntheticsTriggerTest;
import java.util.Collections;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    SyntheticsApi apiInstance = new SyntheticsApi(defaultClient);

    // there is a valid "synthetics_api_test" in the system
    String SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID = System.getenv("SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID");

    SyntheticsTriggerBody body =
        new SyntheticsTriggerBody()
            .tests(
                Collections.singletonList(
                    new SyntheticsTriggerTest().publicId(SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID)));

    try {
      SyntheticsTriggerCITestsResponse result = apiInstance.triggerTests(body);
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling SyntheticsApi#triggerTests");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```python
"""
Trigger Synthetic tests returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.synthetics_api import SyntheticsApi
from datadog_api_client.v1.model.synthetics_trigger_body import SyntheticsTriggerBody
from datadog_api_client.v1.model.synthetics_trigger_test import SyntheticsTriggerTest

# there is a valid "synthetics_api_test" in the system
SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID = environ["SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID"]

body = SyntheticsTriggerBody(
    tests=[
        SyntheticsTriggerTest(
            public_id=SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID,
        ),
    ],
)

configuration = Configuration()
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = SyntheticsApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.trigger_tests(body=body)

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Trigger Synthetic tests returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::SyntheticsAPI.new

# there is a valid "synthetics_api_test" in the system
SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID = ENV["SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID"]

body = DatadogAPIClient::V1::SyntheticsTriggerBody.new({
  tests: [
    DatadogAPIClient::V1::SyntheticsTriggerTest.new({
      public_id: SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID,
    }),
  ],
})
p api_instance.trigger_tests(body)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```rust
// Trigger Synthetic tests returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_synthetics::SyntheticsAPI;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::model::SyntheticsTriggerBody;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::model::SyntheticsTriggerTest;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    // there is a valid "synthetics_api_test" in the system
    let synthetics_api_test_public_id = std::env::var("SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID").unwrap();
    let body = SyntheticsTriggerBody::new(vec![SyntheticsTriggerTest::new(
        synthetics_api_test_public_id.clone(),
    )]);
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = SyntheticsAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.trigger_tests(body).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Trigger Synthetic tests returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v1 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration();
const apiInstance = new v1.SyntheticsApi(configuration);

// there is a valid "synthetics_api_test" in the system
const SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID = process.env
  .SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID as string;

const params: v1.SyntheticsApiTriggerTestsRequest = {
  body: {
    tests: [
      {
        publicId: SYNTHETICS_API_TEST_PUBLIC_ID,
      },
    ],
  },
};

apiInstance
  .triggerTests(params)
  .then((data: v1.SyntheticsTriggerCITestsResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" tsc "example.ts"
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