---
title: "Trigger tests from CI/CD pipelines"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger/ci"
tags: ["Synthetics"]
---

# Trigger tests from CI/CD pipelines

`POST /api/v1/synthetics/tests/trigger/ci`

Trigger a set of Synthetic tests for continuous integration.

## Request body

- SyntheticsCITestBody — Object describing the synthetics tests to trigger.
  - `tests` SyntheticsCITest[] — List of Synthetic tests with overrides.
    - `allowInsecureCertificates` boolean — Disable certificate checks in API tests.
    - `basicAuth` union — Object to handle basic authentication when performing the test.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthWeb — Object to handle basic authentication when performing the test.
        - `password` string — Password to use for the basic authentication.
        - `type` 'web' — The type of basic authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `username` string — Username to use for the basic authentication.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthSigv4 — Object to handle `SIGV4` authentication when performing the test.
        - `accessKey` string, required — Access key for the `SIGV4` authentication.
        - `region` string — Region for the `SIGV4` authentication.
        - `secretKey` string, required — Secret key for the `SIGV4` authentication.
        - `serviceName` string — Service name for the `SIGV4` authentication.
        - `sessionToken` string — Session token for the `SIGV4` authentication.
        - `type` 'sigv4', required — The type of authentication to use when performing the test.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthNTLM — Object to handle `NTLM` authentication when performing the test.
        - `domain` string — Domain for the authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `password` string — Password for the authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `type` 'ntlm', required — The type of authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `username` string — Username for the authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `workstation` string — Workstation for the authentication to use when performing the test.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthDigest — Object to handle digest authentication when performing the test.
        - `password` string, required — Password to use for the digest authentication.
        - `type` 'digest', required — The type of basic authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `username` string, required — Username to use for the digest authentication.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthOauthClient — Object to handle `oauth client` authentication when performing the test.
        - `accessTokenUrl` string, required — Access token URL to use when performing the authentication.
        - `audience` string — Audience to use when performing the authentication.
        - `clientId` string, required — Client ID to use when performing the authentication.
        - `clientSecret` string, required — Client secret to use when performing the authentication.
        - `resource` string — Resource to use when performing the authentication.
        - `scope` string — Scope to use when performing the authentication.
        - `tokenApiAuthentication` 'header' | 'body', required — Type of token to use when performing the authentication.
        - `type` 'oauth-client', required — The type of basic authentication to use when performing the test.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthOauthROP — Object to handle `oauth rop` authentication when performing the test.
        - `accessTokenUrl` string, required — Access token URL to use when performing the authentication.
        - `audience` string — Audience to use when performing the authentication.
        - `clientId` string — Client ID to use when performing the authentication.
        - `clientSecret` string — Client secret to use when performing the authentication.
        - `password` string, required — Password to use when performing the authentication.
        - `resource` string — Resource to use when performing the authentication.
        - `scope` string — Scope to use when performing the authentication.
        - `tokenApiAuthentication` 'header' | 'body', required — Type of token to use when performing the authentication.
        - `type` 'oauth-rop', required — The type of basic authentication to use when performing the test.
        - `username` string, required — Username to use when performing the authentication.
      - SyntheticsBasicAuthJWT — Object to handle JWT authentication when performing the test.
        - `addClaims` SyntheticsBasicAuthJWTAddClaims — Standard JWT claims to automatically inject.
          - `exp` boolean — Whether to inject the `exp` (expiration) claim.
          - `iat` boolean — Whether to inject the `iat` (issued at) claim.
        - `algorithm` 'HS256' | 'RS256' | 'ES256', required — Algorithm to use for the JWT authentication.
        - `expiresIn` integer — Token time-to-live in seconds.
        - `header` string — Custom JWT header as a JSON string.
        - `payload` string, required — JWT claims as a JSON string.
        - `secret` string, required — Signing key for the JWT authentication. Use the shared secret for `HS256` or the private key (PEM format) for `RS256` and `ES256`.
        - `tokenPrefix` string — Prefix added before the token in the `Authorization` header. Defaults to `Bearer`.
        - `type` 'jwt', required — The type of authentication to use when performing the test.
    - `body` string — Body to include in the test.
    - `bodyType` string — Type of the data sent in a Synthetic API test.
    - `cookies` string — Cookies for the request.
    - `deviceIds` SyntheticsDeviceID[] — For browser test, array with the different device IDs used to run the test.
    - `followRedirects` boolean — For API HTTP test, whether or not the test should follow redirects.
    - `headers` SyntheticsTestHeaders — Headers to include when performing the test.
    - `locations` string[] — Array of locations used to run the test.
    - `metadata` SyntheticsCIBatchMetadata — Metadata for the Synthetic tests run.
      - `ci` SyntheticsCIBatchMetadataCI — Description of the CI provider.
        - `pipeline` SyntheticsCIBatchMetadataPipeline — Description of the CI pipeline.
          - `url` string — URL of the pipeline.
        - `provider` SyntheticsCIBatchMetadataProvider — Description of the CI provider.
          - `name` string — Name of the CI provider.
      - `git` SyntheticsCIBatchMetadataGit — Git information.
        - `branch` string — Branch name.
        - `commitSha` string — The commit SHA.
    - `public_id` string, required — The public ID of the Synthetic test to trigger.
    - `retry` SyntheticsTestOptionsRetry — Object describing the retry strategy to apply to a Synthetic test.
      - `count` integer — Number of times a test needs to be retried before marking a location as failed. Defaults to 0.
      - `interval` number, double — Time interval between retries (in milliseconds). Defaults to 300ms.
    - `startUrl` string — Starting URL for the browser test.
    - `variables` object — Variables to replace in the test.
    - `version` integer — The version number of the Synthetic test version to trigger.

## Response `200`

OK

- SyntheticsTriggerCITestsResponse — Object containing information about the tests triggered.
  - `batch_id` string, nullable — The public ID of the batch triggered.
  - `locations` SyntheticsTriggerCITestLocation[] — List of Synthetic locations.
    - `id` integer — Unique identifier of the location.
    - `name` string — Name of the location.
  - `results` SyntheticsTriggerCITestRunResult[] — Information about the tests runs.
    - `device` string — The device ID.
    - `location` integer — The location ID of the test run.
    - `public_id` string — The public ID of the Synthetic test.
    - `result_id` string — ID of the result.
  - `triggered_check_ids` string[] — The public IDs of the Synthetic test triggered.

## Other responses

- `400` — JSON format is wrong
- `429` — Too many requests

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