---
title: "Start Bot"
method: POST
path: "/bot-orchestration/start-bot"
tags: ["Bot Orchestration"]
---

# Start Bot

`POST /bot-orchestration/start-bot`

Start a bot with the specified configuration.

Args:
    action: StartBotAction containing bot configuration parameters
    bots_manager: Bot orchestrator service dependency
    db_manager: Database manager dependency

Returns:
    Dictionary with status and response from bot start operation

## Request body

- StartBotAction — Action to start a bot
  - `bot_name` string, required — Name of the bot instance to act upon
  - `log_level` string, nullable — Logging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)
  - `script` string, nullable — Script name to run (without .py extension)
  - `conf` string, nullable — Configuration file name (without .yml extension)
  - `async_backend` boolean — Whether to run in async backend mode

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- unknown

## Other responses

- `422` — Validation Error

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/hummingbot/apis/hummingbot-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/hummingbot/apis/hummingbot-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/hummingbot/hummingbot-api/revisions/5347fe79537f/schema)