---
title: "Trigger C-MOVE SCU"
method: POST
path: "/modalities/{id}/move"
tags: ["Networking"]
---

# Trigger C-MOVE SCU

`POST /modalities/{id}/move`

Start a C-MOVE SCU command as a job, in order to drive the execution of a sequence of C-STORE commands by some remote DICOM modality whose identifier is provided in the URL: https://orthanc.uclouvain.be/book/users/rest.html#performing-c-move

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `Asynchronous` boolean — If `true`, run the job in asynchronous mode, which means that the REST API call will immediately return, reporting the identifier of a job. Prefer this flavor wherever possible.
  - `Level` string — Level of the query (`Patient`, `Study`, `Series` or `Instance`)
  - `LocalAet` string — Local AET that is used for this commands, defaults to `DicomAet` configuration option or `LocalAet` in the `DicomModalities`.
  - `Permissive` boolean — If `true`, ignore errors during the individual steps of the job. Default value is `false`.
  - `Priority` number — In asynchronous mode, the priority of the job. The higher the value, the higher the priority. Default value is `0`
  - `Resources` object[] — List of queries identifying all the DICOM resources to be sent
  - `Synchronous` boolean — If `true`, run the job in synchronous mode, which means that the HTTP answer will directly contain the result of the job. This is the default, easy behavior, but it is *not* desirable for long jobs, as it might lead to network timeouts.
  - `TargetAet` string — Target AET that will be used by the remote DICOM modality as a target for its C-STORE SCU commands, defaults to `DicomAet` configuration option in order to do a simple query/retrieve
  - `Timeout` number — DICOM SCU Timeout for this C-MOVE command, in seconds. Orthanc will close the DICOM association if no DICOM messages (e.g., C-STORE sub-operations or responses) are received within this time period.
  - `UserData` object — User data that will travel along with the job.

## Response `200`

- object
  - `ID` string — In asynchronous mode, identifier of the job
  - `Path` string — In asynchronous mode, path to access the job in the REST API

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