## Documentation Index

Fetch the complete documentation index at: [/llms.txt](https://docs.cognigy.com/llms.txt)

Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

POST

/v2.0/connections

Try it

### Create a Connection

#### cURL

```bash
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/connections \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "some name",
  "isDeprecated": true,
  "type": "http_basic",
  "extension": "@cognigy/basic-nodes",
  "fields": {
    "some-key-from-connection-schema": "x123sdfu12312"
  },
  "projectId": "<string>"
}
'
```

#### Python

```python
import requests

url = "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/connections"

payload = {
    "name": "some name",
    "isDeprecated": True,
    "type": "http_basic",
    "extension": "@cognigy/basic-nodes",
    "fields": { "some-key-from-connection-schema": "x123sdfu12312" },
    "projectId": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
```

#### JavaScript Fetch

```javascript
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: 'some name',
    isDeprecated: true,
    type: 'http_basic',
    extension: '@cognigy/basic-nodes',
    fields: {'some-key-from-connection-schema': 'x123sdfu12312'},
    projectId: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/connections', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
```

#### PHP

```php
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/connections",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",  
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'name' => 'some name',
    'isDeprecated' => true,
    'type' => 'http_basic',
    'extension' => '@cognigy/basic-nodes',
    'fields' => [
        'some-key-from-connection-schema' => 'x123sdfu12312'
    ],
    'projectId' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
```

#### Response Examples

```json
{
  "key": "some-key-from-connection-schema",
  "value": "x123w123",
  "_id": "<string>",
  "createdAt": 1694518620,
  "lastChanged": 1694518620,
  "createdBy": "<string>",
  "lastChangedBy": "<string>"
}
```

```json
{
  "type": "Bad Request",
  "title": "Bad Request Error",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Validation failed. Missing payload.",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}
```

### Authorizations

#### X-API-Key

- **Type**: string
- **In**: header
- **Required**: Supply the API Key in the HTTP-Header

### Headers

- **Accept**: enum<string>
  - The `Accept` header specifies the media type that the client expects in the response. Available options: `application/json`, `application/hal+json`, `application/xml`, `text/xml`, `text/csv`. The default value is `application/json`.

### Body

- **name** (string): Example: `"some name"`
- **isDeprecated** (boolean): Marked 'true' if the connection type is deprecated
- **type** (string): Example: `"http_basic"`
- **extension** (string): Example: `"@cognigy/basic-nodes"`
- **fields** (object): The fields of the Connection. Key-Value pairs. The key should match the connection schema of the specific connection type.
- **projectId** (string): The unique identifier for the Project. Required string length: `24`

### Response Codes

- **201**: application/json - Returns Connection metadata object.