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/orchestrator/2.0/pop-operations/discovery/{envId}/{popId}

This API call triggers the POP Discovery Process using the POP and Environment IDs.

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    Headers

    *Required
    Header Value cURL Line
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    Content Type`application/json` `-H"Content-Type: application/json"`

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    Security
    HTTP
    Type bearer

    For more details about Administration API Authentication, check out the Authentication APIs documentation
    Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
    Example: Authorization: Bearer 123

    Path parameters
    envId
    stringRequired

    Environment ID. You can find the Environment ID in your Environment Settings.

    popId
    stringRequired

    POP ID. You can find the POP ID using the GET List of POPs API or through the UI under your POP settings.

    Responses
    202

    The Discovery Process has been triggered and is being processed.

    400

    Bad Request

    PopDoesNotBelongToEnvironment
    {
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "ORC-027",
      "id": "E880D0",
      "status": 400,
      "name": "PopDoesNotBelongToEnvironment",
      "message": "Pop [POP1P00XFYS0NVJ] does not belong to Environment [ec3ff4ee-81f9-4e7f-9037-6fa9fde62cc8]",
      "args": {
        "popId": "POP1P00XFYS0NVJ",
        "envId": "ec3ff4ee-81f9-4e7f-9037-6fa9fde62cc8"
      }
    }
  ]
}
    DiscoveryAlreadyInProgressError
    {
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": "ORC-015",
      "id": "E28087",
      "status": 400,
      "name": "DiscoveryAlreadyInProgressError",
      "message": "Discovery is currently in progress, and parallel discoveries for the same POP are not allowed",
      "args": {
        "name": "PowerBI"
      }
    }
  ]
}
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    object

    Response object

    errors
    Array of object (Error)
    object
    code
    string
    id
    string
    status
    integer
    name
    string
    message
    string
    args
    object
    path
    string
    401

    Unauthorized

    404

    Not Found

    500

    Internal Server Error