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Start a signal scan

Starts a public signal scan job for an account group through the integrations API.

POST/v1/accounts/{accountGroupId}/signals/scans

Asynchronous scan

Signal scans run asynchronously and may take several minutes depending on audience size. Poll the scan status endpoint for progress.

Integration notes

Required API permission

signals:write.

Prerequisites

integration_api_key, account_group_access.

Idempotency

send a stable Idempotency-Key header when retrying this request.

Parameters

accountGroupIdPath

Type: string

Account group ID that scopes the request.

Required

Request body

Required

Optional

Content types

application/json

Schema

object

Fields

signalSpecificationId

Type: string

Unique identifier for the signal specification.

Required

audienceId

Type: string

Audience ID that identifies the list or folder target.

Required

prospectIds

Type: array<string>

Request field for prospect ids.

Optional

Responses

200

Existing completed signal scan replayed for the same request

Schema: SignalScanStartSuccessResponse

202

Scan started

Schema: SignalScanStartSuccessResponse

400

Request validation failed

Schema: ValidationErrorResponse

401

Invalid or missing API key

Schema: ErrorResponse

403

Missing required permission

Schema: ErrorResponse

409

Conflict — resource is in a state that prevents this operation

Schema: ErrorResponse

429

Rate limit exceeded

Schema: ErrorResponse

500

Internal server error

Schema: ErrorResponse

502

Upstream service error

Schema: ErrorResponse

Response examples

200 Example JSONSignalScanStartSuccessResponse
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "scanId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
        "status": "queued",
        "createdAt": "2026-04-28T15:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "error": null,
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
202 Example JSONSignalScanStartSuccessResponse
{
    "success": true,
    "data": {
        "scanId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
        "status": "queued",
        "createdAt": "2026-04-28T15:30:00.000Z"
    },
    "error": null,
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
400 Example JSONValidationErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "VALIDATION_ERROR",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
401 Example JSONErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
403 Example JSONErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
409 Example JSONErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
429 Example JSONErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
500 Example JSONErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}
502 Example JSONErrorResponse
{
    "success": false,
    "data": null,
    "error": {
        "code": "string",
        "message": "Thanks for the context. I can send over details this afternoon.",
        "details": "string"
    },
    "traceId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}