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POST
/
v1
/
flow
/
data-jobs
/
{data_job_id}
/
start
Start data job alignment
curl --request POST \
  --url https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>'
import requests

url = "https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start"

headers = {"Authorization": "<api-key>"}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: <api-key>"
],
]);

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

curl_close($curl);

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

import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start"

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start")
.header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://flow.seekr.com/v1/flow/data-jobs/{data_job_id}/start")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "user_id": "<string>",
  "name": "<string>",
  "job_type": "<string>",
  "alignment_job_id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "origin_data_job_id": "<string>",
  "status_message": "<string>",
  "system_prompt": "<string>",
  "system_prompt_updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "instructions": "<string>",
  "instructions_updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "resolved_instructions": "<string>",
  "vector_database_id": "<string>",
  "additional_alignment_file_ids": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "ingestion_jobs": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "file_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "records": [
        {
          "record_id": "<string>",
          "ingestion_job_id": "<string>",
          "alignment_file_id": "<string>",
          "user_id": "<string>",
          "filename": "<string>",
          "status": "<string>",
          "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "metaflow_job_id": "<string>",
          "method": "<string>",
          "queue_position": 123,
          "error_message": "<string>",
          "suggested_fix": "<string>",
          "worker_id": "<string>",
          "deleted": false,
          "processing_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
          "failed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "alignment_job": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "completed_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "stopped_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "current_step": "<string>",
    "step_progress": 123,
    "progress": 123,
    "estimated_completion_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "eta_minutes": 123,
    "status_message": "<string>"
  },
  "files": [
    {
      "file_id": "<string>",
      "record_id": "<string>",
      "name": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "status": "<string>",
      "suggested_fix": "<string>",
      "bytes": 123
    }
  ],
  "fine_tuning_job_ids": [
    "<string>"
  ],
  "timeline": [
    {
      "timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "event_type": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>",
      "metadata": {}
    }
  ]
}
{
"detail": [
{
"loc": [
"<string>"
],
"msg": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"input": "<unknown>",
"ctx": {}
}
]
}
Start the alignment process for a data job. The job must be in ready_to_start status. Pre-flight checks vary by job type:
  • For principle_files jobs: a system_prompt must be set and files have been added to the data job
  • For context_grounded_files jobs: files must have been added to the data job
  • For context_grounded_vector_db jobs: a vector_database_id must be set
For the full pre-flight requirements and workflow, see Create instruction fine-tuning data.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Your Seekr API key, sent in the Authorization header with no 'Bearer' prefix.

Path Parameters

data_job_id
string
required

Response

Successful Response

Extends DataJobResponse Full detail payload for the per-job view.

id
string
required
user_id
string
required
name
string
required
job_type
string
required
alignment_job_id
string | null
required
created_at
string<date-time>
required
updated_at
string<date-time>
required
status
required

Status values that exist BEFORE an alignment job is linked. Once linked, the real status comes from AlignmentJobStatus directly — see DataJobResponse.status's union type and derive_data_job_status.

Available options:
file_processing,
needs_review,
ready_to_start
origin_data_job_id
string | null
status_message
string | null
system_prompt
string | null
system_prompt_updated_at
string<date-time> | null
instructions
string | null
instructions_updated_at
string<date-time> | null
resolved_instructions
string | null
vector_database_id
string | null
additional_alignment_file_ids
string[]
ingestion_jobs
IngestionJobDetail · object[]
alignment_job
AlignmentResponse · object | null
files
DataJobFile · object[]
fine_tuning_job_ids
string[]
timeline
TimelineEvent · object[]
Last modified on June 18, 2026