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noSummary: Creates a new invocation for a source.
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Creates a new invocation for a source.
OpenAPI#
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
title: Chroma Sync Service
description: >-
Chroma Sync Service provides APIs for managing data synchronization sources
and invocations. The service supports syncing content from GitHub
repositories, web scrape targets, and S3 buckets to Chroma collections.
license:
name: ''
version: 0.1.0
servers:
- url: https://sync.trychroma.com
security: []
paths:
/api/v1/sources/{source_id}/invocations:
post:
tags:
- Invocation
summary: Create invocation
description: Creates a new invocation for a source.
operationId: create_job
parameters:
- name: source_id
in: path
description: Source ID
required: true
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/SourceId'
requestBody:
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateJobPayload'
required: true
responses:
'201':
description: Invocation creation successful
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateJobResponse'
'400':
description: Bad request
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'401':
description: Unauthorized
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'403':
description: Forbidden
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'404':
description: Source not found
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'409':
description: Invocation exists
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
'500':
description: Server error
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
security:
- x-chroma-token: []
components:
schemas:
SourceId:
type: string
format: uuid
CreateJobPayload:
type: object
properties:
custom_id:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: >-
Custom ID for Chroma object IDs (optional, S3 sources only).
If provided, chunk IDs become "custom_id-{chunk}" instead of
"sha256(object_key)-{chunk}".
Also stored as "custom_id" metadata on each chunk.
metadata:
type:
- object
- 'null'
description: >-
Additional metadata to merge with standard chunk metadata (optional,
S3 sources only).
additionalProperties: {}
propertyNames:
type: string
object_key:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: >-
Full S3 object key to sync (required for S3 sources, not allowed for
other source types).
Must be the complete key including any path prefix configured on the
source.
ref_identifier:
oneOf:
- type: 'null'
- $ref: '#/components/schemas/GitRefIdentifier'
description: Git ref identifier for GitHub sources (optional)
target_collection_name:
type:
- string
- 'null'
description: >-
Target collection name (optional for S3 sources, required for
others).
For S3 sources: if not provided, uses collection_name from source
config.
For GitHub and WebScrape sources: required.
CreateJobResponse:
type: object
required:
- invocation_id
properties:
invocation_id:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/JobId'
description: ID of the newly created invocation
ErrorResponse:
type: object
required:
- error
- message
properties:
error:
type: string
message:
type: string
GitRefIdentifier:
oneOf:
- type: object
required:
- sha
properties:
sha:
type: string
- type: object
required:
- branch
properties:
branch:
type: string
JobId:
type: string
format: uuid
securitySchemes:
x-chroma-token:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-chroma-tokenLink last verified
June 7, 2026.
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Link last verified: 2026-03-04