Start an asynchronous job

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/jobsSign in to see this endpoint's URL

Example body: {"type":"report","durationSeconds":10} Returns 202 with a Location header pointing at the job and a Retry-After hint. Poll that URL; the job is queued for 2 seconds, then runs for durationSeconds. When it completes, fetch resultUrl.

Request body

Optional. application/json, text/json, application/*+json, application/xml, text/xml, application/*+xml. Model: JobsControllerJobRequest. Job type and duration. An empty body starts a 10-second report job.

Example body

{"type": "report", "durationSeconds": 10}

Responses

200: OK
202: Job accepted; poll the Location URL.
400: Unknown type or duration out of range.

Example

Request

curl -X POST "https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"type": "report", "durationSeconds": 10}' \
  -H "X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY"

Response202 Accepted

Location: /api/jobs/job_1002
Retry-After: 2

{
  "message": "Job accepted. Poll the Location URL for status.",
  "data": {
    "id": "job_1002",
    "type": "report",
    "status": "queued",
    "progress": 0,
    "durationSeconds": 10,
    "createdAt": "2026-09-30T18:26:45Z",
    "startedAt": null,
    "finishedAt": null,
    "statusUrl": "/api/jobs/job_1002",
    "resultUrl": null,
    "error": null
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curl -X POST 'https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-TestingApis-Key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  -d '{"type": "report", "durationSeconds": 10}'

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: "{\"type\": \"report\", \"durationSeconds\": 10}",
});
console.log(res.status, await res.text());

const res = await fetch("https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
  },
  body: "{\"type\": \"report\", \"durationSeconds\": 10}",
});
const body: string = await res.text();
console.log(res.status, body);

import requests

res = requests.post(
    "https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "X-TestingApis-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY",
    },
    data="{\"type\": \"report\", \"durationSeconds\": 10}",
)
print(res.status_code, res.text)

using System.Net.Http.Headers;

using var client = new HttpClient();
using var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs");
request.Headers.TryAddWithoutValidation("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY");
request.Content = new StringContent("{\"type\": \"report\", \"durationSeconds\": 10}");
request.Content.Headers.ContentType = MediaTypeHeaderValue.Parse("application/json");
using var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine($"{(int)response.StatusCode} {await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync()}");

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder(URI.create("https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs"))
                .header("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
                .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
                .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"type\": \"report\", \"durationSeconds\": 10}"))
                .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode() + " " + response.body());
    }
}

package main

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

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader("{\"type\": \"report\", \"durationSeconds\": 10}")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("X-TestingApis-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	data, err := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(data))
}

POSThttps://api.testingapis.com/api/jobs