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# Start an async routine run-batch over an uploaded JSONL file

> Starts an asynchronous batch routine run over a previously uploaded JSONL file.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /routines/{routine_id}/run-batch/start
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  contact:
    name: Clay
    url: https://www.clay.com
  description: Programmatic access to Clay.
  title: Clay Public API
  version: '0'
servers:
  - description: production
    url: https://api.clay.com/public/v0
security:
  - ClayApiKey: []
tags:
  - description: Authenticated user and workspace endpoints.
    name: me
  - description: Search creation and pagination endpoints.
    name: searches
  - description: Structured table query endpoints.
    name: tables
  - description: Routine discovery and execution endpoints.
    name: routines
paths:
  /routines/{routine_id}/run-batch/start:
    post:
      tags:
        - routines
      summary: Start an async routine run-batch over an uploaded JSONL file
      description: >-
        Starts an asynchronous batch routine run over a previously uploaded
        JSONL file.
      operationId: startRoutineRunBatch
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: routine_id
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartBatchRequest'
        description: Body
      responses:
        '202':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartBatchResponse'
          description: '202'
        '400':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '400'
        '401':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '401'
        '403':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '403'
        '404':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '404'
        '429':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          description: '429'
components:
  schemas:
    StartBatchRequest:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        file_id:
          type: string
        webhook_id:
          description: ID of a registered Clay webhook to notify when the run finishes.
          maxLength: 64
          minLength: 1
          type: string
      required:
        - file_id
      type: object
    StartBatchResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        routine_run_id:
          type: string
        status:
          const: in_progress
          type: string
      required:
        - routine_run_id
        - status
      type: object
    ErrorResponse:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
      required:
        - message
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ClayApiKey:
      description: >-
        Personal API key tied to your Clay user. Create one under Settings →
        Account in the Clay app.
      in: header
      name: clay-api-key
      type: apiKey

````