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POST
/
connections
Create Connection
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.withterminal.com/tsp/v1/connections \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "provider": "geotab",
  "credentials": {},
  "company": {
    "name": "<string>",
    "dotNumbers": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "options": {},
  "externalId": "<string>",
  "syncMode": "automatic",
  "backfill": {
    "startFrom": "2021-01-06T03:24:53.000Z",
    "days": 123
  },
  "tags": [
    "Tag Name"
  ],
  "agreements": [
    {
      "agreementUrl": "<string>",
      "ipAddress": "127.0.0.1",
      "acceptedAt": "2021-01-06T03:24:53.000Z",
      "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36"
    }
  ]
}
'
{
  "id": "conn_01GV12VR4DJP70GD1ZBK0SDWFH",
  "company": {
    "name": "Frank's Trucking",
    "dotNumbers": [
      "1234567"
    ]
  },
  "account": {
    "name": "Frank's Trucking",
    "dotNumbers": [
      "1234567"
    ],
    "user": {
      "sourceId": "1234567",
      "firstName": "John",
      "lastName": "Doe",
      "email": "john.doe@example.com"
    }
  },
  "provider": {
    "code": "geotab",
    "name": "Geotab"
  },
  "syncMode": "automatic",
  "token": "con_tkn_22vUhkC6tgre4kwaYfUkCDA1rzn6eyb4",
  "createdAt": "2021-01-06T03:24:53.000Z",
  "updatedAt": "2021-01-06T03:24:53.000Z",
  "options": {},
  "linkUrl": "https://link.withterminal.com/connection/{CONNECTION_ID}?key={PUBLISHABLE_KEY}",
  "externalId": "1234",
  "sourceId": "123456789",
  "tags": [
    "Tag Name"
  ],
  "filters": {
    "vehicles": {
      "excludeIds": [
        "vcl_01D8ZQFGHVJ858NBF2Q7DV9MNC"
      ],
      "includeIds": [
        "vcl_01D8ZQFGHVJ858NBF2Q7DV9MNC"
      ]
    },
    "drivers": {
      "excludeIds": [
        "drv_01D8ZQFGHVJ858NBF2Q7DV9MNC"
      ],
      "includeIds": [
        "drv_01D8ZQFGHVJ858NBF2Q7DV9MNC"
      ]
    }
  }
}
For most use cases we recommend using the Link UI to create connections.

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/json
​
provider
string
required

Every provider has a unique code to identify it across Terminal's system. You can find each provider's code under provider details.

Example:

"geotab"

​
credentials
object
required
​
company
object
​
options
object
​
externalId
string
​
syncMode
enum<string>
default:automatic

Enum values:

  • automatic: Terminal will keep this connections data up to date
  • manual: Terminal will only sync data upon request
Available options:
automatic,
manual
​
backfill
object

Optional backfill to be requested upon successful connection. Will start from NOW if not provided.

​
tags
string[]
​
agreements
AgreementAcceptance · object[]

The agreements to link the connection to.

Response

Created

The connection your application has with your customer's TSP.

​
id
string<ulid>
required
Example:

"conn_01GV12VR4DJP70GD1ZBK0SDWFH"

​
company
object
required
​
account
object
required
​
provider
object
required
​
syncMode
enum<string>
default:automatic
required

Enum values:

  • automatic: Terminal will keep this connections data up to date
  • manual: Terminal will only sync data upon request
Available options:
automatic,
manual
​
token
string
required

This token is used when interacting with a connections' data.

Pattern: ^con_tkn_\S+$
Example:

"con_tkn_22vUhkC6tgre4kwaYfUkCDA1rzn6eyb4"

​
createdAt
string<date-time>
required

ISO 8601 date

Example:

"2021-01-06T03:24:53.000Z"

​
updatedAt
string<date-time>
required

ISO 8601 date

Example:

"2021-01-06T03:24:53.000Z"

​
status
enum<string>
required

The current status of the connection.

Available options:
connected,
disconnected,
archived,
pending_deletion
​
options
object
required
​
linkUrl
string<uri>
required

The URL to send your user to in order to have them re-authenticate the connection.

Example:

"https://link.withterminal.com/connection/{CONNECTION_ID}?key={PUBLISHABLE_KEY}"

​
externalId
string

An optional ID from your system that can be used to reference connections.

Example:

"1234"

​
sourceId
string

The ID used in the source system to represent the account this connection has or had access to.

This may be an organizationId or accountId.

Note: not all systems expose this information, in which case it may be undefined.

Example:

"123456789"

​
tags
string[]

An optional list of tags from your system that can be used to reference connections.

​
filters
object

Filters applied to connection data