How to Clone a Fivetran Connection

Use the following steps to clone a Fivetran connection.

Retrieve connection details

Retrieve the connection's object details using the Retrieve Connection Details endpoint.

Request

GET https://api.fivetran.com/v1/connections/{connection_id}

Path parameters

Name	Description
`connection_id` (required)	The unique identifier for the connection within the Fivetran system.

Response

HTTP 200 OK

Record field and their values from response

Make a note of the following fields from the API response:

{
   "group_id": "projected_sickle",
   "service": "criteo",
   "config": {
      "username": "myuser",
      "password": "******",
      "api_token": "******",
      "service_version": "0"
   }
}

Create new connection

Create the new connection using the fields from the previous step using the Create a connection endpoint.

Request

POST https://api.fivetran.com/v1/connections

{
   "service": "criteo",
   "group_id": "projected_sickle",
   "trust_certificates": true,
   "run_setup_tests": true,
   "config": {
      "schema": "criteo",
      "username": "myuser",
      "password": "mypassword",
      "app_token": "myapptoken"
   }
}

Payload parameters

Name	Description
`group_id` (required)	The unique identifier for the group within the Fivetran system. Find you `group_id` by fetching your account's group list.
`service` (required)	The name for the connector type within the Fivetran system.
`config` (required)	The connection setup configuration. The format is specific to each connector.
`trust_certificates`	Specifies whether we should trust the certificate automatically. Applicable only for database connectors. The default value is `FALSE`. If a certificate is not trusted automatically, it has to be approved using the Certificates Management API.
`run_setup_tests`	Specifies whether setup tests should be run automatically. The default value is `TRUE`.

Response

HTTP 201 Created