# Data Transfer

### **Data Transfer** <a href="#data-transfer" id="data-transfer"></a>

The data transfer APIs allow initiating data transfer on a connection and getting the status of the transfer.

#### **Initiate Transfer** <a href="#initiate-transfer" id="initiate-transfer"></a>

This API can be used to initiate transfer on an active connection. Run time parameters can also be passed during the initiate transfer call.

```
POST /es/v2/data/<connection_id>/transfer
```

**Query parameters**

```
&accountId=<sub_account_id> // Required for data transfers in sub-accounts
```

**Request Body:**

```
{
  "configuration": {
  	"source": {
    
  	},
  	"destination": {
    
  	}
   }
// run time configuration
}
```

**Response:**

```
{
  "id": string,  // batch_id
  "status": string  // in-progress / failure / success
}
```

**Sample Curl::**

```
curl --location --globoff '<host>/es/v2/data/825c0cb809444dba/transfer?account_id=da85fa0834e1bb11}}' \
--header ''Authorization: Bearer f571a1ea-bd6a-487e-a33f-3999bf00b060' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "configuration": {
        "source": {
            "bucketURI": "s3://snowflake-native-app-test/connectors/sample"
        }
    }
}'
```

#### **Get Request Status** <a href="#get-request-status" id="get-request-status"></a>

This API allows fetching status of ongoing or completed data transfers.

```
GET /es/v2/data/<connection_id>/status/<batch_id>
```

**Query parameters**

```
&accountId=<sub_account_id> // Required for data transfers in sub-accounts
```

**Response:**

```
{
  "id": string,
  "status": string  // pending / failure / success
}
```

**Sample Curl::**

```
curl --location '<host>/es/v2/data/849b79953b98feac/status/c21c77079c084d0c9846259bf564c070?accountId=a3ba4fbd9d51df11' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer c076dc2e-d0c2-4d4d-ab13-e4e3dd555fc0'
```


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