POST
/v1/campaigns/:id/startStart campaign
Starts a DRAFT or PAUSED campaign you own — identical behavior to clicking “Start” in the app (same validation, credit checks, and lead scheduling logic).
Request
| Authorization | Bearer YOUR_API_KEY |
| Content-Type | application/json |
Parameters
| Field | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | string | Required | Campaign ID. |
| ignoreLeadIds | string[] | Optional | Lead IDs to skip when starting. |
curl -X POST "https://api.stynar.com/v1/campaigns/cmp_abc123/start" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer esk_your_key_here" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{}'Response
✓ 200 OK
200 response
{
"campaign": {
"campaignId": "cmp_abc123",
"name": "Q3 outbound",
"status": "RUNNING"
}
}Response fields
Errors
| Status | Code | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| ✕ 404 Not Found | NOT_FOUND | Campaign doesn't exist or isn't yours. |
| ✕ 409 Conflict | CONFLICT | Campaign is already running, completed, or failed. |
| ✕ 401 Unauthorized | UNAUTHORIZED | Missing, malformed, unknown, revoked, or expired key. |
| ✕ 403 Forbidden | API_ACCESS_DISABLED | Your account doesn't currently have API access. |
| ✕ 403 Forbidden | INSUFFICIENT_SCOPE | The key doesn't have the scope this endpoint requires. |
| ✕ 404 Not Found | NOT_FOUND | Unknown route, or a resource that doesn't exist / isn't yours. |
| ✕ 409 Conflict | CONFLICT | The action can't be applied to the resource's current state. |
| ✕ 429 Too Many Requests | RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED | Per-minute or per-second limit hit. |
| ✕ 429 Too Many Requests | QUOTA_EXCEEDED | Monthly quota exhausted. |
| ✕ 500 Internal Server Error | INTERNAL_ERROR | Something broke on Stynar's end. |