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# Activate an action definition

POST /api/actions/{id}/activate

Moves a draft definition to active (and re-pins the template/form for generate/fill actions), re-running the output/template/binding gates.

Reference: https://docs.cloudraker.com/api/raker-one-api/actions/post-actions-by-id-activate

## OpenAPI Specification

```yaml
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: RakerOne API
  version: 1.0.0
paths:
  /actions/{id}/activate:
    post:
      operationId: post-actions-by-id-activate
      summary: Activate an action definition
      description: >-
        Moves a draft definition to active (and re-pins the template/form for
        generate/fill actions), re-running the output/template/binding gates.
      tags:
        - subpackage_actions
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          description: >-
            WorkOS session JWT or an organization API key, sent as
            `Authorization: Bearer <token>`.
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The activated definition.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ActionDefinitionResource'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized — missing or invalid bearer token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
        '404':
          description: Not found.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
servers:
  - url: /api
    description: Current origin
  - url: https://app.raker.one/api
    description: Production
components:
  schemas:
    JsonObject:
      type: object
      additionalProperties:
        description: Any type
      description: An arbitrary JSON object.
      title: JsonObject
    ActionDefinitionResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        definition:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/JsonObject'
      required:
        - definition
      description: A custom action definition.
      title: ActionDefinitionResource
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code (e.g. `invalid_body`, `not_found`).
        issues:
          type: array
          items:
            description: Any type
          description: Schema-validation issues, present when `error` is `invalid_body`.
      required:
        - error
      description: Standard API error response.
      title: ErrorResponse
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: >-
        WorkOS session JWT or an organization API key, sent as `Authorization:
        Bearer <token>`.

```

## Examples



**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "definition": {
    "id": "a1b2c3d4-e5f6-7890-ab12-cd34ef567890",
    "name": "Customer Onboarding",
    "status": "active",
    "version": 3,
    "createdAt": "2024-06-10T09:15:00Z",
    "updatedAt": "2024-06-15T14:45:00Z",
    "template": {
      "type": "form",
      "fields": [
        {
          "id": "firstName",
          "label": "First Name",
          "type": "text",
          "required": true
        },
        {
          "id": "email",
          "label": "Email Address",
          "type": "email",
          "required": true
        }
      ]
    },
    "bindings": {
      "output": "Welcome email sent",
      "triggers": [
        "formSubmit",
        "manualActivate"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api/actions/id/activate"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api/actions/id/activate';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api/actions/id/activate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api/actions/id/activate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api/actions/id/activate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api/actions/id/activate', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api/actions/id/activate");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api/actions/id/activate")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```