ThousandEyes Instant Tests API

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 7.0.100
  title: Instant Tests API
  description: 'The Instant Tests API operations lets you create and run new instant tests. You will need to be an Account Admin.


    The response does not include the immediate test results. Use the Test Results endpoints to get test results after creating and executing an instant test. You can find the URLs for these endpoints in the _links section of the test definition that is returned when you create the instant test.

    '
  x-provenance:
    method: harvested
    authored_by: Cisco ThousandEyes
    harvested_by: API Evangelist
    harvested_on: '2026-08-19'
    first_party: true
    provider_published: true
    source_host: pubhub.devnetcloud.com
    note: 27 OpenAPI 3.0 documents (26 per-area plus a unified 326-operation document) served anonymously from Cisco's DevNet CDN. api.thousandeyes.com itself 401s every path, so the contract is public while the API host is gated.
  x-evidence:
  - type: source
    url: https://pubhub.devnetcloud.com/media/000-v7-apis/docs/reference/
  - type: source
    url: https://developer.cisco.com/docs/thousandeyes/
servers:
- description: ThousandEyes API production URL
  url: https://api.thousandeyes.com/v7
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Instant Tests
paths:
  /tests/{testId}/run:
    post:
      tags:
      - Instant Tests
      summary: Run instant test
      operationId: runInstantTest
      description: Run an existing instant test.
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/AccountGroupId'
      - name: testId
        in: path
        description: Identifier for the instant test you wish to rerun.
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
          example: '105'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/401'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/404'
        '429':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/429'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500'
        '502':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/502'
        default:
          $ref: '#/components/responses/GeneralError'
components:
  responses:
    '500':
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            type: about:blank
            title: Internal server error
            status: 500
            detail: Optional detail about the internal error message.
            instance: /v7
    '403':
      description: Insufficient permissions to query endpoint
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '502':
      description: Bad Gateway
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    GeneralError:
      description: An error occurred
    '429':
      description: Exhausted rate limit for the organization
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    '404':
      description: Not found
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
          example:
            type: about:blank
            title: URI Resource Not Found
            status: 404
            detail: Details explaining if the 404 error is related to an invalid URI or a wrong ID
            instance: /v7
    '401':
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/problem+json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
  schemas:
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          example: invalid_token
        error_description:
          type: string
          example: Invalid access token
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference that identifies the problem type. When this member is not present, its value is assumed to be "about:blank".
        title:
          type: string
          description: A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
        status:
          type: integer
          description: The HTTP status code generated by the origin server for this occurrence of the problem.
        detail:
          type: string
          description: A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
        instance:
          type: string
          description: A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the problem.
  parameters:
    AccountGroupId:
      name: aid
      in: query
      description: A unique identifier associated with your account group. You can retrieve your `AccountGroupId` from the `/account-groups` endpoint. Note that you must be assigned to the target account group. Specifying this parameter without being assigned to the target account group will result in an error response.
      required: false
      schema:
        type: string
        example: '1234'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer authentication token
externalDocs:
  description: Find out more about Instant Tests.
  url: https://docs.thousandeyes.com/product-documentation/internet-and-wan-monitoring/tests/working-with-instant-tests