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# Start a dbt sync for a deployment



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/api.yaml post /v1/deployments/{deploymentId}/dbt-sync
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Cube Cloud REST API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Programmatically manage Cube Cloud: deployments and everything scoped to
    them

    (environments, folders, reports, workbooks, notifications, workspace, and
    agents),

    plus account-level users, groups, policies, embedding, and AI settings.
servers:
  - url: https://{tenant}.cubecloud.dev/api
    description: >-
      Cube Cloud API base URL. Replace the whole host if you use a custom
      domain.
    variables:
      tenant:
        default: your-tenant
        description: Your Cube Cloud tenant subdomain
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Deployments
  - name: Environments
  - name: Folders
  - name: Reports
  - name: Workbooks
  - name: Notifications
  - name: Workspace
  - name: User Attributes
  - name: App Theme
  - name: Embed
  - name: Embed Tenants
  - name: Dbt Sync
  - name: Env Variables
  - name: OAuth Integrations
  - name: OIDC Token Configs
  - name: Regions
  - name: Tenant Settings
  - name: User Attribute Values
  - name: User OAuth Tokens
  - name: Users Admin
paths:
  /v1/deployments/{deploymentId}/dbt-sync:
    post:
      tags:
        - Dbt Sync
      summary: Start a dbt sync for a deployment
      operationId: startDbtSync
      parameters:
        - in: path
          name: deploymentId
          required: true
          schema:
            type: integer
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/StartDbtSyncInput'
        description: StartDbtSyncInput
        required: false
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DbtSyncResponse'
          description: ''
components:
  schemas:
    StartDbtSyncInput:
      properties:
        branchName:
          oneOf:
            - type: string
            - type: 'null'
      type: object
    DbtSyncResponse:
      properties:
        branchName:
          type: string
        syncJobId:
          type: string
        workflowId:
          type: string
      required:
        - syncJobId
        - workflowId
        - branchName
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Token authentication. Send `Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN>`.'

````