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how to use airbyte api to download the setting for one connection so that we can replicate to setup another connection with same data fields? the only difference would be the source name
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To download the settings for a specific connection using the Airbyte API, you can use the
getConnection
endpoint. This endpoint requires the
connectionId
as a parameter and returns details of a single connection. Here is the endpoint:
GET /connections/{connectionId}
The response from this endpoint will include details such as the
sourceId
,
destinationId
,
workspaceId
,
status
,
schedule
,
dataResidency
, and
configurations
which includes the configured stream options for a connection. Here is a sample response schema:
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json
{
  "connectionId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},
  "name": {"type": "string"},
  "sourceId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},
  "destinationId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},
  "workspaceId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},
  "status": {"type": "string", "enum": ["active", "inactive", "deprecated"]},
  "schedule": {
    "description": "schedule for when the the connection should run, per the schedule type",
    "type": "object",
    "required": ["scheduleType"],
    "properties": {
      "scheduleType": {"type": "string", "enum": ["manual", "cron", "basic"]},
      "cronExpression": {"type": "string"},
      "basicTiming": {"type": "string"}
    }
  },
  "dataResidency": {"type": "string", "enum": ["auto", "us", "eu"], "default": "auto"},
  "configurations": {
    "description": "A list of configured stream options for a connection.",
    "type": "object",
    "properties": {
      "streams": {
        "type": "array",
        "items": {
          "description": "Configurations for a single stream.",
          "type": "object",
          "required": ["name"],
          "properties": {
            "name": {"type": "string"},
            "syncMode": {"enum": ["full_refresh_overwrite", "full_refresh_append", "incremental_append", "incremental_deduped_history"]},
            // more properties...
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
(Source: [Airbyte Public API - Connections > Methods > getConnection > Responses Part 2](https://reference.airbyte.com/reference/start)) To create a new connection with the same data fields but a different source name, you can use the
createConnection
endpoint. You can use the response from the
getConnection
endpoint as the request body for the
createConnection
endpoint, but change the
sourceId
and
name
to your new source. Here is the endpoint:
POST /connections
To download the settings for a specific connection using the Airbyte API, you can use the
getConnection
endpoint. This endpoint requires the
connectionId
as a parameter and returns details of a single connection. Here is the endpoint:
GET /connections/{connectionId}
The response from this endpoint will include details such as the
sourceId
,
destinationId
,
workspaceId
,
status
,
schedule
,
dataResidency
, and
configurations
which includes the configured stream options for a connection. Here is a sample response schema:
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json {   "connectionId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},   "name": {"type": "string"},   "sourceId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},   "destinationId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},   "workspaceId": {"format": "UUID", "type": "string"},   "status": {"type": "string", "enum": ["active", "inactive", "deprecated"]},   "schedule": {     "description": "schedule for when the the connection should run, per the schedule type",     "type": "object",     "required": ["scheduleType"],     "properties": {       "scheduleType": {"type": "string", "enum": ["manual", "cron", "basic"]},       "cronExpression": {"type": "string"},       "basicTiming": {"type": "string"}     }   },   "dataResidency": {"type": "string", "enum": ["auto", "us", "eu"], "default": "auto"},   "configurations": {     "description": "A list of configured stream options for a connection.",     "type": "object",     "properties": {       "streams": {         "type": "array",         "items": {           "description": "Configurations for a single stream.",           "type": "object",           "required": ["name"],           "properties": {             "name": {"type": "string"},             "syncMode": {"enum": ["full_refresh_overwrite", "full_refresh_append", "incremental_append", "incremental_deduped_history"]},             // more properties...           }         }       }     }   } }
(Source: [Airbyte Public API - Connections > Methods > getConnection > Responses Part 2](https://reference.airbyte.com/reference/start)) To create a new connection with the same data fields but a different source name, you can use the
createConnection
endpoint. You can use the response from the
getConnection
endpoint as the request body for the
createConnection
endpoint, but change the
sourceId
and
name
to your new source. Here is the endpoint:
POST /connections
Here is a sample request body:
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json {   "name": "new_source_name",   "sourceId": "new_source_id",   "destinationId": "existing_destination_id",   "configurations": {     "streams": [       {         "name": "stream_name",         "syncMode": "sync_mode",         // more properties...       }     ]   },   "schedule": {     "scheduleType": "schedule_type",     "cronExpression": "cron_expression"   },   "dataResidency": "data_residency" }
(Source: [Airbyte Public API - Connections > Methods > createConnection > Request body Part 2](https://reference.airbyte.com/reference/start)) Please replace
"new_source_name"
and
"new_source_id"
with your new source name and ID, and replace the other fields with the corresponding values from