> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs-platform.crewai.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Authorize a connection > Starts an authorization for the connection and returns the page where the user connects their account. Call it after creating a connection, after an authorization failed or was revoked, or to replace the connected account. `authorization_url` is null when the provider authorized the connection at once. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /openapi/platform-v1.yaml post /api/v1/connections/{connection_id}/authorize openapi: 3.0.1 info: title: CrewAI Platform API version: v1 description: Supported public API for CrewAI Platform. servers: - url: https://app.crewai.com description: Current CrewAI Platform host security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: Users description: Users in the organization. - name: Status description: Platform health and API availability. - name: Automations description: >- Automations, their source artifacts, their executions, and their schedules. - name: Teams description: Teams in the organization. - name: Group Mappings description: Identity-provider group mappings to Teams. - name: Service Accounts description: Service accounts in the organization. - name: Webhook Endpoints description: Endpoints that receive signed event deliveries. - name: Studio Projects description: Projects built in Crew Studio. - name: Environment Variables description: Environment variables in the organization. - name: Git Repositories description: Git repositories connected to the organization. - name: LLM Connections description: Connections to LLM providers. - name: Tools description: Tools in the organization's tool repository. - name: Applications description: Applications the organization can connect, with their tools and triggers. - name: Connections description: Application connections the caller can use. paths: /api/v1/connections/{connection_id}/authorize: parameters: - name: connection_id in: path required: true schema: type: string format: uuid example: 4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a post: tags: - Connections summary: Authorize a connection description: > Starts an authorization for the connection and returns the page where the user connects their account. Call it after creating a connection, after an authorization failed or was revoked, or to replace the connected account. `authorization_url` is null when the provider authorized the connection at once. operationId: authorizeConnection responses: '200': description: OK content: application/json: examples: success: value: data: authorization_url: >- https://app.crewai.com/crewai_plus/clipper/links/4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a/authorize summary: Authorization started schema: type: object required: - data additionalProperties: false properties: data: type: object required: - authorization_url additionalProperties: false properties: authorization_url: type: string example: >- https://app.crewai.com/crewai_plus/clipper/links/4f6d0d9a-7b78-4c6a-b64f-2e2e3d2c8f9a/authorize format: uri nullable: true description: >- Where the user connects their account. Null when the provider authorized the connection at once. '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: examples: unauthorized: value: errors: - type: >- https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/unauthorized code: unauthorized title: Unauthorized status: 401 detail: Missing or invalid bearer token. summary: Missing or invalid bearer token schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' '403': description: Forbidden content: application/json: examples: forbidden: value: errors: - type: >- https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/forbidden code: forbidden title: Forbidden status: 403 detail: >- You don't have permission to authorize this connection. summary: The caller can use the connection but not authorize it schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' '404': description: Not Found content: application/json: examples: not_found: value: errors: - type: >- https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/not_found code: not_found title: Not found status: 404 detail: The requested resource could not be found. summary: No connection the caller can use has this ID schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope' components: schemas: ErrorEnvelope: type: object required: - errors additionalProperties: false properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' Error: type: object description: Public API error object. required: - type - code - title - status - detail additionalProperties: false properties: type: type: string format: uri enum: - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/bad_request - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/clipper_disabled - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/clipper_disallowed - >- https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/clipper_feature_disabled - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/clipper_not_found - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/conflict - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/forbidden - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/internal_error - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/not_found - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/service_unavailable - >- https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/tool_execution_failed - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/unauthorized - https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/validation_error example: https://docs-platform.crewai.com/api/problems/bad_request code: type: string enum: - bad_request - clipper_disabled - clipper_disallowed - clipper_feature_disabled - clipper_not_found - conflict - forbidden - internal_error - not_found - service_unavailable - tool_execution_failed - unauthorized - validation_error example: bad_request title: type: string x-crewai-enum-format: freeform enum: - Bad request - Clipper resource disabled - Clipper resource disallowed - Clipper feature disabled - Clipper resource not found - Conflict - Forbidden - Internal error - Not found - Service unavailable - Tool execution failed - Unauthorized - Validation error example: Bad request status: type: integer enum: - 400 - 401 - 403 - 404 - 409 - 422 - 500 - 503 example: 400 detail: type: string example: The request is invalid. securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: opaque ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.