Ingest External Observation
POST
/v1/external-observations
const url = 'https://example.com/v1/external-observations';const options = { method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{"schema_version":"fractalops.external-observation.v1","acquisition_id":"example","source":"example","resource":"example","transport":"api","status":"succeeded","observed_at":"2026-04-15T12:00:00Z","expires_at":"2026-04-15T12:00:00Z","artifact":{"ref":"example","media_type":"example","sha256":"example","schema_ref":"https://example.com"},"cursor":"example","provenance":{"collector_ref":"example","run_ref":"example","idempotency_key":"example"},"error":{"code":"example","retryable":true}}'};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request POST \ --url https://example.com/v1/external-observations \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "schema_version": "fractalops.external-observation.v1", "acquisition_id": "example", "source": "example", "resource": "example", "transport": "api", "status": "succeeded", "observed_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "expires_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z", "artifact": { "ref": "example", "media_type": "example", "sha256": "example", "schema_ref": "https://example.com" }, "cursor": "example", "provenance": { "collector_ref": "example", "run_ref": "example", "idempotency_key": "example" }, "error": { "code": "example", "retryable": true } }'Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Header Parameters
Section titled “Header Parameters”Request Bodyrequired
Section titled “Request Bodyrequired”Media typeapplication/json
One of:
FractalOps External Observation Contract
object
schema_version
required
acquisition_id
required
string
source
required
string
resource
required
string
transport
required
status
required
observed_at
required
string format: date-time
expires_at
string format: date-time
artifact
required
object
ref
required
string
media_type
required
string
sha256
required
string
schema_ref
string format: uri
cursor
string
provenance
required
object
collector_ref
required
string
run_ref
required
string
idempotency_key
required
string
error
object
code
required
string
retryable
required
boolean
FractalOps External Observation Contract
object
schema_version
required
acquisition_id
required
string
source
required
string
resource
required
string
transport
required
status
required
observed_at
required
string format: date-time
expires_at
string format: date-time
artifact
object
ref
required
string
media_type
required
string
sha256
required
string
schema_ref
string format: uri
cursor
string
provenance
required
object
collector_ref
required
string
run_ref
required
string
idempotency_key
required
string
error
required
object
code
required
string
retryable
required
boolean
Responses
Section titled “Responses”Successful Response
Media typeapplication/json
ExternalObservationAcceptedOut
object
status
required
Status
string
tenant_id
required
Tenant Id
string
acquisition_id
required
Acquisition Id
string
Examplegenerated
{ "status": "example", "tenant_id": "example", "acquisition_id": "example"}Validation Error
Media typeapplication/json
HTTPValidationError
object
detail
Detail
Array<object>
ValidationErrorobject
loc
required
Location
Array
msg
required
Message
string
type
required
Error Type
string
input
Input
ctx
Context
object
Examplegenerated
{ "detail": [ { "loc": [ "example" ], "msg": "example", "type": "example", "input": "example", "ctx": {} } ]}