Start an A/B test

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{}'

import requests

url = "https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({})
};

fetch('https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vturb.com/v1/ab_tests/{id}/run")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "68c1f0a0000000000000ab01",
  "status": "running",
  "name": "Home page test",
  "folder_id": null,
  "started_at": "2026-09-03T12:00:00.000Z",
  "created_at": "2026-09-01T12:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-02T12:00:00.000Z",
  "variants": [
    {
      "video_id": "68c1f0a00000000000000e01",
      "traffic_percentage": 60,
      "locked": false,
      "started_at": null
    },
    {
      "video_id": "68c1f0a00000000000000e02",
      "traffic_percentage": 40,
      "locked": false,
      "started_at": null
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/unauthorized",
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Missing or invalid API credential. Send a vt_ token in the Authorization header.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/forbidden",
  "code": "forbidden",
  "message": "The credential is missing the scope this action requires.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/not_found",
  "code": "not_found",
  "message": "Resource not found.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/unprocessable_content",
  "code": "unprocessable_content",
  "message": "The request is invalid. See errors for the fields that failed.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000",
  "errors": [
    {
      "field": "base",
      "message": "The A/B test is already running"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "type": "https://docs.vturb.com/errors/service_unavailable",
  "code": "service_unavailable",
  "message": "The service is temporarily unavailable. Retry shortly.",
  "request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}