Admin
Trigger preview deployment
Create or update a preview deployment for a specific branch. If a preview already exists for the branch, it triggers a redeployment. Returns a status ID to track progress and the preview URL.
POST
/
project
/
preview
/
{projectId}
Trigger preview deployment
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"branch": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}"
payload = { "branch": "<string>" }
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({branch: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}', 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.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}",
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([
'branch' => '<string>'
]),
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.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"branch\": \"<string>\"\n}")
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.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"branch\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}")
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 = "{\n \"branch\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"statusId": "<string>",
"previewUrl": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}Use this endpoint to programmatically create or update a preview deployment for a Git branch. If a preview already exists for the specified branch, the endpoint triggers a redeployment instead of creating a duplicate.
The response includes a
statusId that you can pass to Get deployment status to track the deployment progress.
Use cases
- CI/CD pipelines: Automatically create preview deployments when users open or update pull requests.
- Scheduled previews: Build previews from long-running feature branches on a schedule.
- Custom tooling: Integrate preview creation into internal workflows or Slack bots.
Rate limits
This endpoint allows up to 5 requests per minute per organization.Authorizations
The Authorization header expects a Bearer token. Use an admin API key (prefixed with mint_). This is a server-side secret key. Generate one on the API keys page in your dashboard.
Path Parameters
Body
application/json
The name of the Git branch to create a preview deployment for.
Minimum string length:
1Response
Preview deployment queued successfully.
The status ID for tracking the preview deployment. Use this with the Get deployment status endpoint.
The URL where the preview deployment is hosted.
⌘I
Trigger preview deployment
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"branch": "<string>"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}"
payload = { "branch": "<string>" }
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({branch: '<string>'})
};
fetch('https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}', 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.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}",
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([
'branch' => '<string>'
]),
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.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"branch\": \"<string>\"\n}")
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.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"branch\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.mintlify.com/v1/project/preview/{projectId}")
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 = "{\n \"branch\": \"<string>\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"statusId": "<string>",
"previewUrl": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}{
"error": "<string>"
}