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# Start a delayed nest (after connecting to SignalR)

> Starts a nest that was submitted with `AutomaticallyStartNesting = false`.

Call this once you have opened your SignalR connection and subscribed with the `RequestId`, so that no progress events are missed. The nester then begins and streams progress over your connection.

**Body**

- `RequestId` — the job to start, from the original submit response.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /v1/nesting/delayedstart
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: NestAPI
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - url: https://api.nestapi.com
    description: Production
security: []
tags:
  - name: account
    description: API key and account management
  - name: admin
  - name: ApiAdmin
  - name: auth
  - name: billing
  - name: fairness
    description: >-
      Per-customer nesting-minutes fairness config, weights and usage (requires
      an Admin API key)
  - name: importer
  - name: nesting
    description: Submit nesting jobs, retrieve results and exports
  - name: plan
  - name: proxy
  - name: public
    description: Health check and public utility endpoints
  - name: subscriptionstatus
paths:
  /v1/nesting/delayedstart:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Accept'
    post:
      tags:
        - nesting
      summary: Start a delayed nest (after connecting to SignalR)
      description: >-
        Starts a nest that was submitted with `AutomaticallyStartNesting =
        false`.


        Call this once you have opened your SignalR connection and subscribed
        with the `RequestId`, so that no progress events are missed. The nester
        then begins and streams progress over your connection.


        **Body**


        - `RequestId` — the job to start, from the original submit response.
      operationId: ReadyForNesting
      parameters:
        - name: RequestId
          in: query
          x-nullable: false
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReadyForNesting'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The nest was started.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NestingStarted'
        '401':
          description: API key is missing or invalid.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NestingStarted'
      deprecated: false
      security:
        - Bearer: []
components:
  parameters:
    Accept:
      name: Accept
      in: header
      description: Accept Header
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
          - application/json
  schemas:
    ReadyForNesting:
      title: ReadyForNesting
      properties:
        RequestId:
          type: string
          nullable: false
      description: ReadyForNesting
      type: object
    NestingStarted:
      title: NestingStarted
      properties:
        Success:
          type: boolean
          nullable: false
        ErrorReason:
          type: string
      description: NestingStarted
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header

````