# Send a test message

`POST /service/@id/uptime/channels/@channel/test` · Tino Uptime, service owner's sign-in token

Queues a test message to a verified channel: HTTP 202, no content. An unverified or disabled channel answers 409 `conflict`.

## HTTP request

| Item | Value |
| --- | --- |
| URL | `https://api.tino.vn/service/@id/uptime/channels/@channel/test` |
| Method | `POST` |
| Authentication | the Tino Uptime service owner's sign-in token (`Authorization: Bearer <token>`); the `/v1` gateway does not expose Tino Uptime yet |
| Content-Type | — (no body) |

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | path | int | yes | Tino Uptime service ID |
| `channel` | path | string | yes | Alert channel ID (UUID, `id` in the channel list) |

## Example request

```bash
curl -X POST "https://api.tino.vn/service/100002/uptime/channels/c41e8b20-6d7f-4a1c-9b3e-5f2a8d0c6e17/test" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TINO_TOKEN"
```

`$TINO_TOKEN` is the Tino Uptime service owner's sign-in token. Path parameters in the example are sample values.

SDK ([SDK & examples](/en/docs/sdk)): no dedicated function yet, use `client.request("POST", "/service/@id/uptime/channels/@channel/test")`.

## Example response

This route returns no content: HTTP 204 on delete, 202 once the test message is queued. Errors follow the common shape in [Getting started with Tino Uptime](/en/docs/uptime-start#errors).