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# Connect a billing account for export

> Stores the billing platform's secret key and creates the export connection. The key is verified against the platform before anything is saved, so a rejected key costs nothing. One key covers both reading the available meters and pushing usage.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /api-reference/costgraph/openapi.json post /api/v1/tenant/billing/export/connect
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  description: Read and manage your CostGraph organization, spend, alerts, and settings.
  title: CostGraph API
  contact: {}
  version: '1.0'
servers:
  - url: https://api.costgraph.ai
security: []
tags:
  - name: ai
    x-group: AI
  - name: ai-serving
    x-group: AI serving
  - name: anomalies
    x-group: Anomalies
  - name: auth
    x-group: Auth
  - name: billing
    x-group: Billing
  - name: billing-export
    x-group: Billing export
  - name: budgets
    x-group: Budgets
  - name: ci
    x-group: CI
  - name: compute-recommendations
    x-group: Compute recommendations
  - name: config
    x-group: Config
  - name: cost
    x-group: Cost
  - name: gpus
    x-group: GPUs
  - name: graphai
    x-group: Graph AI
  - name: infracost
    x-group: Infracost
  - name: integrations
    x-group: Integrations
  - name: invitations
    x-group: Invitations
  - name: kubernetes-clusters
    x-group: Kubernetes clusters
  - name: marketplace
    x-group: Marketplace
  - name: network-requests
    x-group: Network requests
  - name: notifications
    x-group: Notifications
  - name: oauth
    x-group: OAuth
  - name: oauth-clients
    x-group: OAuth clients
  - name: opencost
    x-group: OpenCost
  - name: organization
    x-group: Audit log
  - name: organizations
    x-group: Organizations
  - name: placement-alternatives
    x-group: Placement alternatives
  - name: reports
    x-group: Reports
  - name: service-map
    x-group: Service map
  - name: settings
    x-group: Settings
  - name: sso
    x-group: Single sign-on
  - name: tenants
    x-group: Tenants
  - name: user
    x-group: Users
  - name: virtual-machines
    x-group: Virtual machines
  - name: virtual-tags
    x-group: Virtual tags
  - name: workflows
    x-group: Workflows
paths:
  /api/v1/tenant/billing/export/connect:
    post:
      tags:
        - billing-export
      summary: Connect a billing account for export
      description: >-
        Stores the billing platform's secret key and creates the export
        connection. The key is verified against the platform before anything is
        saved, so a rejected key costs nothing. One key covers both reading the
        available meters and pushing usage.
      parameters:
        - description: Tenant ID
          name: X-CostGraph-Tenant-ID
          in: header
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/billingexport.ConnectRequest'
        description: Connection
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          description: OK
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                allOf:
                  - $ref: '#/components/schemas/responses.SuccessResponse'
                  - type: object
                    properties:
                      data:
                        $ref: '#/components/schemas/schema.IntegrationConnectionsRow'
        '400':
          description: Bad Request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/responses.ErrorResponse'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/responses.ErrorResponse'
        '500':
          description: Internal Server Error
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/responses.ErrorResponse'
      security:
        - BearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    billingexport.ConnectRequest:
      type: object
      required:
        - config
        - provider
      properties:
        config:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
        display_name:
          type: string
        provider:
          type: string
    responses.SuccessResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
      properties:
        data: {}
        message:
          type: string
          example: some message
        status:
          type: string
          example: success
    schema.IntegrationConnectionsRow:
      type: object
      properties:
        created_at:
          type: string
        created_by:
          type: string
        credential_source_connection_id:
          type: string
        display_name:
          type: string
        history_backfilled_through:
          description: >-
            Last day of CI job history loaded by the one-time history backfill
            of a

            GitHub Actions connection, which walks the 30 days before the
            connection was

            created oldest first. NULL until the first day is loaded.
          type: string
        id:
          type: string
        ingest_mode:
          type: string
        last_sync_error:
          type: string
        last_synced_at:
          type: string
        organization_id:
          type: string
        provider:
          type: string
        provider_account_id:
          type: string
        public_id:
          type: string
        recommendations_checked_at:
          type: string
        recommendations_status:
          type: string
        status:
          type: string
        sync_warnings:
          description: >-
            User-facing notes from the last sync about data it could not read,
            such as

            repositories it was not allowed to read. Replaced on every sync;
            empty when

            the last sync read everything.
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        tenant_id:
          type: string
        updated_at:
          type: string
    responses.ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - message
        - status
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          example: some message
        status:
          type: string
          example: error
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      description: Enter "Bearer {token}"
      type: apiKey
      name: Authorization
      in: header

````

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