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# Request Approval • AI Agent SDK

> request_approval: API reference for AutoApproveBackend.request_approval

# request\_approval

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> This is a method of the [**AutoApproveBackend**](../classes/AutoApproveBackend) class in the [**backends**](../modules/backends) module.

## Signature

```python theme={"theme":{"light":"vitesse-light","dark":"vitesse-dark"}}
async def request_approval(request: ApprovalRequest) -> ApprovalDecision
```

## Parameters

<ParamField query="request" type="ApprovalRequest" required={true}>
  No description available.
</ParamField>

### Returns

<ResponseField name="Returns" type="ApprovalDecision">
  The result of the operation.
</ResponseField>

## Uses

* `ApprovalDecision`

## Used By

* [`AgentApproval.request_approval_sync`](../functions/AgentApproval-request_approval_sync)

## Source

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