POST /automation/v1/automations/trigger
Start a marketing automation inside Marketing Cloud’s Automation Studio with the trigger start source and Trigger API. When you upload a file, the Trigger API request you set up passes the file details to be evaluated by Automation Studio.
You can queue a maximum of 200 Trigger requests at a time for the same MID.
Required Scopes
Installed Packages > Automation > Automations > Write, execute
JSON Parameters
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
fileTransferLocationKey | string | Required. The file location API identifier. |
filename | string | Required. The name of the file. |
relativepath | string | The relative folder path from the top-level container, not including the bucket or container name. |
deduplicationKey | string | A key, formatted as an alphanumeric with dashes, such as the AWS eTag or versionID. Subsequent requests within the past 24 hours that use a previously used deduplicationKey are ignored. |
When you upload a file to a folder with a dynamic structure or naming convention, we recommend that you create a file location at the root bucket/container/directory. Then, use the
relativepath parameter to dynamically specify the path to the file.
Example Request with Response
Example Request
Example Response