---
title: "Run a manual automation"
method: POST
path: "/automations/{id}/run"
tags: ["Automations"]
---

# Run a manual automation

`POST /automations/{id}/run`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://shipmail.to/api/v1`
- URL: `https://shipmail.to/api/v1/automations/{id}/run`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://shipmail.to/api/auth/oauth2/authorize`, token URL `https://shipmail.to/api/auth/oauth2/token`)

Queue one run of an active manual automation.

## Headers

- `X-Shipmail-Organization` string

## Response `202`

Automation run queued.

- AutomationRun
  - `object` 'automation_run', required
  - `id` string, required
  - `automation_id` string, required
  - `status` 'queued', required

## Other responses

- `403`: Insufficient permissions.
- `404`: Resource not found.
- `409`: Resource conflict.
- `422`: Validation failed.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/shipmail/apis/shipmail-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/shipmail/apis/shipmail-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/shipmail/apis/shipmail-api/revisions/2c23e59d7e30?raw)