Starts a new operation for the specified transfer job. A TransferJob
has a maximum of one active TransferOperation
. If this method is called while a TransferOperation
is active, an error is returned.
HTTP request
POST https://storagetransfer.googleapis.com/v1/{jobName=transferJobs/**}:run
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
jobName
string
Required. The name of the transfer job.
Authorization requires the following IAM
permission on the specified resource jobName
:
-
storagetransfer.jobs.run
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "projectId" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
projectId
|
Required. The ID of the Google Cloud project that owns the transfer job. |
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Operation
.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

