Runs aBuildTriggerat a particular source revision.
To run a regional or global trigger, use the POST request that includes the location endpoint in the path (ex. v1/projects/{projectId}/locations/{region}/triggers/{triggerId}:run). The POST request that does not include the location endpoint in the path can only be used when running global triggers.
HTTP request
POST https://cloudbuild.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/triggers/*}:run
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