Forces a job to run now.
When this method is called, Cloud Scheduler will dispatch the job, even if the job is already running.
HTTP request
POST https://cloudscheduler.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/jobs/*}:run
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
name
string
Required. The job name. For example: projects/PROJECT_ID/locations/LOCATION_ID/jobs/JOB_ID
.
Authorization requires the following IAM
permission on the specified resource name
:
-
cloudscheduler.jobs.run
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "legacyAppEngineCron" : boolean } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
legacyAppEngineCron
|
This field is used to manage the legacy App Engine Cron jobs using the Cloud Scheduler API. If the field is set to true, the job in the __cron queue with the corresponding name will be forced to run instead. |
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Job
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-scheduler
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

