CodePipeline / Client / start_pipeline_execution

start_pipeline_execution#

CodePipeline.Client.start_pipeline_execution(**kwargs)#

Starts the specified pipeline. Specifically, it begins processing the latest commit to the source location specified as part of the pipeline.

Request Syntax

response = client.start_pipeline_execution(
    name='string',
    variables=[
        {
            'name': 'string',
            'value': 'string'
        },
    ],
    clientRequestToken='string'
)

Parameters:

name (string) –
[REQUIRED]

The name of the pipeline to start.
variables (list) –
A list that overrides pipeline variables for a pipeline execution that’s being started. Variable names must match [A-Za-z0-9@\-_]+, and the values can be anything except an empty string.
- (dict) –
  
  A pipeline-level variable used for a pipeline execution.
  - name (string) – [REQUIRED]
    
    The name of a pipeline-level variable.
  - value (string) – [REQUIRED]
    
    The value of a pipeline-level variable.
clientRequestToken (string) –
The system-generated unique ID used to identify a unique execution request.

This field is autopopulated if not provided.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'pipelineExecutionId': 'string'
}

Response Structure

(dict) –

Represents the output of a StartPipelineExecution action.
- pipelineExecutionId (string) –
  
  The unique system-generated ID of the pipeline execution that was started.

Exceptions

CodePipeline.Client.exceptions.ValidationException
CodePipeline.Client.exceptions.ConflictException
CodePipeline.Client.exceptions.PipelineNotFoundException