Start an automation run

curl --request POST \
  --url https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "external_id": "PO-2026-0412",
  "input": {
    "purchase_order": "PO-2026-0412"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run"

payload = {
    "external_id": "PO-2026-0412",
    "input": { "purchase_order": "PO-2026-0412" }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({external_id: 'PO-2026-0412', input: {purchase_order: 'PO-2026-0412'}})
};

fetch('https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'external_id' => 'PO-2026-0412',
    'input' => [
        'purchase_order' => 'PO-2026-0412'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"external_id\": \"PO-2026-0412\",\n  \"input\": {\n    \"purchase_order\": \"PO-2026-0412\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"external_id\": \"PO-2026-0412\",\n  \"input\": {\n    \"purchase_order\": \"PO-2026-0412\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{workspace}.mercora.io/api/v1/agents/{id}/run")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"external_id\": \"PO-2026-0412\",\n  \"input\": {\n    \"purchase_order\": \"PO-2026-0412\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "id": "1c9e2f3a-4b5d-4e6f-9a0b-1c2d3e4f5a6b",
  "agent_id": "8b0d1c2e-3f4a-4b5c-8d6e-7f8091a2b3c4",
  "status": "running",
  "started_at": "2026-10-12T08:00:00.000Z"
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": "<string>",
  "issues": [
    {
      "field": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}