Start a Script Activity verified

Learn how to start or stop a Script Activity in Salesforce Marketing Cloud (SFMC) with SSJS (server-side JavaScript). Code snippets include the REST API method.

REST API

var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "automation/v1/scripts/" + id + "/start"; 

var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
    request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
    request.retries = 2;
    request.continueOnError = true;
    request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
    request.method = "POST";

var results = request.send();

var result = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(String(results.content));

<script runat="server">

    Platform.Load("core", "1");

    var api = new Script.Util.WSProxy();

    var restInstanceUrl = "https://YOUR_SUBDOMAIN.rest.marketingcloudapis.com/",
        accessToken     = "YOUR_REST_API_TOKEN";

	try {

        var name = "MyScript";

        var filter = "name%20eq%20'" + name + "'";

        var queryString =   "$fields=objectId";
            queryString +=  "&$filter=" + filter;
            queryString +=  "&$pagesize=1";
            queryString +=  "&$page=1";

        var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "automation/v1/scripts?" + queryString;

        var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
            request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
            request.retries = 2;
            request.continueOnError = true;
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
            request.method = "GET";
            request.contentType = "application/json";
            request.encoding = "UTF-8";

        var results = request.send();

        var result = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(String(results.content));

        var id = result.items[0].ssjsActivityId;

        var endpoint = restInstanceUrl + "automation/v1/scripts/" + id + "/start"; 

        var request = new Script.Util.HttpRequest(endpoint);
            request.emptyContentHandling = 0;
            request.retries = 2;
            request.continueOnError = true;
            request.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + accessToken);
            request.method = "POST";

        var results = request.send();

        var result = Platform.Function.ParseJSON(String(results.content));

        Write(Stringify(result));
		
	} catch(error) {
        Write(Stringify(error));
    }	

</script>

"\"OK\""