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Activates a manual trigger. Each activation of the manual trigger must be at least 5 minutes apart, otherwise an error will be returned.
Warning: Line Items using manual triggers no longer serve in Display & Video 360. This method will sunset on August 1, 2023. Read our feature deprecation announcement for more information.
HTTP request
POST https://displayvideo.googleapis.com/v1/advertisers/{advertiserId}/manualTriggers/{triggerId}:activate
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