CircleCI Force Run a Workflow via the API

circleci-trigger.sh

#!/bin/bash
# FROM https://discuss.circleci.com/t/github-outage-on-21-october-2018/25903/8
PROVIDER=github # or bitbucket
ORG=my-project-org-or-user
PROJECT=my-project-name

if [ -z $CIRCLECI_TOKEN ]
then
  echo "Create a token at https://circleci.com/account/api and export it as CIRCLECI_TOKEN."
  exit 1
fi

if [ -z $1 ]
then
  echo "Usage: $0 <branch>"
  exit 2
fi

echo "Triggering build for branch $1..."

curl -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"branch": "'$1'"}' \
  https://circleci.com/api/v1.1/project/$PROVIDER/$ORG/$PROJECT/build\?circle-token\=$CIRCLECI_TOKEN