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+#!/bin/bash -e
+
+# Usage:
+# 
+#   1. set $CIRCLE_API_TOKEN
+#   2. run `./test-v2-api <project_slug> [<branch>]`
+#
+#   To trigger a pipeline on https://github.com/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli:
+#
+#       ./test-v2-api gh/CircleCI-Public/circleci-cli
+#
+#   The above will trigger on the master branch by default.
+
+_project_slug=$1 # e.g. gh/myorg/myproject
+_branch=${2:-"master"}   #optional, defaults to master.
+_circle_token=${CIRCLECI_API_TOKEN}
+
+if [ -z "$CIRCLECI_API_TOKEN" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: MISSING CIRCLECI TOKEN"
+    echo "You need to set CIRCLECI_API_TOKEN in the environment to use this script."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]
+  then
+    echo "ERROR: MISSING ARGUMENT"
+    echo "You need to provide a project slug as an argument in the form gh/myorg/myproject to run this script."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+api_root_endpoint="https://circleci.com/api/v2/"
+
+
+function call() {
+	local url
+	local verb
+	verb=$1
+	url="${api_root_endpoint}${2}?circle-token=${_circle_token}"
+	echo -e "Calling URL: ${verb} ${url}"
+	echo -e "And now, onto calling with curl"
+	local response=$(curl -s -v \
+	--header "Accept: application/json" \
+	--header "Content-Type: application/json" \
+	--data "${3}" \
+	-request "${verb} ${url}")
+	echo "$response"
+}
+
+
+trigger_pipeline_url="project/${_project_slug}/pipeline"
+echo $trigger_pipeline_url
+post_data="{ \"branch\": \"${_branch}\"}"
+
+echo "Triggering pipeline of $_project_slug on branch ${_branch} by hitting ${trigger_pipeline_url}"
+
+trigger_response=`call POST $trigger_pipeline_url $post_data`
+
+echo "Trigger response:"
+echo $trigger_response
+echo "-------"
+
+pipeline_id=`echo $trigger_response | jq '.id'`
+
+echo $pipeline_id
+
+
+
+