Request a build via REST api
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Luca, can you provide more details about your use case? Does it have to be via REST or could you use the Java client API too? The REST interface that supports the Build web UI does support issuing build requests, including overriding / removing build properties (but not configuration element properties). Changing the build definition is also possible, but I'm guessing you only want to do that per-request.
Try looking at the HTTP request issued when you request a build via the web UI, using Firebug or whatever your favourite web debug tool is. e.g. if I request a build for definition with id "somedefinition", and adding one property and removing another, it should do a POST with:
url: <repo>/resource/virtual/build/requests
headers: Accept: text/json, Content-Type: text/json;charset=UTF-8
body: {"definition":"somedefinition","allowDuplicateRequests":true,"newOrModifiedProperties":[{"kind":"com.ibm.team.build.property.string","name":"addedProperty","value":"some value","description":"","isRequired":false,"isGenericEditAllowed":true}],"deletedProperties":[{"name":"deletedPropertyName"}]}
