Method: projects.locations.flexTemplates.launch

Launch a job with a FlexTemplate.

HTTP request

POST https://dataflow.googleapis.com/v1b3/projects/{projectId}/locations/{location}/flexTemplates:launch

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
projectId

string

Required. The ID of the Cloud Platform project that the job belongs to.
location

string

Required. The regional endpoint to which to direct the request. E.g., us-central1, us-west1.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "launchParameter": {
    object (LaunchFlexTemplateParameter)
  },
  "validateOnly": boolean
}
Fields
launchParameter

object (LaunchFlexTemplateParameter)

Required. Parameter to launch a job form Flex Template.
validateOnly

boolean

If true, the request is validated but not actually executed. Defaults to false.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

Response to the request to launch a job from Flex Template.

JSON representation 
{
  "job": {
    object (Job)
  }
}
Fields
job

object (Job)

The job that was launched, if the request was not a dry run and the job was successfully launched.

Authorization Scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/userinfo.email

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

LaunchFlexTemplateParameter

Launch FlexTemplate Parameter.

JSON representation 
{
  "jobName": string,
  "parameters": {
    string: string,
    ...
  },
  "launchOptions": {
    string: string,
    ...
  },
  "environment": {
    object (FlexTemplateRuntimeEnvironment)
  },

  // Union field template can be only one of the following:
  "containerSpec": {
    object (ContainerSpec)
  },
  "containerSpecGcsPath": string
  // End of list of possible types for union field template.
}
Fields
jobName

string

Required. The job name to use for the created job.
parameters

map (key: string, value: string)

The parameters for FlexTemplate.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs.
launchOptions

map (key: string, value: string)

Launch options for this flex template job. This is a common set of options across languages and templates. This should not be used to pass job parameters.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs.
environment

object (FlexTemplateRuntimeEnvironment)

The runtime environment for the FlexTemplate job
Union field template. Launch Mechanism. template can be only one of the following:
containerSpec

object (ContainerSpec)

Spec about the container image to launch.
containerSpecGcsPath

string

Gcs path to a file with json serialized ContainerSpec as content.

FlexTemplateRuntimeEnvironment

The environment values to be set at runtime for flex template.

JSON representation 
{
  "numWorkers": integer,
  "maxWorkers": integer,
  "zone": string,
  "serviceAccountEmail": string,
  "tempLocation": string,
  "machineType": string,
  "additionalExperiments": [
    string
  ],
  "network": string,
  "subnetwork": string,
  "additionalUserLabels": {
    string: string,
    ...
  },
  "kmsKeyName": string,
  "ipConfiguration": enum (WorkerIPAddressConfiguration),
  "workerRegion": string,
  "workerZone": string,
  "enableStreamingEngine": boolean
}
Fields
numWorkers

integer

The initial number of Compute Engine instances for the job.
maxWorkers

integer

The maximum number of Compute Engine instances to be made available to your pipeline during execution, from 1 to 1000.
zone

string

The Compute Engine availability zone for launching worker instances to run your pipeline. In the future, workerZone will take precedence.
serviceAccountEmail

string

The email address of the service account to run the job as.
tempLocation

string

The Cloud Storage path to use for temporary files. Must be a valid Cloud Storage URL, beginning with gs://.
machineType

string

The machine type to use for the job. Defaults to the value from the template if not specified.
additionalExperiments[]

string

Additional experiment flags for the job.
network

string

Network to which VMs will be assigned. If empty or unspecified, the service will use the network "default".
subnetwork

string

Subnetwork to which VMs will be assigned, if desired. You can specify a subnetwork using either a complete URL or an abbreviated path. Expected to be of the form "https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/HOST_PROJECT_ID/regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNETWORK" or "regions/REGION/subnetworks/SUBNETWORK". If the subnetwork is located in a Shared VPC network, you must use the complete URL.
additionalUserLabels

map (key: string, value: string)

Additional user labels to be specified for the job. Keys and values must follow the restrictions specified in the labeling restrictions page.

An object containing a list of "key": value pairs.
kmsKeyName

string

Name for the Cloud KMS key for the job. Key format is: projects//locations//keyRings//cryptoKeys/
ipConfiguration

enum (WorkerIPAddressConfiguration)

Configuration for VM IPs.
workerRegion

string

The Compute Engine region (https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/regions-zones) in which worker processing should occur, e.g. "us-west1". Mutually exclusive with workerZone. If neither workerRegion nor workerZone is specified, default to the control plane's region.
workerZone

string

The Compute Engine zone (https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/regions-zones/regions-zones) in which worker processing should occur, e.g. "us-west1-a". Mutually exclusive with workerRegion. If neither workerRegion nor workerZone is specified, a zone in the control plane's region is chosen based on available capacity. If both workerZone and zone are set, workerZone takes precedence.
enableStreamingEngine

boolean

Whether to enable Streaming Engine for the job.