To launch a template, we recommend using projects.locations.templates.launch with a regional endpoint. Using projects.templates.launch is not recommended, because jobs launched from the template will always start in us-central1.
HTTP request
POST https://dataflow.googleapis.com/v1b3/projects/{projectId}/templates:launch
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