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ee.data.startIngestion
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Creates an image asset ingestion task.
See ee.data.startProcessing for details on task IDs and response format.
| Usage | Returns | ee.data.startIngestion(taskId, request, callback) | ProcessingResponse |
| Argument | Type | Details | taskId | String | Unsubmitted ID for the task (obtained from newTaskId). |
request | IngestionRequest | The object that describes the ingestion. |
callback | Function, optional | An optional callback. If not supplied, the call is made synchronously. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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