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ee.data.startProcessing
Create processing task that exports or pre-renders an image.
Return value is null if a callback is specified.
Returns an object with fields:
- taskId: Submitted task ID (without hyphens).
- name: Full operation name in the format projects/X/operations/Y
- started: will be 'OK'
- note: may have value 'ALREADY_EXISTS' if an identical task with the same unsubmitted ID already exists.
| Usage | Returns |
|---|---|
ee.data.startProcessing(taskId, params,callback) | ProcessingResponse |
| Argument | Type | Details |
|---|---|---|
taskId | String | Unsubmitted ID for the task (obtained from newTaskId). Used to identify duplicated tasks; may be null. The server will create and return a submitted ID. |
params | Object | The object that describes the processing task; only fields that are common for all processing types are documented here. type (string) Either 'EXPORT_IMAGE', 'EXPORT_FEATURES', 'EXPORT_VIDEO' or 'EXPORT_TILES'. json (string) JSON description of the image. |
callback | Function, optional | An optional callback. If not supplied, the call is made synchronously. |
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.