# StartJob
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This operation starts a job.

## Request Syntax
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```
PATCH /v1/jobs/JobId HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [JobId](#API_StartJob_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="dataexchange-StartJob-request-uri-JobId"></a>
The unique identifier for a job.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9]{30,40}`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 202
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 202 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
Access to the resource is denied.    
 ** Message **   
Access to the resource is denied.
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
The request couldn't be completed because it conflicted with the current state of the resource.    
 ** Message **   
The request couldn't be completed because it conflicted with the current state of the resource.  
 ** ResourceId **   
The unique identifier for the resource with the conflict.  
 ** ResourceType **   
The type of the resource with the conflict.
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
An exception occurred with the service.    
 ** Message **   
The message identifying the service exception that occurred.
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The resource couldn't be found.    
 ** Message **   
The resource couldn't be found.  
 ** ResourceId **   
The unique identifier for the resource that couldn't be found.  
 ** ResourceType **   
The type of resource that couldn't be found.
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The limit on the number of requests per second was exceeded.    
 ** Message **   
The limit on the number of requests per second was exceeded.
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** ValidationException **   
The request was invalid.    
 ** ExceptionCause **   
The unique identifier for the resource that couldn't be found.  
 ** Message **   
The message that informs you about what was invalid about the request.
HTTP Status Code: 400

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/dataexchange-2017-07-25/StartJob)