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In order to list and launch a specific job template or a workflow template, we can use the name of the template in the API call instead of using the id field. For example, the API call to launch the provision_interfaces job template in our sample is shown in the following code snippet:

$ curl -X POST --user admin:password  http://172.20.100.110/api/v2/job_templates/provision_interfaces/launch/ -s | jq{  "job": 3,  "ignored_fields": {},  "id": 3,  "type": "job",< --- Output Omitted  -- >  "launch_type": "manual",  "status": "pending",< --- Output Omitted  -- >}

The same process can be followed to invoke a workflow template, using its name as the parameter.