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Creates a Web Box from a ready Web Box Snapshot and starts it. It returns at once with status starting; get the Web Box until it is running. Open its url in a browser: the app is served at a host of its own, open to anyone with the URL. Each Web Box has its own state, and runs in real time.

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Examples

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Flags

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string
Request body as JSON (alternative to individual flags). Can also be provided via stdin.
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string
Optional key for retrying this create safely. A retry with the same key and request returns the same Web Box. The same key with a different request returns 409 idempotency_conflict.
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Start with the Snapshot’s sample data: a realistic account loaded on top of its seed before the first request. Defaults to false, a brand-new workspace. Requires a Snapshot that carries sample data; see its composition.
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string
Customer JSON metadata, up to 16 KiB and 64 nesting levels.
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string
Name for the Web Box. Omission generates a name.
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string
required
A ready Web Box Snapshot of the workspace or the catalog.
Global flags apply to every command. See Global flags.