def start_pipeline(url, pipeline_id, auth, verify_ssl, runtime_parameters={}):
start_result = requests.post(url + '<STR_LIT:/>' + pipeline_id + '<STR_LIT>',<EOL>headers=X_REQ_BY, auth=auth, verify=verify_ssl, json=runtime_parameters)<EOL>start_result.raise_for_status()<EOL>logging.info('<STR_LIT>')<EOL>poll_pipeline_status(STATUS_RUNNING, url, pipeline_id, auth, verify_ssl)<EOL>logging.info("<STR_LIT>")<EOL>return start_result.json()<EOL>
Start a running pipeline. The API waits for the pipeline to be fully started.

    Args:
        url                 (str): the host url in the form 'http://host:port/'.
        pipeline_id         (str): the ID of of the exported pipeline.
        auth              (tuple): a tuple of username, and password.
        runtime_parameters (dict): the desired runtime parameters for the pipeline.
        verify_ssl         (bool): whether to verify ssl certificates

    Returns:
        dict: the response json