= API Method: StartActionAndWait

This method is useful is you are writing a script, and want to wait for the action to finish so that you can check the result, or get the output.

* **HTTP Method**: `POST`
* **Request Type**: OliveTin request object
* **Response Type**: Log Entry (waits for the action to finish)

There are several variants of this API call available which might be easier for scripts (or humans) to work with:


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