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## Bladeburner.startAction() method

You have to be employed in the Bladeburner division and be in BitNode-7 or have Source-File 7 in order to use this function.

Attempts to start the specified Bladeburner action. Returns true if the action was started successfully, and false otherwise.

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
startAction(
    type: BladeburnerActTypes,
    name: BladeburnerGenActions | BladeburnerContracts | BladeburnerOperations | BladeburnerBlackOps,
  ): boolean;
```

## Parameters

|  Parameter | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  type | [BladeburnerActTypes](./bitburner.bladeburneracttypes.md) | Type of action. |
|  name | [BladeburnerGenActions](./bitburner.bladeburnergenactions.md) \| [BladeburnerContracts](./bitburner.bladeburnercontracts.md) \| [BladeburnerOperations](./bitburner.bladeburneroperations.md) \| [BladeburnerBlackOps](./bitburner.bladeburnerblackops.md) | Name of action. Must be an exact match |

<b>Returns:</b>

boolean

True if the action was started successfully, and false otherwise.

## Remarks

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