This API has two different kinds of endpoint URIs, as this method supports a variety of use cases.
TheMetadataURI is used for most interactions, as it accepts the job configuration directly.
TheUploadURI is ONLY for the case when you're sending both a load job configuration and a data stream together. In this case, the Upload URI accepts the job configuration and the data as two distinct multipart MIME parts.
HTTP request
Upload URI, for media upload requests: POST https://bigquery.googleapis.com/upload/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectId}/jobs
Metadata URI, for metadata-only requests: POST https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectId}/jobs
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