The following example demonstrates how to instantiate a Template and delete an instantiated Template using the OpenShift Container Platform client library.

$GOPATH/src/gettingstarted/main.go
package main

import (
        templatev1 "github.com/openshift/api/template/v1"
        templatev1client "github.com/openshift/client-go/template/clientset/versioned/typed/template/v1"

        corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
        metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
        "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/watch"
        corev1client "k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes/typed/core/v1"
        "k8s.io/client-go/tools/clientcmd"
)

func main() {
        // Instantiate loader for kubeconfig file.
        kubeconfig := clientcmd.NewNonInteractiveDeferredLoadingClientConfig(
                clientcmd.NewDefaultClientConfigLoadingRules(),
                &clientcmd.ConfigOverrides{},
        )

        // Determine the Namespace referenced by the current context in the
        // kubeconfig file.
        namespace, _, err := kubeconfig.Namespace()
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Get a rest.Config from the kubeconfig file.  This will be passed into all
        // the client objects we create.
        restconfig, err := kubeconfig.ClientConfig()
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Create a Kubernetes core/v1 client.
        coreclient, err := corev1client.NewForConfig(restconfig)
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Create an OpenShift template/v1 client.
        templateclient, err := templatev1client.NewForConfig(restconfig)
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Get the "jenkins-ephemeral" Template from the "openshift" Namespace.
        template, err := templateclient.Templates("openshift").Get(
                "jenkins-ephemeral", metav1.GetOptions{})
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // INSTANTIATE THE TEMPLATE.

        // To set Template parameters, create a Secret holding overridden parameters
        // and their values.
        secret, err := coreclient.Secrets(namespace).Create(&corev1.Secret{
                ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
                        Name: "parameters",
                },
                StringData: map[string]string{
                        "MEMORY_LIMIT": "1024Mi",
                },
        })
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Create a TemplateInstance object, linking the Template and a reference to
        // the Secret object created above.
        ti, err := templateclient.TemplateInstances(namespace).Create(
                &templatev1.TemplateInstance{
                        ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
                                Name: "templateinstance",
                        },
                        Spec: templatev1.TemplateInstanceSpec{
                                Template: *template,
                                Secret: &corev1.LocalObjectReference{
                                        Name: secret.Name,
                                },
                        },
                })
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Watch the TemplateInstance object until it indicates the Ready or
        // InstantiateFailure status condition.
        watcher, err := templateclient.TemplateInstances(namespace).Watch(
                metav1.SingleObject(ti.ObjectMeta),
        )
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        for event := range watcher.ResultChan() {
                switch event.Type {
                case watch.Modified:
                        ti = event.Object.(*templatev1.TemplateInstance)

                        for _, cond := range ti.Status.Conditions {
                                // If the TemplateInstance contains a status condition
                                // Ready == True, stop watching.
                                if cond.Type == templatev1.TemplateInstanceReady &&
                                        cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
                                        watcher.Stop()
                                }

                                // If the TemplateInstance contains a status condition
                                // InstantiateFailure == True, indicate failure.
                                if cond.Type ==
                                        templatev1.TemplateInstanceInstantiateFailure &&
                                        cond.Status == corev1.ConditionTrue {
                                        panic("templateinstance instantiation failed")
                                }
                        }

                default:
                        panic("unexpected event type " + event.Type)
                }
        }

        // DELETE THE INSTANTIATED TEMPLATE.

        // We use the foreground propagation policy to ensure that the garbage
        // collector removes all instantiated objects before the TemplateInstance
        // itself disappears.
        foreground := metav1.DeletePropagationForeground
        deleteOptions := metav1.DeleteOptions{PropagationPolicy: &foreground}
        err = templateclient.TemplateInstances(namespace).Delete(ti.Name,
                &deleteOptions)
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        // Watch the TemplateInstance object until it disappears.
        watcher, err = templateclient.TemplateInstances(namespace).Watch(
                metav1.SingleObject(ti.ObjectMeta),
        )
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }

        for event := range watcher.ResultChan() {
                switch event.Type {
                case watch.Modified:
                        // do nothing

                case watch.Deleted:
                        watcher.Stop()

                default:
                        panic("unexpected event type " + event.Type)
                }
        }

        // Finally delete the "parameters" Secret.
        err = coreclient.Secrets(namespace).Delete(secret.Name,
                &metav1.DeleteOptions{})
        if err != nil {
                panic(err)
        }
}

Note: to try out the above example, you will need to ensure in advance that the "jenkins-ephemeral" Template and "jenkins" ImageStream exist in the "openshift" Namespace.