- HTTP request
- Path parameters
- Query parameters
- Request body
- Response body
- Authorization scopes
- IAM Permissions
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Returns the specified guest attributes entry.
HTTP request
GET https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/zones/{zone}/instances/{instance}/getGuestAttributes
The URLs use gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
project
|
Project ID for this request. |
zone
|
The name of the zone for this request. |
instance
|
Name of the instance scoping this request. |
Query parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
variableKey
|
Specifies the key for the guest attributes entry. |
queryPath
|
Specifies the guest attributes path to be queried. |
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
A guest attributes entry.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "kind" : string , "variableKey" : string , "variableValue" : string , "queryPath" : string , "queryValue" : { "items" : [ { "namespace" : string , "key" : string , "value" : string } ] } , "selfLink" : string } |
| Fields | |
|---|---|
kind
|
Output only. Type of the resource. Always |
variableKey
|
The key to search for. |
variableValue
|
Output only. The value found for the requested key. |
queryPath
|
The path to be queried. This can be the default namespace ('') or a nested namespace ('<namespace>/') or a specified key ('<namespace>/<key>'). |
queryValue
|
Output only. The value of the requested queried path. |
queryValue.items[]
|
|
queryValue.items[].namespace
|
Namespace for the guest attribute entry. |
queryValue.items[].key
|
Key for the guest attribute entry. |
queryValue.items[].value
|
Value for the guest attribute entry. |
selfLink
|
Output only. Server-defined URL for this resource. |
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .
IAM Permissions
In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:
-
compute.instances.getGuestAttributes
To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles .

