The name of the asset to copy.nameis of the format "projects/*/assets/**" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-legacy/assets/users/[USER]/[ASSET]"). All user-owned assets are under the project "earthengine-legacy" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-legacy/assets/users/foo/bar"). All other assets are under the project "earthengine-public" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-public/assets/LANDSAT"). (e.g., "assets/users/[USER]/[ASSET]").
Authorization requires the followingIAMpermission on the specified resourcesourceName:
earthengine.assets.get
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"destinationName":string,"overwrite":boolean}
Fields
destinationName
string
The destination name to which to copy the asset.nameis of the format "projects/*/assets/**" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-legacy/assets/users/[USER]/[ASSET]"). All user-owned assets are under the project "earthengine-legacy" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-legacy/assets/users/foo/bar"). All other assets are under the project "earthengine-public" (e.g., "projects/earthengine-public/assets/LANDSAT").
Authorization requires the followingIAMpermission on the specified resourcedestinationName:
earthengine.assets.create
overwrite
boolean
Whether to allow overwriting an existing asset.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance ofEarthEngineAsset.
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