AI-generated Key Takeaways
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This documentation details how to get detailed information about an asset.
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The HTTP request uses the GET method to a specified URL with a
nameparameter identifying the asset. -
The
nameparameter is required and formatted as "projects/*/assets/**", with user-owned assets under "projects/earthengine-legacy" and public assets under "projects/earthengine-public". -
Successful requests return an
EarthEngineAssetinstance and require specific IAM and OAuth authorization scopes.
Gets detailed information about an asset.
HTTP request
GET https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{name=projects/*/assets/**}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
name
string
Required. The name of the asset to get. name
is 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 following IAM
permission on the specified resource name
:
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earthengine.assets.get
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of EarthEngineAsset
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Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
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https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine.readonly -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview .
