AI-generated Key Takeaways
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The webpage content describes how to move an Earth Engine asset using an HTTP POST request.
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The request URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax and includes the source name of the asset in the path parameters.
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The
sourceNameparameter is a string representing the name of the asset to move, following a specific format that includes the project. -
The request body requires a
destinationNamefield, which is a string representing the target location for the asset, also following a specific format. -
Authorization for moving an asset requires specific IAM permissions on both the source and destination resources.
Moves an asset.
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1beta/{sourceName=projects/*/assets/**}:move
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
sourceName
string
The name of the asset to move. 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 sourceName
:
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earthengine.assets.delete
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "destinationName" : string } |
destinationName
string
The destination name to which to move the asset. 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 destinationName
:
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earthengine.assets.create
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of EarthEngineAsset
.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
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https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine -
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview .

