Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified resource. If the resource does not exist, this will return an empty set of permissions, not aNOT_FOUNDerror.
Note: This operation is designed to be used for building permission-aware UIs and command-line tools, not for authorization checking. This operation may "fail open" without warning.
HTTP request
POST https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/{resource=projects/*/datasets/*/tables/*}:testIamPermissions
REQUIRED: The resource for which the policy detail is being requested. SeeResource namesfor the appropriate value for this field.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"permissions":[string]}
Fields
permissions[]
string
The set of permissions to check for theresource. Permissions with wildcards (such as*orstorage.*) are not allowed. For more information seeIAM Overview.
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