Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. SeeTransition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
Gets the latest state of a long-running operation. Clients can use this method to poll the operation result at intervals as recommended by the API service.
HTTP request
GET https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{name}
Path parameters
Parameters
name
string
The name of the operation resource. It takes the formprojects/{project}/locations/{location}/operations/{operation}.
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance ofOperation.
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