[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Hard to understand","hardToUnderstand","thumb-down"],["Incorrect information or sample code","incorrectInformationOrSampleCode","thumb-down"],["Missing the information/samples I need","missingTheInformationSamplesINeed","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-28 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eThis webpage outlines how to retrieve an OS Config guest policy using a GET request to a specific URL.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request requires a path parameter named \u003ccode\u003ename\u003c/code\u003e, which represents the resource name of the guest policy and must follow a specific format.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request body for this operation must be empty, and the successful response contains an instance of \u003ccode\u003eGuestPolicy\u003c/code\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eTo make this request, you will need the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform\u003c/code\u003e OAuth scope.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eThe request also needs the \u003ccode\u003eosconfig.guestPolicies.get\u003c/code\u003e IAM permission on the specified \u003ccode\u003ename\u003c/code\u003e resource.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],[],null,["# Method: projects.guestPolicies.get\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [IAM Permissions](#body.aspect_1)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nGet an OS Config guest policy.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://osconfig.googleapis.com/v1beta/{name=projects/*/guestPolicies/*}`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [GuestPolicy](/compute/docs/osconfig/rest/v1beta/projects.guestPolicies#GuestPolicy).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authentication Overview](/docs/authentication#authorization-gcp).\n\n### IAM Permissions\n\nRequires the following [IAM](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs) permission on the `name` resource:\n\n- `osconfig.guestPolicies.get`\n\nFor more information, see the [IAM documentation](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs)."]]
