Method: projects.assets.get
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
| 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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Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of EarthEngineAsset.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
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.
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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.
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