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Method: projects.assets.move
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HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{sourceName=projects/*/assets/**}:move
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| 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:
earthengine.assets.delete
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"destinationName": string
} |
| Fields |
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:
earthengine.assets.create
|
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/cloud-platform
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.
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