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Method: projects.assets.create
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HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{parent=projects/*}/assets
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
parent |
string
Required. The parent of the asset collection (e.g., "projects/*").
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource parent:
earthengine.assets.create
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
assetId |
string
The ID of the asset to create. Equivalent to name but without the "projects/*/assets" (e.g., users/[USER]/[ASSET]).
|
overwrite |
boolean
Whether to allow overwriting an image asset.
|
Request body
The request body contains an instance of EarthEngineAsset.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains a newly created 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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