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Method: projects.image.importExternal
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Imports an external image.
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{project=projects/*}/image:importExternal
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
project |
string
The project id or project number of the Google Cloud Platform project that should be treated as the service consumer for this request. Format is projects/{project-id}.
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource project:
earthengine.imports.create
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"imageManifest": {
object (ImageManifest)
},
"overwrite": boolean
} |
| Fields |
imageManifest |
object (ImageManifest)
The image manifest.
|
overwrite |
boolean
Whether to allow overwriting an existing asset.
|
Response body
If successful, the response body is empty.
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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