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Method: projects.assets.setIamPolicy
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This method sets the access control policy on a specified resource, replacing any existing policy.
The HTTP request uses a POST method to https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{resource=projects/*/assets/**}:setIamPolicy.
The request requires a resource parameter in the path and a request body containing the complete policy object.
A successful response body contains an instance of the applied Policy.
This operation requires authorization using either the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine or https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform OAuth scopes.
Sets the access control policy on the specified resource. Replaces any existing policy.
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{resource=projects/*/assets/**}:setIamPolicy
REQUIRED: The complete policy to be applied to the resource. The size of the policy is limited to a few 10s of KB. An empty policy is a valid policy but certain Google Cloud services (such as Projects) might reject them.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Policy.
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