The name of the asset to copy. 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"). (e.g., "assets/users/[USER]/[ASSET]").
Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource sourceName:
earthengine.assets.get
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"destinationName": string,"overwrite": boolean}
Fields
destinationName
string
The destination name to which to copy 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
overwrite
boolean
Whether to allow overwriting an existing asset.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of EarthEngineAsset.
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