[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-04-04 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: debug.datasources.items.checkAccess\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.CheckAccessResponse.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nChecks whether an item is accessible by specified principal. Principal must be a user; groups and domain values aren't supported.\n\n**Note:** This API requires an admin account to execute.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://cloudsearch.googleapis.com/v1/debug/{name=datasources/*/items/*}:checkAccess`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `name` | `string` Item name, format: datasources/{sourceId}/items/{itemId} |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `debugOptions` | `object (`[DebugOptions](/workspace/cloud-search/docs/reference/rest/v1/DebugOptions)`)` Common debug options. |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains an instance of [Principal](/workspace/cloud-search/docs/reference/rest/v1/indexing.datasources.items#Principal).\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|----------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"hasAccess\": boolean } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `hasAccess` | `boolean` Returns true if principal has access. Returns false otherwise. |\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud_search.debug`\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud_search`\n\nFor more information, see the [Authorization guide](/workspace/guides/configure-oauth-consent)."]]