Announcement: All noncommercial projects registered to use Earth Engine before April 15, 2025 must verify noncommercial eligibility to maintain Earth Engine access.
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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