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The name of the asset to move. 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 sourceName:
earthengine.assets.delete
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"destinationName": string}
Fields
destinationName
string
The destination name to which to move 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
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of EarthEngineAsset.
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The `sourceName` path parameter indicates the asset to be moved and requires `earthengine.assets.delete` IAM permission. The `destinationName` in the request body specifies the new location, requiring `earthengine.assets.create` IAM permission. Both source and destination names follow a format of \"projects/*/assets/**\". Successful operations return an `EarthEngineAsset`. Authentication needs one of the stated OAuth scopes.\n"],null,["# Method: projects.assets.move\n\nMoves an asset.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1/{sourceName=projects/*/assets/**}:move`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `sourceName` | `string` The name of the asset to move. `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](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/) permission on the specified resource `sourceName`: - `earthengine.assets.delete` |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|---------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"destinationName\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `destinationName` | `string` The destination name to which to move 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](https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/) permission on the specified resource `destinationName`: - `earthengine.assets.create` |\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [EarthEngineAsset](/earth-engine/reference/rest/v1/projects.assets#EarthEngineAsset).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/earthengine`\n- `\n https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2)."]]