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The move operation is used to move an Earth Engine asset.
The HTTP request for moving an asset uses a POST request to a URL with the format https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{sourceName=projects/*/assets/**}:move.
The sourceName path parameter specifies the asset to move, and the destinationName field in the request body specifies the new location.
Moving an asset requires specific IAM permissions on both the source and destination resources.
Successful asset moves return an EarthEngineAsset instance in the response body and require specific OAuth scopes for authorization.
Moves an asset.
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{sourceName=projects/*/assets/**}:move
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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