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Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified resource. If the resource does not exist, this will return an empty set of permissions, not a NOT_FOUND error.
Note: This operation is designed to be used for building permission-aware UIs and command-line tools, not for authorization checking. This operation may "fail open" without warning.
HTTP request
POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1beta/{resource=projects/*/assets/**}:testIamPermissions
REQUIRED: The resource for which the policy detail is being requested. See Resource names for the appropriate value for this field.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
JSON representation
{"permissions": [string]}
Fields
permissions[]
string
The set of permissions to check for the resource. Permissions with wildcards (such as * or storage.*) are not allowed. For more information see IAM Overview.
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