Method: entries.copy

Copies a set of log entries from a log bucket to a Cloud Storage bucket.

HTTP request

POST https://logging.googleapis.com/v2/entries:copy

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation
{"name":string,"filter":string,"destination":string}
Fields
name

string

Required. Log bucket from which to copy log entries.

For example:

"projects/my-project/locations/global/buckets/my-source-bucket"

Authorization requires the followingIAM permission on the specified resourcename:

  • logging.buckets.copyLogEntries
filter

string

Optional. A filter specifying which log entries to copy. The filter must be no more than 20k characters. An empty filter matches all log entries.

destination

string

Required. Destination to which to copy log entries. For example: "storage.googleapis.com/[GCS_BUCKET]"

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance ofOperation.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.admin
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

For more information, see theAuthentication Overview.

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Last updated 2025-07-21 UTC.