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Method: projects.assets.create

  • You can create different types of assets, including FOLDER, IMAGE, and IMAGE_COLLECTION.

  • The HTTP request to create an asset is a POST request tohttps://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{parent=projects/*}/assets.

  • The request requires specifying aparent and an optionalassetId andoverwrite query parameters.

  • The request body should contain an instance of EarthEngineAsset.

  • Creating an asset requires specific authorization scopes.

Creates an asset.

The following asset types are createable: *FOLDER: No fields inasset may be specified. *IMAGE: To create a COG-backed asset, useimage.importExternal instead. Seehttps://developers.google.com/earth-engine/Earth_Engine_asset_from_cloud_geotiff for more details. *IMAGE_COLLECTION: Only the fieldsstartTime,endTime, andproperties may be specified.

HTTP request

POST https://earthengine.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{parent=projects/*}/assets

The URL usesgRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
parent

string

Required. The parent of the asset collection (e.g., "projects/*").

Authorization requires the followingIAM permission on the specified resourceparent:

  • earthengine.assets.create

Query parameters

Parameters
assetId

string

The ID of the asset to create. Equivalent to name but without the "projects/*/assets" (e.g., users/[USER]/[ASSET]).

overwrite

boolean

Whether to allow overwriting an image asset.

Request body

The request body contains an instance ofEarthEngineAsset.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance ofEarthEngineAsset.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

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

For more information, see theOAuth 2.0 Overview.

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Last updated 2025-03-06 UTC.