Method: models.copy

Full name: projects.locations.models.copy

Copies an already existing Vertex AI Model into the specified Location. The source Model must exist in the same Project. When copying custom Models, the users themselves are responsible forModel.metadata content to be region-agnostic, as well as making sure that any resources (e.g. files) it depends on remain accessible.

Endpoint

posthttps://{service-endpoint}/v1/{parent}/models:copy

Where{service-endpoint} is one of thesupported service endpoints.

Path parameters

parentstring

Required. The resource name of the Location into which to copy the Model. Format:projects/{project}/locations/{location}

Request body

The request body contains data with the following structure:

Fields
sourceModelstring

Required. The resource name of the Model to copy. That Model must be in the same Project. Format:projects/{project}/locations/{location}/models/{model}

encryptionSpecobject (EncryptionSpec)

Customer-managed encryption key options. If this is set, then the Model copy will be encrypted with the provided encryption key.

destination_modelUnion type
If both fields are unset, a new Model will be created with a generated ID.destination_model can be only one of the following:
modelIdstring

Optional. Copy sourceModel into a new Model with this id. The id will become the final component of the model resource name.

This value may be up to 63 characters, and valid characters are[a-z0-9_-]. The first character cannot be a number or hyphen.

parentModelstring

Optional. Specify this field to copy sourceModel into this existing Model as a new version. Format:projects/{project}/locations/{location}/models/{model}

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance ofOperation.

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Last updated 2025-06-27 UTC.