Required. The name of the spec whose contents need to be retrieved. Format: projects/{project}/locations/{location}/apis/{api}/versions/{version}/specs/{spec}
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of SpecContents.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
IAM Permissions
Requires the following IAM permission on the name resource:
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