Data Catalog API methods that are related to Data Catalog search and metadata are deprecated and will be discontinued on January 30, 2026. See Transition from Data Catalog to Dataplex Universal Catalog. Methods that are related to policy tags and policy tag taxonomies are not deprecated.
Gets the IAM policy for a policy tag or a taxonomy.
HTTP request
POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1/{resource}:getIamPolicy
Path parameters
Parameters
resource
string
REQUIRED: The resource for which the policy is being requested. See Resource names for the appropriate value for this field. It takes the form projects/{project}/locations/{location}/taxonomies/{taxonomies}.
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
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