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.
Returns the permissions that a caller has on the specified taxonomy or policy tag.
HTTP request
POST https://datacatalog.googleapis.com/v1beta1/{resource}:testIamPermissions
Path parameters
Parameters
resource
string
REQUIRED: The resource for which the policy detail 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:
JSON representation
{"permissions": [string]}
Fields
permissions[]
string
The set of permissions to check for the resource. Permissions with wildcards (such as * or storage.*) are not allowed. For more information see IAM Overview.
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