Method: licenses.testIamPermissions

API Version : 2026-09-01

Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified resource.

Caution This resource is intended for use only by third-party partners who are creating Cloud Marketplace images.

HTTP request


POST https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/global/licenses/{resource}/testIamPermissions?$apiVersion=2026-09-01

The URLs use gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
project

string

Project ID for this request.
resource

string

Name or id of the resource for this request.

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.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "permissions": [
    string
  ]
}
Fields
permissions[]

string

A subset of TestPermissionsRequest.permissions that the caller is allowed.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

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

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

  • compute.licenses.list

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.