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Method: projects.locations.dataTaxonomies.attributes.get

HTTP request
Path parameters
Request body
Response body
Authorization scopes
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Retrieves a Data Attribute resource.

HTTP request

GET https://dataplex.googleapis.com/v1/{name=projects/*/locations/*/dataTaxonomies/*/attributes/*}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters

Parameters
`name`	`string` Required. The resource name of the dataAttribute: projects/{projectNumber}/locations/{locationId}/dataTaxonomies/{dataTaxonomy}/attributes/{dataAttributeId} Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource `name`: `dataplex.dataAttributes.get`

name

string

Required. The resource name of the dataAttribute: projects/{projectNumber}/locations/{locationId}/dataTaxonomies/{dataTaxonomy}/attributes/{dataAttributeId}

Authorization requires the following IAM permission on the specified resource name:

dataplex.dataAttributes.get

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains an instance of DataAttribute.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/dataplex.read-write

For more information, see the Authentication Overview.