---
title: "POST /projects/{project}/regions/{region}/autoscalers/{resource}/testIamPermissions"
method: POST
path: "/projects/{project}/regions/{region}/autoscalers/{resource}/testIamPermissions"
tags: ["regionAutoscalers"]
---

# POST /projects/{project}/regions/{region}/autoscalers/{resource}/testIamPermissions

`POST /projects/{project}/regions/{region}/autoscalers/{resource}/testIamPermissions`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1`
- URL: `https://compute.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/{project}/regions/{region}/autoscalers/{resource}/testIamPermissions`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute`
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly`

Returns permissions that a caller has on the specified resource.

## Path parameters

- `project` string, required
- `region` string, required
- `resource` string, required

## Request body

- TestPermissionsRequest
  - `permissions` string[]: The set of permissions to check for the 'resource'. Permissions with wildcards (such as '*' or 'storage.*') are not allowed.

## Response `200`

Successful response

- TestPermissionsResponse
  - `permissions` string[]: A subset of `TestPermissionsRequest.permissions` that the caller is allowed.

## Changes

- **2026-10-30** `8b85e897d3dc`: 4 info
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
- **2026-10-23** `48929bf89eeb`: 4 info
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
- …earlier changes not shown

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/compute/changes/projects/:project/regions/:region/autoscalers/:resource/testIamPermissions/post.md)

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