---
title: "Get a description of a resource's access control properties."
method: GET
path: "/access-control/{resource}/description"
tags: ["access_control"]
---

# Get a description of a resource's access control properties.

`GET /access-control/{resource}/description`

## Path parameters

- `resource` string, required

## Response `200`

(empty)

- Description
  - `assignments` Assignments
    - `builtInRoles` boolean
    - `serviceAccounts` boolean
    - `teams` boolean
    - `users` boolean
  - `permissions` string[]

## Other responses

- `403` — ForbiddenError is returned if the user/token has insufficient permissions to access the requested resource.
- `500` — InternalServerError is a general error indicating something went wrong internally.

---

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