Invalid GeoJSON geometry when using GEE assets with .filterBounds GEE python API

Question

I'm trying to import cloud assets (shapefiles) from GEE in order to use them in the GEE python API. I used the ee.data.getAsset() function with the path of the cloud assets. When I print the result I got this : {'type': 'TABLE', 'name': 'projects/ee-alengrand121/assets/Lake_Tanganyika', 'id': 'projects/ee-alengrand121/assets/Lake_Tanganyika', 'updateTime': '2023-10-22T09:13:57.697780Z', 'sizeBytes': '12438'}

And when I tried to use the .filterBounds function with the imported asset I got this error : Invalid GeoJSON geometry I tried to do asset.geometry() but got the same error : Invalid GeoJSON geometry.

I used those assets on GEE and don't have any problem with them.

Answer 1

getAsset just gets metadata about the asset; it doesn't actually load it. In order to use it, you use the FeatureCollection constructor with the asset's ID/path.

ee.FeatureCollection("projects/ee-alengrand121/assets/Lake_Tanganyika")