.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_PUBSUB_TOPICS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha pubsub topics describe \- describes a Cloud Pub/Sub topic



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha pubsub topics describe\fR \fITOPIC\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR Describes a Cloud Pub/Sub topic.



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m

Topic resource \- Name of the topic to describe. This represents a Cloud
resource. (NOTE) Some attributes are not given arguments in this group but can
be set in other ways.

To set the \f5project\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5topic\fR on the command line with a fully specified
name;
.IP "\(em" 2m
provide the argument \f5\-\-project\fR on the command line;
.IP "\(em" 2m
set the property \f5core/project\fR.
.RE
.sp

This must be specified.


.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fITOPIC\fR

ID of the topic or fully qualified identifier for the topic.

To set the \f5topic\fR attribute:
.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
provide the argument \f5topic\fR on the command line.
.RE
.sp


.RE
.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

These flags are available to all commands: \-\-access\-token\-file, \-\-account,
\-\-billing\-project, \-\-configuration, \-\-flags\-file, \-\-flatten,
\-\-format, \-\-help, \-\-impersonate\-service\-account, \-\-log\-http,
\-\-project, \-\-quiet, \-\-trace\-token, \-\-user\-output\-enabled,
\-\-verbosity.

Run \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation\-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud pubsub topics describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta pubsub topics describe
.RE