Method: accounts.patch

  • This documentation describes how to update an account using the Google Analytics Admin API.

  • The update is performed using an HTTP PATCH request to a specific URL that includes the account's resource name.

  • Path parameters are used to identify the specific account being updated, while query parameters like updateMask specify which fields to modify.

  • The request and response bodies both contain an instance of the Account object, reflecting the changes made.

  • Updating an account requires the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit authorization scope.

Updates an account.

HTTP request

PATCH https://analyticsadmin.googleapis.com/v1alpha/{account.name=accounts/*}

The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.

Path parameters

Parameters
account.name

string

Output only. Resource name of this account. Format: accounts/{account} Example: "accounts/100"

Query parameters

Parameters
updateMask

string (FieldMask format)

Required. The list of fields to be updated. Field names must be in snake case (for example, "field_to_update"). Omitted fields will not be updated. To replace the entire entity, use one path with the string "*" to match all fields.

This is a comma-separated list of fully qualified names of fields. Example: "user.displayName,photo".

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Account.

Response body

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

Authorization scopes

Requires the following OAuth scope:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.edit