Method: accounts.authinfo

  • This endpoint returns information about the authenticated user, such as account identifiers and kind.

  • Requires authorization with the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content scope.

  • The response includes account identifiers, which can vary depending on the type of account (individual, aggregator, or subaccount).

  • AccountIdentifier object provides details about the aggregator ID and merchant ID associated with the user.

Returns information about the authenticated user.

HTTP request

GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/accounts/authinfo

Request body

The request body must be empty.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:

JSON representation 
{
  "accountIdentifiers": [
    {
      object (AccountIdentifier)
    }
  ],
  "kind": string
}
Fields
accountIdentifiers[]

object (AccountIdentifier)

The account identifiers corresponding to the authenticated user.

  • For an individual account: only the merchant ID is defined
  • For an aggregator: only the aggregator ID is defined
  • For a subaccount of an MCA: both the merchant ID and the aggregator ID are defined.
kind

string

Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "content#accountsAuthInfoResponse".

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content

For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.

AccountIdentifier

JSON representation 
{
  "aggregatorId": string,
  "merchantId": string
}
Fields
aggregatorId

string

The aggregator ID, set for aggregators and subaccounts (in that case, it represents the aggregator of the subaccount).
merchantId

string

The merchant account ID, set for individual accounts and subaccounts.