GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/accounts/{accountId}
Path parameters
Parameters
merchantId
string
The ID of the managing account. If this parameter is not the same as accountId, then this account must be a multi-client account and accountId must be the ID of a sub-account of this account.
[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC."],[[["\u003cp\u003eRetrieves a specific Merchant Center account using a GET request.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRequires \u003ccode\u003emerchantId\u003c/code\u003e and \u003ccode\u003eaccountId\u003c/code\u003e path parameters, which may represent managing and sub-accounts respectively.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eAllows specification of data to retrieve via \u003ccode\u003eview\u003c/code\u003e query parameter (defaulting to "merchant" view).\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eRequires authorization with the \u003ccode\u003ehttps://www.googleapis.com/auth/content\u003c/code\u003e scope.\u003c/p\u003e\n"],["\u003cp\u003eResponse provides the requested account details as an \u003ccode\u003eAccount\u003c/code\u003e object if successful.\u003c/p\u003e\n"]]],["This describes how to retrieve a Merchant Center account using a `GET` request to a specific URL with `merchantId` and `accountId` as path parameters. The `view` query parameter, accepting \"merchant\" or \"css\", dictates the fields in the response. The request body must be empty. A successful response returns an `Account` object. Authorization requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content` OAuth scope. The view can also be \"MERCHANT\", or \"CSS\", defining the type of fields to be populated in the response.\n"],null,["# Method: accounts.get\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Query parameters](#body.QUERY_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [View](#View)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nRetrieves a Merchant Center account.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/accounts/{accountId}`\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `merchantId` | `string` The ID of the managing account. If this parameter is not the same as [accountId](#accountId), then this account must be a multi-client account and `accountId` must be the ID of a sub-account of this account. |\n| `accountId` | `string` The ID of the account. |\n\n### Query parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|--------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `view` | `enum (`[View](/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/get#View)`)` Controls which fields will be populated. Acceptable values are: \"merchant\" and \"css\". The default value is \"merchant\". |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body must be empty.\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Account](/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts#Account).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires one of the following OAuth scopes:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2).\n\nView\n----\n\n| Enums ||\n|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `MERCHANT` | Default. View is populated with Merchant Center fields. |\n| `CSS` | View is populated with Comparison Shopping Services fields. |"]]