Method: accounts.businessIdentity.getBusinessIdentity
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Retrieves the business identity of an account.
HTTP request
GET https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1beta/{name=accounts/*/businessIdentity}
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
name |
string
Required. The resource name of the business identity. Format: accounts/{account}/businessIdentity. For example, accounts/123456/businessIdentity.
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of BusinessIdentity.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
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Last updated 2025-06-06 UTC.
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