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Method: accounts.authinfo
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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.
|
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Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC.
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