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Method: accounts.get
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Retrieves a Merchant Center account.
HTTP request
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.
|
accountId |
string
The ID of the account.
|
Query parameters
| Parameters |
view |
enum (View)
Controls which fields will be populated. Acceptable values are: "merchant" and "css". The default value is "merchant".
|
Request body
The request body must be empty.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Account.
Authorization scopes
Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content
For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.
View
| Enums |
MERCHANT |
Default. View is populated with Merchant Center fields. |
CSS |
View is populated with Comparison Shopping Services fields. |
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Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC.
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