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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.
  
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                    kind | 
                    
                       string 
                      Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "content#accountsAuthInfoResponse". 
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          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
} | 
              
            
          
        
        
          
            
              
              
            
            
              
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                aggregatorId | 
                
                   string 
                  The aggregator ID, set for aggregators and subaccounts (in that case, it represents the aggregator of the subaccount). 
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                merchantId | 
                
                   string 
                  The merchant account ID, set for individual accounts and subaccounts. 
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      [null,null,["Last updated 2025-02-25 UTC."],[],["This document details how to retrieve information about an authenticated user.  A `GET` request to `https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/accounts/authinfo` is used, with an empty request body. A successful response includes `accountIdentifiers`, an array of `AccountIdentifier` objects containing `aggregatorId` and `merchantId`, and the string `content#accountsAuthInfoResponse` as the `kind`. Authentication requires the `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content` OAuth scope.\n"]]