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# Account Details
GET/accounts/{account\_id}
Get information about a specific account that you are a member of.
##### Security
API Email + API Key
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Email: user@example.com`
The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.
**Example:**`X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194`
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)
`Trust and Safety Write``Trust and Safety Read``DNS View Write``DNS View Read``SCIM Provisioning``Load Balancers Account Write``Load Balancers Account Read``Zero Trust: PII Read``DDoS Botnet Feed Write``DDoS Botnet Feed Read``Workers R2 Storage Write``Workers R2 Storage Read``DDoS Protection Write``DDoS Protection Read``Workers Tail Read``Workers KV Storage Write``Workers KV Storage Read``Workers Scripts Write``Workers Scripts Read``Load Balancing: Monitors and Pools Write``Load Balancing: Monitors and Pools Read``Account Firewall Access Rules Write``Account Firewall Access Rules Read``DNS Firewall Write``DNS Firewall Read``Billing Write``Billing Read``Account Settings Write``Account Settings Read`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Account identifier tag.
maxLength32
minLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20accounts%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20accounts%20%3E%20(method)%20get%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional Account { id, name, type, 3 more }
id: string
Identifier
maxLength32
minLength32
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name: string
Account name
maxLength100
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type: "standard"or "enterprise"
One of the following:
"standard"
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"enterprise"
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created\_on: optional string
Timestamp for the creation of the account
formatdate-time
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managed\_by: optional object {parent\_org\_id, parent\_org\_name }
Parent container details
parent\_org\_id: optional string
ID of the parent Organization, if one exists
maxLength32
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parent\_org\_name: optional string
Name of the parent Organization, if one exists
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settings: optional object {abuse\_contact\_email, enforce\_twofactor }
Account settings
abuse\_contact\_email: optional string
Sets an abuse contact email to notify for abuse reports.
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enforce\_twofactor: optional boolean
Indicates whether membership in this account requires that Two-Factor Authentication is enabled
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### Account Details
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID \
-H "X-Auth-Email: $CLOUDFLARE_EMAIL" \
-H "X-Auth-Key: $CLOUDFLARE_API_KEY"
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"name": "Demo Account",
"type": "standard",
"created_on": "2014-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"managed_by": {
"parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
"parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization"
},
"settings": {
"abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
"enforce_twofactor": true
}
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
"name": "Demo Account",
"type": "standard",
"created_on": "2014-03-01T12:21:02Z",
"managed_by": {
"parent_org_id": "4536bcfad5faccb111b47003c79917fa",
"parent_org_name": "Demo Parent Organization"
},
"settings": {
"abuse_contact_email": "abuse_contact_email",
"enforce_twofactor": true
}
}
}
```