Account / Client / get_account_information

get_account_information

Account.Client.get_account_information(**kwargs)

Retrieves information about the specified account including its account name, account ID, and account creation date and time. To use this API, an IAM user or role must have the account:GetAccountInformation IAM permission.

See also: AWS API Documentation

Request Syntax

response = client.get_account_information(
    AccountId='string'
)
Parameters:

AccountId (string) –

Specifies the 12 digit account ID number of the Amazon Web Services account that you want to access or modify with this operation.

If you do not specify this parameter, it defaults to the Amazon Web Services account of the identity used to call the operation.

To use this parameter, the caller must be an identity in the organization’s management account or a delegated administrator account, and the specified account ID must be a member account in the same organization. The organization must have all features enabled, and the organization must have trusted access enabled for the Account Management service, and optionally a delegated admin account assigned.

Note

The management account can’t specify its own AccountId; it must call the operation in standalone context by not including the AccountId parameter.

To call this operation on an account that is not a member of an organization, then don’t specify this parameter, and call the operation using an identity belonging to the account whose contacts you wish to retrieve or modify.

Return type:

dict

Returns:

Response Syntax

{
    'AccountCreatedDate': datetime(2015, 1, 1),
    'AccountId': 'string',
    'AccountName': 'string'
}

Response Structure

  • (dict) –

    • AccountCreatedDate (datetime) –

      The date and time the account was created.

    • AccountId (string) –

      Specifies the 12-digit account ID number of the Amazon Web Services account that you want to access or modify with this operation. To use this parameter, the caller must be an identity in the organization’s management account or a delegated administrator account. The specified account ID must be a member account in the same organization. The organization must have all features enabled, and the organization must have trusted access enabled for the Account Management service, and optionally a delegated admin account assigned.

      This operation can only be called from the management account or the delegated administrator account of an organization for a member account.

      Note

      The management account can’t specify its own AccountId.

    • AccountName (string) –

      The name of the account.

Exceptions