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/v1/accounts/{accountId}

Availability
Early Access: July 1, 2026
Early Access is gated; contact the Backblaze Sales team for access.
Limited Availability: July 1, 2026
This API is available only to customers with access to the Backblaze Enterprise Web Console. For more information, contact the Backblaze Sales team.

Get an account by ID

Security

HTTP

Type bearer

Short-lived bearer token obtained from GET /orgs/v1/authorize. Sent as Authorization - Bearer .

Path parameters

accountId

stringRequired

The numeric identifier of the account. Valid account IDs match 9[0-4][0-9]{10}.

Pattern^9[0-4][0-9]{10}$

Example912345678901

Responses

200

The request succeeded.

{
  "name": "accounts/912345678901",
  "accountId": "912345678901",
  "parent": "organizations/org-acme-prod",
  "organization": "organizations/org-acme-prod",
  "displayName": "tenant-prod",
  "billingAccount": "billingAccounts/456",
  "state": "ACTIVE",
  "suspensionReasons": [],
  "etag": "BwXk9a2J8p0=",
  "createTime": "2026-02-03T21:10:00Z",
  "updateTime": "2026-02-03T21:15:00Z",
  "deleteTime": null,
  "purgeTime": null
}

object

name

string

Resource name in the form accounts/.

Exampleaccounts/912345678901

accountId

string

The numeric account identifier. Valid values match 9[0-4][0-9]{10}.

Example912345678901

parent

string

Parent resource name. May be an organization or an Organizational Unit.

Exampleorganizations/org-acme-prod

organization

string

The organization the account belongs to. Always populated, even if parent is an Organizational Unit.

Exampleorganizations/org-acme-prod

billingAccount

string

Billing account reference, in the form billingAccounts/. Must belong to the same organization as the account. Cannot be changed after creation.

ExamplebillingAccounts/456

displayName

string

Exampletenant-prod

state

string

Account lifecycle state. An account is SUSPENDED while one or more suspension reasons are active.

Valid values[ "ACTIVE", "SUSPENDED", "DELETED" ]

ExampleACTIVE

suspensionReasons

Array of string

Reasons the account is suspended. Values are unique and array order is unspecified.

Example[]

string

Valid values[ "BACKBLAZE_INITIATED", "EXTERNALLY_INITIATED" ]

etag

string

ExampleBwXk9a2J8p0=

createTime

string (date-time)

updateTime

string (date-time)

deleteTime

string (date-time) | null

purgeTime

string (date-time) | null

401

The request was not authenticated.

HTTP Status	Code	Description
401	UNAUTHORIZED	Missing, expired, or invalid bearer token.

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object

requestId

string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736

error

object

code

integer

Numeric error code.

Example10

message

string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch

details

object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

403

The caller is not authorized to perform this operation.

HTTP Status	Code	Description
403	FORBIDDEN	The authenticated principal lacks permission for this action.

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object

requestId

string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736

error

object

code

integer

Numeric error code.

Example10

message

string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch

details

object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

404

The requested resource was not found.

HTTP Status	Code	Description
404	NOT_FOUND	The resource does not exist or has been purged.

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object

requestId

string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736

error

object

code

integer

Numeric error code.

Example10

message

string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch

details

object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

429

The request was rate-limited.

HTTP Status	Code	Description
429	TOO_MANY_REQUESTS	Rate limit exceeded. Use exponential backoff.

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object

requestId

string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736

error

object

code

integer

Numeric error code.

Example10

message

string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch

details

object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

500

The server encountered an unexpected condition.

HTTP Status	Code	Description
500	INTERNAL	Unexpected server error. Include the `requestId` when contacting support.

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object

requestId

string

Opaque correlation identifier matching the Request-Id response header. Include in support requests.

Example4bf92f3577b34da6a3ce929d0e0e4736

error

object

code

integer

Numeric error code.

Example10

message

string

Human-readable description of the error.

Exampleetag mismatch

details

object

Reserved for structured, non-sensitive diagnostic information related to the error condition.

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