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Account

Retrieve an account

account.retrieve(strid) -> AccountRetrieveResponse
GET/v1/accounts/{id}

Retrieves a single account by its ID.

Required scope: accounts:read

Rate limit category: Read

ParametersExpand Collapse
id: str

Unique identifier of the account to retrieve.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class AccountRetrieveResponse: …
id: str

Unique identifier for the entity.

created_at: str

ISO 8601 timestamp of when the entity was created.

fields: Dict[str, Fields]

Map of field names to their typed values. System fields are prefixed with $ (e.g. $name, $email); custom attributes use their bare slug.

value: Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]

The field value, or null if unset.

Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Optional[object]]
Dict[str, object]
Dict[str, Union[str, float, bool, 3 more]]
Accepts one of the following:
str
float
bool
List[Optional[object]]
Dict[str, object]
value_type: Literal["ADDRESS", "CHECKBOX", "CURRENCY", 11 more]

The data type of the field.

Accepts one of the following:
"ADDRESS"
"CHECKBOX"
"CURRENCY"
"DATETIME"
"EMAIL"
"FULL_NAME"
"MARKDOWN"
"MULTI_SELECT"
"NUMBER"
"SINGLE_SELECT"
"SOCIAL_HANDLE"
"TELEPHONE"
"TEXT"
"URL"
relationships: Dict[str, Relationships]

Map of relationship names to their associated entities. System relationships are prefixed with $ (e.g. $owner, $contact).

cardinality: str

Whether the relationship is has_one or has_many.

object_type: str

The type of the related object (e.g. account, contact).

values: List[str]

IDs of the related entities.

Retrieve an account

from lightfield import Lightfield

client = Lightfield(
    api_key="My API Key",
)
account_retrieve_response = client.account.retrieve(
    "id",
)
print(account_retrieve_response.id)
{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "id",
  "createdAt": "createdAt",
  "fields": {
    "foo": {
      "value": "string",
      "valueType": "ADDRESS"
    }
  },
  "httpLink": "httpLink",
  "relationships": {
    "foo": {
      "cardinality": "cardinality",
      "objectType": "objectType",
      "values": [
        "string"
      ]
    }
  }
}