.TH "GCLOUD_ALPHA_BILLING_ACCOUNTS_DESCRIBE" 1



.SH "NAME"
.HP
gcloud alpha billing accounts describe \- show metadata for a billing account



.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP
\f5gcloud alpha billing accounts describe\fR \fIACCOUNT_ID\fR [\fIGCLOUD_WIDE_FLAG\ ...\fR]



.SH "DESCRIPTION"

\fB(ALPHA)\fR This command shows info for a billing account, given its ID.

This call can fail for the following reasons:

.RS 2m
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The account specified does not exist.
.IP "\(bu" 2m
The active user does not have permission to access the given account.
.RE
.sp



.SH "EXAMPLES"

To see details for billing account \f50X0X0X\-0X0X0X\-0X0X0X\fR, run:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud alpha billing accounts describe 0X0X0X\-0X0X0X\-0X0X0X
.RE



.SH "POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS"

.RS 2m
.TP 2m
\fIACCOUNT_ID\fR

Specify a billing account ID. Billing account IDs are of the form
\f50X0X0X\-0X0X0X\-0X0X0X\fR. To see available IDs, run \f5$ gcloud billing
accounts list\fR.


.RE
.sp

.SH "GCLOUD WIDE FLAGS"

These flags are available to all commands: \-\-access\-token\-file, \-\-account,
\-\-billing\-project, \-\-configuration, \-\-flags\-file, \-\-flatten,
\-\-format, \-\-help, \-\-impersonate\-service\-account, \-\-log\-http,
\-\-project, \-\-quiet, \-\-trace\-token, \-\-user\-output\-enabled,
\-\-verbosity.

Run \fB$ gcloud help\fR for details.



.SH "API REFERENCE"

This command uses the \fBcloudbilling/v1\fR API. The full documentation for this
API can be found at: https://cloud.google.com/billing/v1/getting\-started



.SH "NOTES"

This command is currently in alpha and might change without notice. If this
command fails with API permission errors despite specifying the correct project,
you might be trying to access an API with an invitation\-only early access
allowlist. These variants are also available:

.RS 2m
$ gcloud billing accounts describe
.RE

.RS 2m
$ gcloud beta billing accounts describe
.RE