---
title: "GET /projects/{projectsId}/serviceAccount"
method: GET
path: "/projects/{projectsId}/serviceAccount"
tags: ["projects"]
---

# GET /projects/{projectsId}/serviceAccount

`GET /projects/{projectsId}/serviceAccount`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2`
- URL: `https://bigquery.googleapis.com/bigquery/v2/projects/{projectsId}/serviceAccount`
- Auth: one of:
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery`
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform`
  - OAuth 2 and OAuth 2
    - Implicit: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only`
    - Authorization code: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth`
    - Token URL: `https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/token` scopes: `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only`

RPC to get the service account for a project used for interactions with Google Cloud KMS. Requires the `bigquery.jobs.create` permission on the project resource. This permission is required to authorize the retrieval of the project's service identity for technical management tasks like encryption configuration.

## Path parameters

- `projectsId` string, required

## Response `200`

Successful response

- GetServiceAccountResponse: Response object of GetServiceAccount
  - `email` string: The service account email address.
  - `kind` string: The resource type of the response.

## Changes

- **2026-11-05** `33188b5cf151`: 4 info
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
- **2026-10-29** `1c22958240fa`: 4 info
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/bigquery` was added to the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2`
  - the security scope `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform.read-only` was removed from the endpoint's security scheme `Oauth2c`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/google/apis/bigquery/changes/projects/:projectsId/serviceAccount/get.md)

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