Imports a Customer
from the Cloud Identity associated with the provided Cloud Identity ID or domain before a customers.transferEntitlements call. If a linked Customer already exists and overwriteIfExists is true, it will update that Customer's data.
Possible error codes:
- PERMISSION_DENIED:
- The reseller account making the request is different from the reseller account in the API request.
- You are not authorized to import the customer. See https://support.google.com/channelservices/answer/9759265
- NOT_FOUND: Cloud Identity doesn't exist or was deleted.
- INVALID_ARGUMENT: Required parameters are missing, or the authToken is expired or invalid.
- ALREADY_EXISTS: A customer already exists and has conflicting critical fields. Requires an overwrite.
Return value: The Customer
.
HTTP request
POST https://cloudchannel.googleapis.com/v1/{parent=accounts/*}/customers:import
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters | |
|---|---|
parent
|
Required. The resource name of the reseller's account. Parent takes the format: accounts/{account_id} or accounts/{account_id}/channelPartnerLinks/{channelPartnerId} |
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
|---|
{ "authToken" : string , "overwriteIfExists" : boolean , "channelPartnerId" : string , "customer" : string , // Union field |
authToken
string
Optional. The super admin of the resold customer generates this token to authorize a reseller to access their Cloud Identity and purchase entitlements on their behalf. You can omit this token after authorization. See https://support.google.com/a/answer/7643790 for more details.
overwriteIfExists
boolean
Required. Choose to overwrite an existing customer if found. This must be set to true if there is an existing customer with a conflicting region code or domain.
channelPartnerId
string
Optional. Cloud Identity ID of a channel partner who will be the direct reseller for the customer's order. This field is required for 2-tier transfer scenarios and can be provided via the request Parent binding as well.
customer
string
Optional. Specifies the customer that will receive imported Cloud Identity information. Format: accounts/{account_id}/customers/{customer_id}
customer_identity
. Specifies the identity of the transfer customer. A customer's cloud_identity_id or domain is required to look up the customer's Cloud Identity. For Team customers, only the cloud_identity_id option is valid. customer_identity
can be only one of the following:domain
string
Required. Customer domain.
cloudIdentityId
string
Required. Customer's Cloud Identity ID
primaryAdminEmail
string
Required. Customer's primary admin email.
Response body
If successful, the response body contains an instance of Customer
.
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
-
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/apps.order
For more information, see the Authentication Overview .

