This method creates billing subaccounts. Google Cloud resellers should use the Channel Services APIs, accounts.customers.create and accounts.customers.entitlements.create. When creating a subaccount, the current authenticated user must have the billing.accounts.update IAM permission on the parent account, which is typically given to billing account administrators. This method will return an error if the parent account has not been provisioned for subaccounts.

Scopes

You will need authorization for at least one of the following scopes to make a valid call:

  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-billing
  • https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

If unset, the scope for this method defaults to https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-billing. You can set the scope for this method like this: cloudbilling1 --scope <scope> billing-accounts sub-accounts-create ...

Required Scalar Argument

  • <parent> (string)
    • Optional. The parent to create a billing account from. Format: - billingAccounts/{billing_account_id}, for example, billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF

Required Request Value

The request value is a data-structure with various fields. Each field may be a simple scalar or another data-structure. In the latter case it is advised to set the field-cursor to the data-structure's field to specify values more concisely.

For example, a structure like this:

BillingAccount:
  display-name: string
  master-billing-account: string
  name: string
  open: boolean
  parent: string

can be set completely with the following arguments which are assumed to be executed in the given order. Note how the cursor position is adjusted to the respective structures, allowing simple field names to be used most of the time.

  • -r . display-name=lorem
    • The display name given to the billing account, such as My Billing Account. This name is displayed in the Google Cloud Console.
  • master-billing-account=gubergren
    • If this account is a subaccount, then this will be the resource name of the parent billing account that it is being resold through. Otherwise this will be empty.
  • name=eos
    • Output only. The resource name of the billing account. The resource name has the form billingAccounts/{billing_account_id}. For example, billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF would be the resource name for billing account 012345-567890-ABCDEF.
  • open=true
    • Output only. True if the billing account is open, and will therefore be charged for any usage on associated projects. False if the billing account is closed, and therefore projects associated with it are unable to use paid services.
  • parent=invidunt
    • Output only. The billing account's parent resource identifier. Use the MoveBillingAccount method to update the account's parent resource if it is a organization. Format: - organizations/{organization_id}, for example, organizations/12345678 - billingAccounts/{billing_account_id}, for example, billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF

About Cursors

The cursor position is key to comfortably set complex nested structures. The following rules apply:

  • The cursor position is always set relative to the current one, unless the field name starts with the . character. Fields can be nested such as in -r f.s.o .
  • The cursor position is set relative to the top-level structure if it starts with ., e.g. -r .s.s
  • You can also set nested fields without setting the cursor explicitly. For example, to set a value relative to the current cursor position, you would specify -r struct.sub_struct=bar.
  • You can move the cursor one level up by using ... Each additional . moves it up one additional level. E.g. ... would go three levels up.

Optional Output Flags

The method's return value a JSON encoded structure, which will be written to standard output by default.

  • -o out
    • out specifies the destination to which to write the server's result to. It will be a JSON-encoded structure. The destination may be - to indicate standard output, or a filepath that is to contain the received bytes. If unset, it defaults to standard output.

Optional General Properties

The following properties can configure any call, and are not specific to this method.

  • -p $-xgafv=string

    • V1 error format.

  • -p access-token=string

    • OAuth access token.

  • -p alt=string

    • Data format for response.

  • -p callback=string

    • JSONP

  • -p fields=string

    • Selector specifying which fields to include in a partial response.

  • -p key=string

    • API key. Your API key identifies your project and provides you with API access, quota, and reports. Required unless you provide an OAuth 2.0 token.

  • -p oauth-token=string

    • OAuth 2.0 token for the current user.

  • -p pretty-print=boolean

    • Returns response with indentations and line breaks.

  • -p quota-user=string

    • Available to use for quota purposes for server-side applications. Can be any arbitrary string assigned to a user, but should not exceed 40 characters.

  • -p upload-type=string

    • Legacy upload protocol for media (e.g. "media", "multipart").

  • -p upload-protocol=string

    • Upload protocol for media (e.g. "raw", "multipart").