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Demonstrates disabling a service account.
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authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n namespace iam = ::google::cloud::iam_admin_v1;\n [](std::string const& name) {\n iam::IAMClient client(iam::MakeIAMConnection());\n google::iam::admin::v1::DisableServiceAccountRequest request;\n request.set_name(name);\n auto response = client.DisableServiceAccount(request);\n if (!response.ok()) throw std::runtime_error(response.message());\n std::cout \u003c\u003c \"ServiceAccount successfully disabled.\\n\";\n }\n\n### C#\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see\n[IAM client libraries](/iam/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[IAM C# API\nreference documentation](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/dotnet/apis/iam/v1).\n\n\nTo authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n\n using System;\n using https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Apis/latest/Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2.html;\n using Google.Apis.Iam.v1;\n using Google.Apis.Iam.v1.Data;\n\n public partial class ServiceAccounts\n {\n public static void DisableServiceAccount(string email)\n {\n var credential = https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Apis/latest/Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2.GoogleCredential.html.https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Apis/latest/Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2.GoogleCredential.html#Google_Apis_Auth_OAuth2_GoogleCredential_GetApplicationDefault()\n .https://cloud.google.com/dotnet/docs/reference/Google.Apis/latest/Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2.GoogleCredential.html#Google_Apis_Auth_OAuth2_GoogleCredential_CreateScoped_System_Collections_Generic_IEnumerable_System_String__(IamService.Scope.CloudPlatform);\n var service = new IamService(new IamService.Initializer\n {\n HttpClientInitializer = credential\n });\n\n var request = new DisableServiceAccountRequest();\n\n string resource = \"projects/-/serviceAccounts/\" + email;\n service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Disable(request, resource).Execute();\n Console.WriteLine(\"Disabled service account: \" + email);\n }\n }\n\n### Go\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see\n[IAM client libraries](/iam/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[IAM Go API\nreference documentation](https://godoc.org/google.golang.org/genproto/googleapis/iam/admin/v1).\n\n\nTo authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n import (\n \t\"context\"\n \t\"fmt\"\n \t\"io\"\n\n \tiam \"google.golang.org/api/iam/v1\"\n )\n\n // disableServiceAccount disables a service account.\n func disableServiceAccount(w io.Writer, email string) error {\n \t// email:= service-account@your-project.iam.gserviceaccount.com\n \tctx := context.Background()\n \tservice, err := iam.NewService(ctx)\n \tif err != nil {\n \t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"iam.NewService: %w\", err)\n \t}\n\n \trequest := &iam.DisableServiceAccountRequest{}\n \t_, err = service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Disable(\"projects/-/serviceAccounts/\"+email, request).Do()\n \tif err != nil {\n \t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"Projects.ServiceAccounts.Disable: %w\", err)\n \t}\n \tfmt.Fprintf(w, \"Disabled service account: %v\", email)\n \treturn nil\n }\n\n### Java\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see\n[IAM client libraries](/iam/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[IAM Java API\nreference documentation](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/java/apis/iam/v1).\n\n\nTo authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n import com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-iam-admin/latest/com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient.html;\n import com.google.iam.admin.v1.https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-iam-admin/latest/com.google.iam.admin.v1.DisableServiceAccountRequest.html;\n import java.io.IOException;\n\n public class DisableServiceAccount {\n\n public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {\n // TODO(Developer): Replace the below variables before running.\n String projectId = \"your-project-id\";\n String serviceAccountName = \"your-service-account-name\";\n\n disableServiceAccount(projectId, serviceAccountName);\n }\n\n // Disables a service account.\n public static void disableServiceAccount(String projectId, String accountName)\n throws IOException {\n String email = String.format(\"%s@%s.iam.gserviceaccount.com\", accountName, projectId);\n\n // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.\n // This client only needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.\n try (https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-iam-admin/latest/com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient.html iamClient = https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-iam-admin/latest/com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient.html.create()) {\n iamClient.disableServiceAccount(https://cloud.google.com/java/docs/reference/google-iam-admin/latest/com.google.iam.admin.v1.DisableServiceAccountRequest.html.newBuilder()\n .setName(String.format(\"projects/%s/serviceAccounts/%s\", projectId, email))\n .build());\n\n System.out.println(\"Disabled service account: \" + accountName);\n }\n }\n }\n\n### Python\n\n\nTo learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see\n[IAM client libraries](/iam/docs/reference/libraries).\n\n\nFor more information, see the\n[IAM Python API\nreference documentation](https://developers.google.com/api-client-library/python/apis/iam/v1).\n\n\nTo authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials.\nFor more information, see\n\n[Set up authentication for a local development environment](/docs/authentication/set-up-adc-local-dev-environment).\n\n import time\n\n from google.cloud import iam_admin_v1\n from google.cloud.iam_admin_v1 import types\n\n\n def disable_service_account(project_id: str, account: str) -\u003e types.ServiceAccount:\n \"\"\"Disables a service account.\n\n project_id: ID or number of the Google Cloud project you want to use.\n account: ID or email which is unique identifier of the service account.\n \"\"\"\n\n iam_admin_client = iam_admin_v1.IAMClient()\n request = types.DisableServiceAccountRequest()\n name = f\"projects/{project_id}/serviceAccounts/{account}\"\n request.name = name\n\n iam_admin_client.disable_service_account(request=request)\n time.sleep(5) # waiting to make sure changes applied\n\n get_request = types.GetServiceAccountRequest()\n get_request.name = name\n\n service_account = iam_admin_client.get_service_account(request=get_request)\n if service_account.disabled:\n print(f\"Disabled service account: {account}\")\n return service_account\n\nWhat's next\n-----------\n\n\nTo search and filter code samples for other Google Cloud products, see the\n[Google Cloud sample browser](/docs/samples?product=iam)."]]