Rename a service account

Demonstrates renaming a service account.

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C++

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C++ API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

namespace iam = ::google::cloud::iam_admin_v1;
[](std::string const& name, std::string const& display_name) {
  iam::IAMClient client(iam::MakeIAMConnection());
  google::iam::admin::v1::PatchServiceAccountRequest request;
  google::iam::admin::v1::ServiceAccount service_account;
  service_account.set_name(name);
  service_account.set_display_name(display_name);
  google::protobuf::FieldMask update_mask;
  *update_mask.add_paths() = "display_name";
  *request.mutable_service_account() = service_account;
  *request.mutable_update_mask() = update_mask;
  auto response = client.PatchServiceAccount(request);
  if (!response) throw std::move(response).status();
  std::cout << "ServiceAccount successfully updated: "
            << response->DebugString() << "\n";
}

C#

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM C# API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


using System;
using Google.Apis.Auth.OAuth2;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1;
using Google.Apis.Iam.v1.Data;

public partial class ServiceAccounts
{
    public static ServiceAccount RenameServiceAccount(string email,
        string newDisplayName)
    {
        var credential = GoogleCredential.GetApplicationDefault()
            .CreateScoped(IamService.Scope.CloudPlatform);
        var service = new IamService(new IamService.Initializer
        {
            HttpClientInitializer = credential
        });

        // First, get a ServiceAccount using List() or Get().
        string resource = "projects/-/serviceAccounts/" + email;
        var serviceAccount = service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Get(resource)
            .Execute();
        // Then you can update the display name.
        serviceAccount.DisplayName = newDisplayName;
        serviceAccount = service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Update(
            serviceAccount, resource).Execute();
        Console.WriteLine($"Updated display name for {serviceAccount.Email} " +
            "to: " + serviceAccount.DisplayName);
        return serviceAccount;
    }
}

Go

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Go API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"io"

	iam "google.golang.org/api/iam/v1"
)

// renameServiceAccount renames a service account.
func renameServiceAccount(w io.Writer, email, newDisplayName string) (*iam.ServiceAccount, error) {
	ctx := context.Background()
	service, err := iam.NewService(ctx)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("iam.NewService: %w", err)
	}

	// First, get a ServiceAccount using List() or Get().
	resource := "projects/-/serviceAccounts/" + email
	serviceAccount, err := service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Get(resource).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Projects.ServiceAccounts.Get: %w", err)
	}
	// Then you can update the display name.
	serviceAccount.DisplayName = newDisplayName
	serviceAccount, err = service.Projects.ServiceAccounts.Update(resource, serviceAccount).Do()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("Projects.ServiceAccounts.Update: %w", err)
	}

	fmt.Fprintf(w, "Updated service account: %v", serviceAccount.Email)
	return serviceAccount, nil
}

Java

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Java API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 


import com.google.cloud.iam.admin.v1.IAMClient;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.GetServiceAccountRequest;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.PatchServiceAccountRequest;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.ServiceAccount;
import com.google.iam.admin.v1.ServiceAccountName;
import com.google.protobuf.FieldMask;
import java.io.IOException;

public class RenameServiceAccount {
  public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
    // TODO(developer): Replace the variables before running the sample.
    String projectId = "your-project-id";
    String serviceAccountName = "my-service-account-name";
    String displayName = "your-new-display-name";

    renameServiceAccount(projectId, serviceAccountName, displayName);
  }

  // Changes a service account's display name.
  public static ServiceAccount renameServiceAccount(String projectId, String serviceAccountName,
                                                    String displayName) throws IOException {
    // Construct the service account email.
    // You can modify the ".iam.gserviceaccount.com" to match the service account name in which
    // you want to delete the key.
    // See, https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/creating-managing-service-account-keys?hl=en#deleting
    String serviceAccountEmail = serviceAccountName + "@" + projectId + ".iam.gserviceaccount.com";

    // Initialize client that will be used to send requests.
    // This client only needs to be created once, and can be reused for multiple requests.
    try (IAMClient iamClient = IAMClient.create()) {
      // First, get a service account using getServiceAccount or listServiceAccounts
      GetServiceAccountRequest serviceAccountRequest = GetServiceAccountRequest.newBuilder()
              .setName(ServiceAccountName.of(projectId, serviceAccountEmail).toString())
              .build();
      ServiceAccount serviceAccount = iamClient.getServiceAccount(serviceAccountRequest);

      // You can patch only the `display_name` and `description` fields. You must use
      //  the `update_mask` field to specify which of these fields you want to patch.
      serviceAccount = serviceAccount.toBuilder().setDisplayName(displayName).build();
      PatchServiceAccountRequest patchServiceAccountRequest =
              PatchServiceAccountRequest.newBuilder()
                      .setServiceAccount(serviceAccount)
                      .setUpdateMask(FieldMask.newBuilder().addPaths("display_name").build())
                      .build();
      serviceAccount = iamClient.patchServiceAccount(patchServiceAccountRequest);

      System.out.println(
              "Updated display name for "
                      + serviceAccount.getName()
                      + " to: "
                      + serviceAccount.getDisplayName());
      return serviceAccount;
    }
  }
}

Python

To learn how to install and use the client library for IAM, see IAM client libraries. For more information, see the IAM Python API reference documentation.

To authenticate to IAM, set up Application Default Credentials. For more information, see Set up authentication for a local development environment. 

from google.cloud import iam_admin_v1
from google.cloud.iam_admin_v1 import types


def rename_service_account(
    project_id: str, account: str, new_name: str
) -> types.ServiceAccount:
    """
    Renames service account display name.

    project_id: ID or number of the Google Cloud project you want to use.
    account: ID or email which is unique identifier of the service account.
    new_name: New display name of the service account.
    """

    iam_admin_client = iam_admin_v1.IAMClient()

    get_request = types.GetServiceAccountRequest()
    get_request.name = f"projects/{project_id}/serviceAccounts/{account}"
    service_account = iam_admin_client.get_service_account(request=get_request)

    service_account.display_name = new_name

    request = types.PatchServiceAccountRequest()
    request.service_account = service_account
    # You can patch only the `display_name` and `description` fields. You must use
    # the `update_mask` field to specify which of these fields you want to patch.
    # To successfully set update mask you need to transform snake_case field to camelCase.
    # e.g. `display_name` will become `displayName`
    request.update_mask = "displayName"

    updated_account = iam_admin_client.patch_service_account(request=request)
    return updated_account

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