API reference

Account API

Fetch the account resource that scopes the entire Twilio-compatible API.

Account resource

GET /Accounts/{AccountSid}json

{
  "account_sid": "AC…",
  "api_version": "2010-04-01",
  "sid": "AC…",
  "status": "active",
  "name": "My Carrier",
  "date_created": "Tue, 18 Aug 2026 07:20:11 -0000",
  "date_updated": "Wed, 19 Aug 2026 19:29:12 -0000",
  "uri": "/2010-04-01/Accounts/AC…"
}

Fetch the account

GET/2010-04-01/Accounts/{AccountSid}

Return the account resource for the authenticated account.

Parameter	Type	Description
`AccountSid` required	`string`	Your account SID.

Response — 200 OK with the account resource above.

Most integrations never call this directly — the account is implicit in the URL. It is useful for health checks and for discovering your account's status (e.g. active vs suspended).

The account's status reflects billing and compliance state. A non-active account will receive 403 responses on resource calls.