This API is deprecated and does not support Google Analytics 4 (GA4) properties. Use the Admin API to provision and manage GA4 properties.

createAccountTree

Create a Google Analytics account, which includes a single web property and view.

When an account is created with createAccountTree, it inherits a number a settings from the template account associated with your Google Cloud ID when approved. These settings include:

All data sharing settings.
Acceptance of the Data Processing Terms and Measurement Controller-Controller Data Protection Agreement.
The organization associated with the template account, if any.
The language and country code selected while accepting the Terms of Service.

Note that these setting are copied at account creation time. If the template account settings are changed, these changes will not be reflected in the provisioned account.

Request

HTTP Request

To use the API, make a POST request to this URL:

https://www.googleapis.com/analytics/v3/provisioning/createAccountTree

Request Body

The request body is JSON formatted and contains parameters and configuration for the Analytics account, property, and view:

{
  "accountName": string,
  "webpropertyName": string,
  "websiteUrl": string,
  "profileName": string,
  "timezone": string,
}

Field Name	Type	Description
`accountName`	`string`	The name of the account.
`webpropertyName`	`string`	The name of the web property attached to the Account.
`websiteUrl`	`string`	The web URL associated with the web property.
`profileName`	`string`	The name of the view attached to the web property.
`timezone`	`string`	The timezone associated with the view. Time zones are identified by strings from the TZ database (e.g. `America/Los_Angeles`).

Additionally, the API accepts all Standard Query Parameters

Authorization

This request requires authorization with the following scope(s):

Scope
`https://www.googleapis.com/auth/analytics.provision`

Response

If successful, this method returns a JSON resource containing information about the new Analytics account:

{
  "kind": "analytics#accountTreeResponse",
  "account": management.accounts Resource,
  "webproperty": management.webproperties Resource,
  "profile": management.profiles Resource,
}

Field Name	Type	Description
`kind`	`string`	Resource type for this response.
`account`	`Account resource`	Details of the created account.
`webproperty`	`Web property resource`	Details of the created web property.
`profile`	`View Resource`	Details of the created view.