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Account API Calls

The account API is just for reading, not writing. Any authenticated user has access.

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GET /account.xml

Returns info about the current Basecamp account. Includes:

account id and name
account holder’s person_id
whether SSL is enabled
whether email notification is enabled
whether time tracking is enabled
last-update timestamp

Response

<account>
  <id type="integer">1</id>
  <name>Your Company</name>
  <account-holder-id type="integer">1</account-holder-id>
  <ssl-enabled type="boolean">true</ssl-enabled>
  <email-notification-enabled type="boolean">true</email-notification-enabled>
  <time-tracking-enabled type="boolean">true</time-tracking-enabled>
  <updated-at type="datetime">2009-10-09T17:52:46Z</updated-at>
</account>