# Google Cloud Billing API . projects

## Instance Methods

Gets the billing information for a project. The current authenticated user must have [permission to view the project](https://cloud.google.com/docs/permissions-overview#h.bgs0oxofvnoo ).

Sets or updates the billing account associated with a project. You specify the new billing account by setting the `billing_account_name` in the `ProjectBillingInfo` resource to the resource name of a billing account. Associating a project with an open billing account enables billing on the project and allows charges for resource usage. If the project already had a billing account, this method changes the billing account used for resource usage charges. *Note:* Incurred charges that have not yet been reported in the transaction history of the Google Developers Console may be billed to the new billing account, even if the charge occurred before the new billing account was assigned to the project. The current authenticated user must have ownership privileges for both the [project](https://cloud.google.com/docs/permissions-overview#h.bgs0oxofvnoo ) and the [billing account](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/4430947). You can disable billing on the project by setting the `billing_account_name` field to empty. This action disassociates the current billing account from the project. Any billable activity of your in-use services will stop, and your application could stop functioning as expected. Any unbilled charges to date will be billed to the previously associated account. The current authenticated user must be either an owner of the project or an owner of the billing account for the project. Note that associating a project with a *closed* billing account will have much the same effect as disabling billing on the project: any paid resources used by the project will be shut down. Thus, unless you wish to disable billing, you should always call this method with the name of an *open* billing account.

### Method Details

`getBillingInfo(name, x__xgafv=None)`

    Gets the billing information for a project. The current authenticated user must have [permission to view the project](https://cloud.google.com/docs/permissions-overview#h.bgs0oxofvnoo ).

    Args:
      name: string, The resource name of the project for which billing information is retrieved. For example, `projects/tokyo-rain-123`. (required)
      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Encapsulation of billing information for a Developers Console project. A project has at most one associated billing account at a time (but a billing account can be assigned to multiple projects).
        "projectId": "A String", # The ID of the project that this `ProjectBillingInfo` represents, such as `tokyo-rain-123`. This is a convenience field so that you don't need to parse the `name` field to obtain a project ID. This field is read-only.
        "name": "A String", # The resource name for the `ProjectBillingInfo`; has the form `projects/{project_id}/billingInfo`. For example, the resource name for the billing information for project `tokyo-rain-123` would be `projects/tokyo-rain-123/billingInfo`. This field is read-only.
        "billingEnabled": True or False, # True if the project is associated with an open billing account, to which usage on the project is charged. False if the project is associated with a closed billing account, or no billing account at all, and therefore cannot use paid services. This field is read-only.
        "billingAccountName": "A String", # The resource name of the billing account associated with the project, if any. For example, `billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF`.
      }

`updateBillingInfo(name, body, x__xgafv=None)`

    Sets or updates the billing account associated with a project. You specify the new billing account by setting the `billing_account_name` in the `ProjectBillingInfo` resource to the resource name of a billing account. Associating a project with an open billing account enables billing on the project and allows charges for resource usage. If the project already had a billing account, this method changes the billing account used for resource usage charges. *Note:* Incurred charges that have not yet been reported in the transaction history of the Google Developers Console may be billed to the new billing account, even if the charge occurred before the new billing account was assigned to the project. The current authenticated user must have ownership privileges for both the [project](https://cloud.google.com/docs/permissions-overview#h.bgs0oxofvnoo ) and the [billing account](https://support.google.com/cloud/answer/4430947). You can disable billing on the project by setting the `billing_account_name` field to empty. This action disassociates the current billing account from the project. Any billable activity of your in-use services will stop, and your application could stop functioning as expected. Any unbilled charges to date will be billed to the previously associated account. The current authenticated user must be either an owner of the project or an owner of the billing account for the project. Note that associating a project with a *closed* billing account will have much the same effect as disabling billing on the project: any paid resources used by the project will be shut down. Thus, unless you wish to disable billing, you should always call this method with the name of an *open* billing account.

    Args:
      name: string, The resource name of the project associated with the billing information that you want to update. For example, `projects/tokyo-rain-123`. (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # Encapsulation of billing information for a Developers Console project. A project has at most one associated billing account at a time (but a billing account can be assigned to multiple projects).
      "projectId": "A String", # The ID of the project that this `ProjectBillingInfo` represents, such as `tokyo-rain-123`. This is a convenience field so that you don't need to parse the `name` field to obtain a project ID. This field is read-only.
      "name": "A String", # The resource name for the `ProjectBillingInfo`; has the form `projects/{project_id}/billingInfo`. For example, the resource name for the billing information for project `tokyo-rain-123` would be `projects/tokyo-rain-123/billingInfo`. This field is read-only.
      "billingEnabled": True or False, # True if the project is associated with an open billing account, to which usage on the project is charged. False if the project is associated with a closed billing account, or no billing account at all, and therefore cannot use paid services. This field is read-only.
      "billingAccountName": "A String", # The resource name of the billing account associated with the project, if any. For example, `billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF`.
    }

      x__xgafv: string, V1 error format.

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # Encapsulation of billing information for a Developers Console project. A project has at most one associated billing account at a time (but a billing account can be assigned to multiple projects).
        "projectId": "A String", # The ID of the project that this `ProjectBillingInfo` represents, such as `tokyo-rain-123`. This is a convenience field so that you don't need to parse the `name` field to obtain a project ID. This field is read-only.
        "name": "A String", # The resource name for the `ProjectBillingInfo`; has the form `projects/{project_id}/billingInfo`. For example, the resource name for the billing information for project `tokyo-rain-123` would be `projects/tokyo-rain-123/billingInfo`. This field is read-only.
        "billingEnabled": True or False, # True if the project is associated with an open billing account, to which usage on the project is charged. False if the project is associated with a closed billing account, or no billing account at all, and therefore cannot use paid services. This field is read-only.
        "billingAccountName": "A String", # The resource name of the billing account associated with the project, if any. For example, `billingAccounts/012345-567890-ABCDEF`.
      }