:::code-group
```javascript JavaScript theme={null}
// Requires Node.js SDK v8.2.0 or later
import { AdminClient } from '@pinecone-database/pinecone';

// Reads PINECONE_CLIENT_ID and PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET from the environment
const admin = new AdminClient();

const serviceAccount = await admin.serviceAccounts.describe('YOUR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID');
console.log(serviceAccount);
```

```go Go theme={null}
// Requires Go SDK v6.0.0 or later
package main

import (
    "context"
    "fmt"
    "log"
    "os"

    "github.com/pinecone-io/go-pinecone/v6/pinecone"
)

func main() {
    ctx := context.Background()

    adminClient, err := pinecone.NewAdminClientWithContext(ctx, pinecone.NewAdminClientParams{
        ClientId:     os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_ID"),
        ClientSecret: os.Getenv("PINECONE_CLIENT_SECRET"),
    })
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to create AdminClient: %v", err)
    }

    sa, err := adminClient.ServiceAccount.Describe(ctx, "YOUR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID")
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatalf("Failed to describe service account: %v", err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("Service account: %v (%v)\n", sa.Name, sa.Id)
}
```

```hcl Terraform theme={null}
# Requires Terraform provider v4.0.0 or later
data "pinecone_service_account" "example" {
  id = "YOUR_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID"
}

output "service_account_name" {
  value = data.pinecone_service_account.example.name
}
```

```bash curl theme={null}
PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN="YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN"
PINECONE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID="f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c"

curl -X GET "https://api.pinecone.io/admin/service-accounts/$PINECONE_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_ID" \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer $PINECONE_ACCESS_TOKEN" \
	-H "accept: application/json" \
	-H "X-Pinecone-Api-Version: 2026-04"
```
:::

:::code-group
```json curl theme={null}
{
  "id": "f8a3b2c1-4d5e-6f7a-8b9c-0d1e2f3a4b5c",
  "name": "My Service Account",
  "client_id": "l3Ow0CmFyc4jOONcwiKUCRqQKN0tiCAn",
  "created_at": "2026-04-10T15:23:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-04-12T09:11:00Z"
}
```
:::

**GET** `/admin/service-accounts/{service_account_id}`

#### Authorizations

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Authorization` | `string` | - |  |

An [access token](/guides/admin-organizations-manage-service-accounts#retrieve-an-access-token) must be provided in the `Authorization` header using the `Bearer` scheme.

#### Headers

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `X-Pinecone-Api-Version` | `string` | `2026-04` | Required date-based version header |

#### Path Parameters

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `service_account_id` | `string` | - | The unique identifier of the service account. |

#### Response

`200` — The service account details (without the client secret). Role bindings are not included; use `GET /admin/role-bindings` to list them.

A service account. The OAuth `client_secret` is not included.

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | `string` | - | The unique identifier for the service account. Use this as the path parameter on /admin/service-accounts/service_account_id endpoints and as the principal_id when querying or creating role bindings. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | `string` | - | A short human-readable label, set by the caller at creation time. Required string length: 1 - 80 |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `client_id` | `string` | - | The OAuth client ID used by the service account to obtain access tokens. Used only for OAuth token exchange. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `created_at` | `string` | - | The date and time the service account was created. |

| Prop | Type | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `updated_at` | `string` | - | The date and time of the service account's most recent metadata update. |

## Related pages

- [List service accounts](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-list-service-accounts.md)
- [Create a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-create-a-service-account.md)
- [Get service account details](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-get-service-account-details.md)
- [Delete a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-delete-a-service-account.md)
- [Update a service account](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-update-a-service-account.md)
- [Rotate a service account's OAuth client secret](./admin-2-2026-07-admin-service-accounts-rotate-a-service-accounts-oauth-client-secret.md)
- [Create a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-create-service-account.md)
- [List service accounts](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-list-service-accounts.md)
- [Update a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-update-service-account.md)
- [Delete a service account](./admin-2-2026-04-admin-delete-service-account.md)

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