# Account
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Contains information about the Amazon account within which the activity took place.

## Contents
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 ** uid **   <a name="guardduty-Type-Account-uid"></a>
The Amazon account ID within which the activity took place. This may differ from the account that owns the user identity.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** account **   <a name="guardduty-Type-Account-account"></a>
Name of the member's Amazon account.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific Amazon SDKs, see the following:
+  [Amazon SDK for C\+\+](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForCpp/guardduty-2017-11-28/Account) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Java V2](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForJavaV2/guardduty-2017-11-28/Account) 
+  [Amazon SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.amazonaws.cn/goto/SdkForRubyV3/guardduty-2017-11-28/Account)