The CSS API is an evolution of the CSS features in Content API for Shopping.
The CSS API provides the following robust tools for managing your CSS operations:
- CSS label management: Lets you place Shopping ads on Google on behalf of merchants in countries where the CSS program is available.
- Account organization: Efficiently categorize and manage associated accounts. CSS domains and CSS groups can make use of labels to organize their linked accounts.
- CSS domain administration: CSS domains can list, label, and filter Merchant Center accounts associated with a domain.
- CSS group oversight: CSS groups can label and list the CSS domains affiliated with a group.
You can use the CSS API to manage your CSS and control your CSS Products portfolio.
Advantages
Upgrading to the CSS API offers the following advantages:
- New features:
- CSS Product Management enables direct CSS product uploads.
- Enhanced Account and Label Management enable better client organization.
- The Quota Service lets you monitor API usage.
- Improved alignment with Google's API improvement proposals.
- CSS Products are only available in the CSS API.
- Updated documentation and samples.