You can use the Merchant API to claim and verify your homepage as a proof of ownership. Claiming your homepage lets you unlock features that require a verified website. For more information, see online store URL verification.
Request
To make requests, use the following URL.
POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1beta/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/homepage:claim
Replace {ACCOUNT_ID} with the unique identifier of your Merchant Center account.
Here's a sample comparison of the Content API for Shopping to the Merchant Accounts API for account creation and management requests:
| Content API | Merchant API | |
|---|---|---|
| URL | https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/claimwebsite | https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1beta/{PARENT}{name=accounts/*/homepage}:claim |
| Identifiers | {MERCHANT_ID},{ACCOUNT_ID} | {NAME} |
Migrate from Content API for Shopping
The following compares the Content API for Shopping to the accounts.homepage
for homepage-related requests.
URL
What in the Content API for Shopping is
https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/claimwebsite
in Merchant API becomes
https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/accounts/v1beta/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/homepage:claim
Identifiers
What in the Content API for Shopping is
{MERCHANT_ID}/accounts/{ACCOUNT_ID}/claimwebsite
in Merchant API becomes
NAME=accounts/ACCOUNT_ID/homepage
Methods
The Merchant API supports the following methods for the homepage:
Here's a comparison of homepage method availability between Content API for Shopping and Merchant API.
| Method | Content API for Shopping | Merchant API |
|---|---|---|
| claim | Yes | Yes |
| get | No | Yes |
| unclaim | No | Yes |
| update | No | Yes |