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Data sources are the foundation for submitting your:
product listings
inventory information
promotions
customer reviews
and more
The Data sources sub-API within Merchant API lets you programmatically manage
how you provide various types of data to your Google Merchant Center account.
With the Data sources sub-API, you can:
Create and configure different types of data sources tailored to your
specific data submission needs.
Retrieve detailed information about your existing data source setups.
Manage links between primary and supplemental data sources.
Initiate on-demand fetches and check the status of your uploads for file
based data sources.
The following set of guides provides detailed instructions and examples for
common use cases:
Manage API data sources for product
uploads: learn how to
create and configure primary and supplemental data sources specifically
designed for uploading your product information with the API. This includes
setting up data sources for any country, language or specific targets, and
linking supplemental sources to primary ones.
View your data source
configurations: discover
how to retrieve details about your existing data sources. This guide covers
fetching a specific data source by its ID and listing all data sources
associated with your Merchant Center account.
Manage various data source
types: explore how to
set up different kinds of data sources beyond API product data sources. This
includes configuring data sources for local inventory, promotions, product
reviews, and merchant reviews. It also covers how to manage Autofeed
settings within the Accounts sub-API.
Monitor and trigger file based data source
processing: understand
how to monitor your file-based data sources. This guide explains how to
trigger an immediate fetch for a data source and how to retrieve the
processing status of your latest file uploads, including any errors or
warnings.
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