Client libraries

In this approach to interacting with Merchant API you use the prebuilt libraries that encapsulate the low-level details of making requests and handling responses, offering a more convenient and often language-idiomatic way to interact with the API. They handle authentication, request and response serialization/deserialization, and other boilerplate code.

Step 1. Set up authentication and configure code samples

For instructions, see Setting up Authentication and Sample Configuration Samples for Merchant API.

Step 2. Download and install the client library and code samples

For instructions on downloading and installing the client library and using the code samples from GitHub, see Google Merchant API Python Samples.

Note: Code samples and accompanying instructions are available for multiple programming languages. This guide provides instructions and examples for Python.

Step 3. Register as a developer

To use Merchant API, you must register your developer contact information.

Registration accomplishes the following:

• Creates a technical contact for your Merchant Center account by assigning the API developer role to a user. This lets Google send important updates specifically about the API and the features the developer is using, such as service announcements and information about new features, that might be of less interest to non-developers.
• Lets you work with multiple merchant accounts without having to register multiple times. When you register, the Google Cloud project ID used to authenticate to the Merchant API is associated with your Merchant Center account, which has the technical contacts (the API developers). This way, you can get important updates for all the merchant accounts you manage as long as the authentication is done with the registered Google Cloud project.

When registering, observe the prerequisites and restrictions detailed at Registration.

For an example of how to register your project using client libraries, see the Register a Google Cloud project, supplying a developer email address using Python sample:

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2025 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.

"""This example registers a GCP project with a developer email."""
from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import DeveloperRegistrationServiceClient
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import RegisterGcpRequest


def register_gcp(account_id: str, developer_email: str) -> None:
  """Registers the GCP project used to call the Merchant API with a developer email.

  Args:
    account_id: The ID of your Merchant Center account.
    developer_email: The email address of the developer to register.
  """
  # Get OAuth credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Create a client to the Developer Registration Service.
  client = DeveloperRegistrationServiceClient(credentials=credentials)

  # The name has the format: accounts/{account}/developerRegistration
  name = f"accounts/{account_id}/developerRegistration"

  # Create the request to register the GCP project.
  request = RegisterGcpRequest(
      name=name,
      developer_email=developer_email,
  )

  # Make the API call and handle potential errors.
  try:
    print("Sending RegisterGcp request:")
    response = client.register_gcp(request=request)
    print("Registered GCP project successfully:")
    print(response)
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print(f"An error occurred: {e}")


if __name__ == "__main__":

  # Your Merchant Center account ID.
  # This can be found in the Merchant Center UI.
  _account_id = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()

  # The developer email to associate with the GCP project.
  _developer_email = "YOUR_EMAIL_HERE"

  register_gcp(_account_id, _developer_email)
register_gcp_sample.py

Step 4. Manage developer contacts and permissions

When you register:

• If the email address belongs to a user in the Merchant Center account, that user is granted the API_DEVELOPER role.
• If the email address doesn't belong to an existing user, an invitation is sent to that address. The recipient must accept the invitation to be added as a new user with the API_DEVELOPER role.

After the initial registration, we recommend that you add multiple developers and grant them additional access rights.

Step 4a. Grant additional permissions

The API_DEVELOPER role is required to receive important notifications, but it has minimal permissions within Merchant Center. To allow this user to make other API calls or manage settings in the Merchant Center UI, you need to grant them additional roles, such as STANDARD or ADMIN. For more information, see Access types.

You can update a user's access rights with the accounts.users.patch method.

The sample code shows how to update a user to grant them both ADMIN and API_DEVELOPER roles. This lets them fully manage the account and it means they will also receive API-related communications.

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""A module to update a user."""


from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.protobuf import field_mask_pb2
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import AccessRight
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import UpdateUserRequest
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import User
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import UserServiceClient

FieldMask = field_mask_pb2.FieldMask

_ACCOUNT = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()


def update_user(user_email, user_access_right):
  """Updates a user to make it an admin of the MC account."""

  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  client = UserServiceClient(credentials=credentials)

  # Create user name string
  name = "accounts/" + _ACCOUNT + "/users/" + user_email

  user = User(name=name, access_rights=[user_access_right])

  field_mask = FieldMask(paths=["access_rights"])

  try:
    request = UpdateUserRequest(user=user, update_mask=field_mask)

    print("Sending Update User request")
    response = client.update_user(request=request)
    print("Updated User Name below")
    print(response.name)
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print(e)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  # Modify this email to update the right user
  email = "USER_MAIL_ACCOUNT"
  access_right = AccessRight.ADMIN
  update_user(email, access_right)

update_user_sample.py

Step 4b. Add backup developers

To prevent your API access from being disrupted if your primary developer contact leaves your organization, you should add at least one backup developer.

Caution: If the last user with the API_DEVELOPER role is removed from your Merchant Center account, your API calls will be blocked after a 30-day grace period. During this period, account admins will receive email warnings.

You can add a user with the accounts.users.create method or update an existing one with the accounts.users.patch method. We recommend giving this user both the ADMIN and API_DEVELOPER roles.

Step 5. Create a primary products data source

Before you can insert a product, you need a primary products data source. For sample code that creates a data source, see Create a primary product data source that supports multiple languages sample with Python.

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""This class demonstrates how to create a Primary product datasource all `feedLabel` and `contentLanguage` combinations.

This works only for API primary feeds.
"""

from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping.merchant_datasources_v1 import CreateDataSourceRequest
from google.shopping.merchant_datasources_v1 import DataSource
from google.shopping.merchant_datasources_v1 import DataSourcesServiceClient
from google.shopping.merchant_datasources_v1 import PrimaryProductDataSource

_ACCOUNT = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()
_PARENT = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}"


def create_primary_product_data_source_multiple_languages():
  """Creates a `DataSource` resource."""

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = DataSourcesServiceClient(credentials=credentials)

  # Creates a PrimaryProductDataSource.
  primary_datasource = PrimaryProductDataSource()
  primary_datasource.countries = ["GB"]

  # Creates a DataSource and populates its attributes.
  data_source = DataSource()
  data_source.display_name = "Example Multiple Languages Primary DataSource"
  data_source.primary_product_data_source = primary_datasource

  # Creates the request.
  request = CreateDataSourceRequest(parent=_PARENT, data_source=data_source)

  # Makes the request and catches and prints any error messages.
  try:
    response = client.create_data_source(request=request)
    print(f"DataSource successfully created: {response}")
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print("DataSource creation failed")
    print(e)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  create_primary_product_data_source_multiple_languages()

create_primary_product_data_source_multiple_languages_sample.py

You can view this data source in the Merchant Center UI. For more information, see How to find the Data sources tab.

Step 6. Insert a product

Once you create the data source, try to insert a product into it. For sample code that shows how to do this with the client libraries, see Insert a product input sample with Python.

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""A module to insert a Product Input."""

from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping import merchant_products_v1
from google.shopping.merchant_products_v1 import Availability
from google.shopping.merchant_products_v1 import Condition
from google.shopping.type import Price

_ACCOUNT = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()
_PARENT = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}"

# You can only insert products into datasource types of Input "API" and
# "FILE", and of Type "Primary" or "Supplemental."
_DATA_SOURCE = "[INSERT_DATA_SOURCE_HERE]"
_DATA_SOURCE_NAME = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}/dataSources/{_DATA_SOURCE}"


def create_product_input():
  """Creates a `ProductInput` resource."""

  # Creates a shipping setting
  price = Price()
  price.amount_micros = 33_450_000
  price.currency_code = "GBP"

  shipping_option_1 = merchant_products_v1.Shipping()
  shipping_option_1.price = price
  shipping_option_1.country = "GB"
  shipping_option_1.service = "1st class post"

  price2 = Price()
  price2.amount_micros = 33_450_000
  price2.currency_code = "EUR"

  shipping_option_2 = merchant_products_v1.Shipping()
  shipping_option_2.price = price2
  shipping_option_2.country = "FR"
  shipping_option_2.service = "2nd class post"

  # Sets product attributes. Make sure to replace these values with your own.
  attributes = merchant_products_v1.ProductAttributes()
  attributes.title = "A Tale of Two Cities"
  attributes.description = "A classic novel about the French Revolution"
  attributes.link = "https://exampleWebsite.com/tale-of-two-cities.html"
  attributes.image_link = "https://exampleWebsite.com/tale-of-two-cities.jpg"
  attributes.price = price
  attributes.availability = Availability.IN_STOCK
  attributes.condition = Condition.NEW
  attributes.google_product_category = "Media > Books"
  attributes.gtins = ["9780007350896"]
  attributes.shipping = [shipping_option_1, shipping_option_2]

  return merchant_products_v1.ProductInput(
      content_language="en",
      feed_label="GB",
      offer_id="sku123",
      product_attributes=attributes,
  )


def insert_product_input():
  """Inserts the specified `ProductInput` resource."""

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = merchant_products_v1.ProductInputsServiceClient(
      credentials=credentials
  )

  # Creates the request.
  request = merchant_products_v1.InsertProductInputRequest(
      parent=_PARENT,
      # If this product is already owned by another datasource, when
      # re-inserting, the new datasource will take ownership of the product.
      product_input=create_product_input(),
      data_source=_DATA_SOURCE_NAME,
  )

  # Makes the request and catches and prints any error messages.
  try:
    response = client.insert_product_input(request=request)
    # The last part of the product name will be the product ID assigned to a
    # product by Google. Product ID has the format
    # `contentLanguage~feedLabel~offerId`
    print(f"Input successful: {response}")
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print("Input failed")
    print(e)
    # After the product is inserted, the product ID will be returned in the
    # response. We recommend that you check the Merchant Center to ensure that
    # the product is approved and visible to users before using the product ID
    # in any downstream processes.


if __name__ == "__main__":
  insert_product_input()

insert_product_input_sample.py

Step 7. List your products

For sample code that lists the products in your data source, see List products sample with Python.

Python

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
# Copyright 2024 Google LLC
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.
"""A module to list Products."""

from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping import merchant_products_v1

_ACCOUNT = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()
_PARENT = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}"


def list_products():
  """Lists the `Product` resources for a given account."""

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = merchant_products_v1.ProductsServiceClient(
      credentials=credentials
  )

  # Creates the request. Set the page size to the maximum value.
  request = merchant_products_v1.ListProductsRequest(
      parent=_PARENT, page_size=1000
  )

  # Makes the request and catches and prints any error messages.
  try:
    response = client.list_products(request=request)
    for product in response:
      print(product)
    print("List request successful!")
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print("List request failed")
    print(e)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  list_products()

list_products_sample.py