[[["Easy to understand","easyToUnderstand","thumb-up"],["Solved my problem","solvedMyProblem","thumb-up"],["Other","otherUp","thumb-up"]],[["Missing the information I need","missingTheInformationINeed","thumb-down"],["Too complicated / too many steps","tooComplicatedTooManySteps","thumb-down"],["Out of date","outOfDate","thumb-down"],["Samples / code issue","samplesCodeIssue","thumb-down"],["Other","otherDown","thumb-down"]],["Last updated 2025-07-31 UTC."],[],[],null,["# Method: accounts.promotions.insert\n\n- [HTTP request](#body.HTTP_TEMPLATE)\n- [Path parameters](#body.PATH_PARAMETERS)\n- [Request body](#body.request_body)\n - [JSON representation](#body.request_body.SCHEMA_REPRESENTATION)\n- [Response body](#body.response_body)\n- [Authorization scopes](#body.aspect)\n- [Try it!](#try-it)\n\nInserts a promotion for your Merchant Center account. If the promotion already exists, then it updates the promotion instead.\n\n### HTTP request\n\n`POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/promotions/v1/{parent=accounts/*}/promotions:insert`\n\nThe URL uses [gRPC Transcoding](https://google.aip.dev/127) syntax.\n\n### Path parameters\n\n| Parameters ||\n|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `parent` | `string` Required. The account where the promotion will be inserted. Format: accounts/{account} |\n\n### Request body\n\nThe request body contains data with the following structure:\n\n| JSON representation |\n|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| ``` { \"promotion\": { object (/merchant/api/reference/rest/promotions_v1/accounts.promotions#Promotion) }, \"dataSource\": string } ``` |\n\n| Fields ||\n|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|\n| `promotion` | `object (`[Promotion](/merchant/api/reference/rest/promotions_v1/accounts.promotions#Promotion)`)` Required. The promotion to insert. |\n| `dataSource` | `string` Required. The data source of the [promotion](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/6396268?sjid=5155774230887277618-NC) Format: `accounts/{account}/dataSources/{datasource}`. |\n\n### Response body\n\nIf successful, the response body contains an instance of [Promotion](/merchant/api/reference/rest/promotions_v1/accounts.promotions#Promotion).\n\n### Authorization scopes\n\nRequires the following OAuth scope:\n\n- `https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content`\n\nFor more information, see the [OAuth 2.0 Overview](/identity/protocols/OAuth2)."]]