Merchant API code sample to create a online return policy.
Java
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package shopping.merchant.samples.accounts.onlinereturnpolicy.v1;
import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.CreateOnlineReturnPolicyRequest;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicy;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicy.ItemCondition;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicy.Policy;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicy.Policy.Type;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicy.ReturnMethod;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicyServiceClient;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.OnlineReturnPolicyServiceSettings;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config;
/**
* This class demonstrates how to create an OnlineReturnPolicy for a given Merchant Center account.
*/
public class CreateOnlineReturnPolicySample {
public static void createOnlineReturnPolicy(Config config) throws Exception {
// Obtains OAuth token based on the user's configuration.
GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();
// Creates service settings using the credentials retrieved above.
OnlineReturnPolicyServiceSettings onlineReturnPolicyServiceSettings =
OnlineReturnPolicyServiceSettings.newBuilder()
.setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
.build();
// Creates parent to identify where to create the online return policy.
String parent = "accounts/" + config.getAccountId().toString();
// Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
try (OnlineReturnPolicyServiceClient onlineReturnPolicyServiceClient =
OnlineReturnPolicyServiceClient.create(onlineReturnPolicyServiceSettings)) {
// The name has the format: accounts/{account}/onlineReturnPolicies/{return_policy}
CreateOnlineReturnPolicyRequest request =
CreateOnlineReturnPolicyRequest.newBuilder()
.setParent(parent)
.setOnlineReturnPolicy(
OnlineReturnPolicy.newBuilder()
.setLabel("US Return Policy")
.setReturnPolicyUri("https://www.google.com/returnpolicy-sample")
.addCountries("US")
.setPolicy(Policy.newBuilder().setType(Type.LIFETIME_RETURNS).build())
.addItemConditions(ItemCondition.NEW)
.addReturnMethods(ReturnMethod.IN_STORE)
.setProcessRefundDays(10)
.build())
.build();
System.out.println("Sending create OnlineReturnPolicy request:");
OnlineReturnPolicy response =
onlineReturnPolicyServiceClient.createOnlineReturnPolicy(request);
System.out.println("Retrieved OnlineReturnPolicy below");
System.out.println(response);
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Config config = Config.load();
createOnlineReturnPolicy(config);
}
}