Merchant API code sample to create a user.
Java
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package shopping.merchant.samples.accounts.users.v1;
import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccessRight;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.CreateUserRequest;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.User;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.UserServiceClient;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.UserServiceSettings;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config;
/** This class demonstrates how to create a user for a Merchant Center account. */
public class CreateUserSample {
private static String getParent(String accountId) {
return String.format("accounts/%s", accountId);
}
public static void createUser(Config config, String email) throws Exception {
// Obtains OAuth token based on the user's configuration.
GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();
// Creates service settings using the credentials retrieved above.
UserServiceSettings userServiceSettings =
UserServiceSettings.newBuilder()
.setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
.build();
// Creates parent to identify where to insert the user.
String parent = getParent(config.getAccountId().toString());
// Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
try (UserServiceClient userServiceClient = UserServiceClient.create(userServiceSettings)) {
CreateUserRequest request =
CreateUserRequest.newBuilder()
.setParent(parent)
// This field is the email address of the user.
.setUserId(email)
.setUser(
User.newBuilder()
.addAccessRights(AccessRight.ADMIN)
.addAccessRights(AccessRight.PERFORMANCE_REPORTING)
.build())
.build();
System.out.println("Sending Create User request");
User response = userServiceClient.createUser(request);
System.out.println("Inserted User Name below");
// The last part of the user name will be the email address of the user.
// Format: `accounts/{account}/user/{user}`
System.out.println(response.getName());
} catch (Exception e) {
System.out.println(e);
}
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
Config config = Config.load();
// The email address of this user.
String email = "testUser@gmail.com";
createUser(config, email);
}
}
PHP
<?php
/**
* 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.
*/
/**
* Demonstrates how to create a user for a Merchant Center account.
*/
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../../vendor/autoload.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../Authentication/Authentication.php';
require_once __DIR__ . '/../../../Authentication/Config.php';
use Google\ApiCore\ApiException;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\AccessRight;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\CreateUserRequest;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\User;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\Client\UserServiceClient;
/**
* Creates a user.
*
* @param array $config The configuration data.
* @param string $email The email address of the user.
* @return void
*/
function createUser($config, $email): void
{
// Gets the OAuth credentials to make the request.
$credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();
// Creates options config containing credentials for the client to use.
$options = ['credentials' => $credentials];
// Creates a client.
$userServiceClient = new UserServiceClient($options);
// Creates parent to identify where to insert the user.
$parent = sprintf("accounts/%s", $config['accountId']);
// Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
try {
$request = new CreateUserRequest([
'parent' => $parent,
'user_id' => $email,
'user' => (new User())
->setAccessRights([AccessRight::ADMIN,AccessRight::PERFORMANCE_REPORTING])
]);
print "Sending Create User request\n";
$response = $userServiceClient->createUser($request);
print "Inserted User Name below\n";
print $response->getName() . "\n";
} catch (ApiException $e) {
print $e->getMessage();
}
}
$config = Config::generateConfig();
$email = "testUser@gmail.com";
createUser($config, $email);
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 create a user."""
from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import AccessRight
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import CreateUserRequest
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import User
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import UserServiceClient
_ACCOUNT = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()
def get_parent(account_id):
return f"accounts/{account_id}"
def create_user(user_email):
"""Creates a user for a Merchant Center account."""
# Get OAuth credentials
credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()
# Create a UserServiceClient
client = UserServiceClient(credentials=credentials)
# Create parent string
parent = get_parent(_ACCOUNT)
# Create the request
request = CreateUserRequest(
parent=parent,
user_id=user_email,
user=User(
access_rights=[AccessRight.ADMIN, AccessRight.PERFORMANCE_REPORTING]
),
)
try:
print("Sending Create User request")
response = client.create_user(request=request)
print("Inserted User Name below")
print(response.name)
except RuntimeError as e:
print(e)
if __name__ == "__main__":
# Modify this email to create a new user
email = "USER_MAIL_ACCOUNT"
create_user(email)