Merchant API code sample to delete a merchant review.

### Java

    // Copyright 2025 Google LLC
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    // 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
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    // WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
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    // limitations under the License.

    package shopping.merchant.samples.reviews.v1alpha;

    import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
    import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
    import com.google.shopping.merchant.reviews.v1alpha.DeleteMerchantReviewRequest;
    import com.google.shopping.merchant.reviews.v1alpha.MerchantReviewsServiceClient;
    import com.google.shopping.merchant.reviews.v1alpha.MerchantReviewsServiceSettings;
    import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator;
    import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config;

    /** This class demonstrates how to delete a merchant review. */
    public class DeleteMerchantReviewSample {

      public static void deleteMerchantReview(String accountId, String merchantReviewId)
          throws Exception {
        GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

        MerchantReviewsServiceSettings merchantReviewsServiceSettings =
            MerchantReviewsServiceSettings.newBuilder()
                .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
                .build();

        try (MerchantReviewsServiceClient merchantReviewsServiceClient =
            MerchantReviewsServiceClient.create(merchantReviewsServiceSettings)) {

          DeleteMerchantReviewRequest request =
              DeleteMerchantReviewRequest.newBuilder()
                  .setName(String.format("accounts/%s/merchantReviews/%s", accountId, merchantReviewId))
                  .build();

          System.out.println("Sending delete merchant review request:");
          merchantReviewsServiceClient.deleteMerchantReview(request);
          System.out.println("Merchant review deleted successfully");
        } catch (Exception e) {
          System.out.println(e);
        }
      }

      public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        Config config = Config.load();
        String merchantReviewId = "YOUR_MERCHANT_REVIEW_ID";
        deleteMerchantReview(config.getAccountId().toString(), merchantReviewId);
      }
    }

### 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.
     */

    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\Reviews\V1alpha\Client\MerchantReviewsServiceClient;
    use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Reviews\V1alpha\DeleteMerchantReviewRequest;

    /**
     * This class demonstrates how to delete a merchant review.
     */
    class DeleteMerchantReviewSample
    {
        private const MERCHANT_REVIEW_ID = 'YOUR_MERCHANT_REVIEW_ID';

        /**
         * Deletes a merchant review from your Merchant Center account.
         *
         * @param array $config The configuration data for authentication and account ID.
         * @param string $merchantReviewId The ID of the merchant review to delete.
         */
        public static function deleteMerchantReviewSample(array $config, string $merchantReviewId): 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.
            $merchantReviewsServiceClient = new MerchantReviewsServiceClient($options);

            // The name of the merchant review to delete.
            // Format: accounts/{account}/merchantReviews/{merchant_review}
            $name = sprintf(
                'accounts/%s/merchantReviews/%s',
                $config['accountId'],
                $merchantReviewId
            );

            // Creates the request message.
            $request = (new DeleteMerchantReviewRequest())
                ->setName($name);

            // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
            try {
                printf("Sending delete merchant review request:%s", PHP_EOL);
                $merchantReviewsServiceClient->deleteMerchantReview($request);
                printf("Merchant review deleted successfully%s", PHP_EOL);
            } catch (ApiException $e) {
                print $e->getMessage() . PHP_EOL;
            }
        }

        /**
         * Helper to execute the sample.
         */
        public function callSample(): void
        {
            $config = Config::generateConfig();
            self::deleteMerchantReviewSample($config, self::MERCHANT_REVIEW_ID);
        }
    }

    // Run the script.
    $sample = new DeleteMerchantReviewSample();
    $sample->callSample();

### 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
    #
    #     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 delete a merchant review."""

    from examples.authentication import configuration
    from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
    from google.shopping.merchant_reviews_v1alpha import DeleteMerchantReviewRequest
    from google.shopping.merchant_reviews_v1alpha import MerchantReviewsServiceClient


    def delete_merchant_review(account_id: str, merchant_review_id: str) -> None:
      """Deletes a merchant review from the given account.

      Args:
        account_id: The ID of the Merchant Center account.
        merchant_review_id: The ID of the merchant review to delete.
      """
      # Gets OAuth credentials.
      credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

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

      # The name of the review to delete.
      # Format: accounts/{account}/merchantReviews/{merchant_review}
      name = f"accounts/{account_id}/merchantReviews/{merchant_review_id}"

      # Creates the request.
      request = DeleteMerchantReviewRequest(name=name)

      # Makes the request and catches and prints any error messages.
      try:
        print("Sending delete merchant review request:")
        client.delete_merchant_review(request=request)
        print("Merchant review deleted successfully")
      except RuntimeError as e:
        print(e)


    if __name__ == "__main__":
      # Gets the merchant account ID from the user.
      merchant_account_id = configuration.Configuration().read_merchant_info()

      # The review ID is the last segment of the `name` field of the
      # `MerchantReview` resource. For example, if the `name` is
      # `accounts/12345/merchantReviews/67890`, the review ID is `67890`.
      review_id = "YOUR_MERCHANT_REVIEW_ID"

      delete_merchant_review(merchant_account_id, review_id)