Propose an account service

Merchant API code sample to propose an account service.

Java

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package shopping.merchant.samples.accounts.accountservices.v1;
import com.google.api.gax.core.FixedCredentialsProvider;
import com.google.auth.oauth2.GoogleCredentials;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountAggregation;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountService;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountServicesServiceClient;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.AccountServicesServiceSettings;
import com.google.shopping.merchant.accounts.v1.ProposeAccountServiceRequest;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Authenticator;
import shopping.merchant.samples.utils.Config;

/** This class demonstrates how to propose an account service. */
public class ProposeAccountServiceSample {

  private static String toAccountName(BigInteger accountId) {
    return String.format("accounts/%d", accountId);
  }

  public static void proposeAccountService(Config config, BigInteger providerId) throws Exception {

    GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

    AccountServicesServiceSettings accountServiceServiceSettings =
        AccountServicesServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
            .build();

    try (AccountServicesServiceClient accountServiceServiceClient =
        AccountServicesServiceClient.create(accountServiceServiceSettings)) {

      ProposeAccountServiceRequest request =
          ProposeAccountServiceRequest.newBuilder()
              .setParent(toAccountName(config.getAccountId()))
              .setProvider(toAccountName(providerId))
              .setAccountService(
                  AccountService.newBuilder()
                      .setAccountAggregation(AccountAggregation.getDefaultInstance())
                      .build())
              .build();

      System.out.println("Sending Propose AccountService request");
      AccountService response = accountServiceServiceClient.proposeAccountService(request);
      System.out.println("Proposed AccountService below");
      System.out.println(response);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
    Config config = Config.load();

    // Update this with the Merchant Center provider ID you want to get the relationship for.
    BigInteger providerId = BigInteger.valueOf(111);
    proposeAccountService(config, providerId);
  }
}

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\Accounts\V1\AccountAggregation;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\AccountService;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\Client\AccountServicesServiceClient;
use Google\Shopping\Merchant\Accounts\V1\ProposeAccountServiceRequest;

/**
 * This class demonstrates how to propose an account service.
 */
class ProposeAccountServiceSample
{
    /**
     * A helper function to create the account name string.
     *
     * @param string $accountId The ID of the account.
     *
     * @return string The account name has the format: `accounts/{account_id}`
     */
    private static function toAccountName(string $accountId): string
    {
        return sprintf('accounts/%s', $accountId);
    }

    /**
     * Proposes a new account service.
     *
     * @param array $config The configuration data used for authentication and
     *     getting the account ID.
     * @param string $providerId The ID of the provider account.
     */
    public static function proposeAccountService(
        array $config,
        string $providerId
    ): void {
        // Gets the OAuth credentials to make the request.
        $credentials = Authentication::useServiceAccountOrTokenFile();

        // Creates options containing credentials for the client to use.
        $options = ['credentials' => $credentials];

        // Creates a client.
        $accountServicesServiceClient = new AccountServicesServiceClient($options);

        // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
        try {
            $accountAggregation = new AccountAggregation();
            $accountService = (new AccountService())
                ->setAccountAggregation($accountAggregation);

            $request = (new ProposeAccountServiceRequest())
                ->setParent(self::toAccountName($config['accountId']))
                ->setProvider(self::toAccountName($providerId))
                ->setAccountService($accountService);

            print "Sending Propose AccountService request\n";
            $response = $accountServicesServiceClient->proposeAccountService($request);
            print "Proposed AccountService below\n";
            print $response->serializeToJsonString(true) . PHP_EOL;
        } catch (ApiException $e) {
            printf("An error has occurred: %s%s", $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL);
        }
    }

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

        // Update this with the Merchant Center provider ID you want to get the
        // relationship for.
        $providerId = 111;
        self::proposeAccountService($config, $providerId);
    }
}

// Run the script
$sample = new ProposeAccountServiceSample();
$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 propose an account service."""

from examples.authentication import configuration
from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import AccountAggregation
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import AccountService
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import AccountServicesServiceClient
from google.shopping.merchant_accounts_v1 import ProposeAccountServiceRequest

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


def propose_account_service(provider_id: int) -> None:
  """Proposes an account service.

  Args:
    provider_id: The Merchant Center ID of the provider.
  """
  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

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

  # Creates the provider resource name from the provider ID.
  provider = f"accounts/{provider_id}"

  # Creates an AccountService object.
  # For this request, only `account_aggregation` is needed.
  account_service = AccountService()
  account_service.account_aggregation = AccountAggregation()

  # Creates the request.
  request = ProposeAccountServiceRequest(
      parent=_PARENT,
      provider=provider,
      account_service=account_service,
  )

  # Makes the request and catches and prints any error messages.
  try:
    print("Sending Propose AccountService request")
    response = client.propose_account_service(request=request)
    print("Proposed AccountService below")
    print(response)
  except RuntimeError as e:
    print(e)


if __name__ == "__main__":
  # Update this with the Merchant Center provider ID you want to get the
  # relationship for.
  provider_id_ = 111
  propose_account_service(provider_id_)