Method: collections.create

AI-generated Key Takeaways

• This method uploads a new collection or updates an existing one within your Merchant Center account.

• Collections are identified by a unique collectionId and are entirely replaced during updates.

• The request requires your merchantId and the collection data in the request body.

• Successful requests return the updated or newly created collection data.

• Authorization is necessary using the https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content scope.

• HTTP request
• Path parameters
• Request body
• Response body
• Authorization scopes
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Uploads a collection to your Merchant Center account. If a collection with the same collectionId already exists, this method updates that entry. In each update, the collection is completely replaced by the fields in the body of the update request.

HTTP request

POST https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{merchantId}/collections

Path parameters

Parameters
merchantId	string (int64 format) Required. The ID of the account that contains the collection. This account cannot be a multi-client account.

Request body

The request body contains an instance of Collection.

Response body

If successful, the response body contains a newly created instance of Collection.

Authorization scopes

Requires one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/content

For more information, see the OAuth 2.0 Overview.