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This page outlines the steps to automate Shopping Ads with the Content API
for Shopping and Google Ads API.
You can use the Content API for Shopping to do the following:
- Create and manage Merchant Center accounts
- Manage product inventory
- Link Merchant Center to Google Ads
You can use the Google Ads API to do the following:
The code samples in this guide use the
Content API for Shopping client libraries,
and the Google Ads client libraries, which
we recommend using in your own applications if you're using a supported
language. Otherwise, you can use the
Content API and Google Ads
API directly.
Set up accounts
Merchant Center
Google Ads
Set up product feeds
Get API access
Link Merchant Center with Google Ads
Set up analytics
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Last updated 2025-08-28 UTC.
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