Migrate products management

You can use the Merchant API to upload and manage your products programmatically. The accounts.products resource lets you create an online store catalog, that is a list of products and offers. For more information about uploading and managing your products using Merchant API, see Overview of Merchant Products API.

Here's a sample comparison of Content API for Shopping to the Merchant Products API:

	Content API for Shopping	Merchant Products API	Description
URL	https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/products/	https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1beta/{PARENT}/productInputs:insert	The {PARENT} variable in the Merchant API request URL represents the unique identifier of the account.
Identifier	{ID}	{NAME}

Methods

Here's a comparison of the products methods in the Content API for Shopping and the Merchant Products API:

Method	Content API for Shopping	Merchant Products API
customBatch	Yes	No
insert	Yes	Yes
get	Yes	Yes
update	Yes	Not available
delete	Yes	Yes
list	Yes	Yes

Here's a sample comparison of GET method for Content API for Shopping and Merchant Products API:

Content API for Shopping	Merchant API
GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{ACCOUNT_ID}/products/{PRODUCT_ID}	GET https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1beta/{name=accounts/*/products/*}

Requests

Method	URL in Content API for Shopping	URL in Merchant Products API	Identifier in Content API	Identifier in Merchant Products API
insert	POST https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/products	POST https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1beta/{PARENT}/productsInputs:insert?dataSource=accounts/{MERCHANT_ID}/dataSources/{DATASOURCE_ID}	{MERCHANT_ID}	{PARENT}
update	PATCH https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/products/{PRODUCT_ID}	Not available
delete	DELETE https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/products/{PRODUCT_ID}	DELETE https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1beta/{name=accounts/*/productInputs/*}?dataSource=accounts/{MERCHANT_ID}/dataSources/{DATASOURCE_ID}	{MERCHANT_ID}/datafeeds/{PRODUCT_ID}	{name=accounts/*/productInputs/*}
get	GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/products/{PRODUCT_ID}	GET https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1beta/{name=accounts/*/products/*}	{MERCHANT_ID}/datafeeds/{PRODUCT_ID}	{name=accounts/*/products/*}
list	GET https://shoppingcontent.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/{MERCHANT_ID}/products	GET https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/products/v1beta/{parent=accounts/*}/products	{MERCHANT_ID}	{parent=accounts/*}

Resources

Content API for Shopping	Merchant Products API	Description
Product ProductStatus	Product ProductInput	Multiple fields that were in the Product resource in Content API for Shopping have been moved under the Attribute field in the ProductInput resource in Merchant Products API.