Keep in-store information up to date

You can use the Merchant Inventories API to keep in-store information for your local products up to date. This includes updating price and availability, and removing stores a product is no longer sold in.

If you're a third-party provider, you can use the Merchant Inventories API to create an interface for your merchants to update the in-store availability of their products.

Update price and availability by store

Use localInventories.insert to update the in-store information for a product.

This call replaces the full LocalInventory resource, so make sure you include all fields. See Add in-store information to local products for a code sample and more details.

View your existing stores

This section explains how to view the stores associated with a product or account.

By product

Use localInventories.list to list all the local inventories connected to a specific product in your account. This call returns full LocalInventory resources. Use the store_code attribute to identify each store.

Here's a sample you can use to list local inventories for a product:

Java

  public static void listLocalInventories(Config config, String productId) throws Exception {
    GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

    LocalInventoryServiceSettings localInventoryServiceSettings =
        LocalInventoryServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
            .build();

    String parent = getParent(config.getMerchantId().toString(), productId);

    try (LocalInventoryServiceClient localInventoryServiceClient =
        LocalInventoryServiceClient.create(localInventoryServiceSettings)) {

      //  The parent product has the format: accounts/{account}/products/{product}
      ListLocalInventoriesRequest request =
          ListLocalInventoriesRequest.newBuilder().setParent(parent).build();

      System.out.println("Sending list Local inventory request:");
      ListLocalInventoriesPagedResponse response =
          localInventoryServiceClient.listLocalInventories(request);

      int count = 0;

      // Iterates over all rows in all pages and prints the Local inventory
      // in each row.
      for (LocalInventory element : response.iterateAll()) {
        System.out.println(element);
        count++;
      }
      System.out.print("The following count of elements were returned: ");
      System.out.println(count);
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }
ListLocalInventoriesSample.java

cURL

  curl --location
  'https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1beta/accounts/987654321/products/en~US~12345/localInventories' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'

PHP

class ListLocalInventories
{

    // ENSURE you fill in the merchant account and product ID for the sample to
    // work.
    private const PARENT = 'accounts/[INSERT_ACCOUNT_HERE]/products/[INSERT_PRODUCT_HERE]';

    /**
     * Lists all the local inventories of a given product.
     *
     * @param string $parent The `name` of the parent product to list `LocalInventory`
     *     resources for.
     *     Format: `accounts/{account}/products/{product}`
     */
    function listLocalInventoriesSample(string $parent): 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.
        $localInventoryServiceClient = new LocalInventoryServiceClient($options);

        // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
        try {
            // Page size is set to the default value. If you are returned more
            // responses than your page size, this code will automatically
            // re-call the service with the `pageToken` until all responses
            // are returned.
            $parameters = ['pageSize' => 25000];

            /** @var PagedListResponse $response */
            $response =
                $localInventoryServiceClient->listLocalInventories($parent, $parameters);

            /** @var LocalInventory $element */
            foreach ($response as $element) {
                printf('LocalInventory data: %s%s', $element->serializeToJsonString(), PHP_EOL);
            }
        } catch (ApiException $ex) {
            printf('Call failed with message: %s%s', $ex->getMessage(), PHP_EOL);
        }
    }

    // Helper to execute the sample.
    function callSample(): void
    {
        // Lists all the local inventories of the parent product.
        $this->listLocalInventoriesSample($this::PARENT);
    }
}
ListLocalInventories.php

Python

from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping import merchant_inventories_v1beta

# ENSURE you fill in the merchant account and product ID for the sample to
# work.
_ACCOUNT = "[INSERT_ACCOUNT_HERE]"
_PRODUCT = "[INSERT_PRODUCT_HERE]"
_PARENT = f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}/products/{_PRODUCT}"


def list_local_inventories():
  """Lists the `LocalInventory` resources for the given product.

  The response might contain fewer items than specified by
  `pageSize`. If `pageToken` was returned in previous request, it can be
  used to obtain additional results.

  `LocalInventory` resources are listed per product for a given account.
  """

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = merchant_inventories_v1beta.LocalInventoryServiceClient(
      credentials=credentials)

  # Creates the request.
  # Page size is set to the default value.
  request = merchant_inventories_v1beta.ListLocalInventoriesRequest(
      parent=_PARENT,
      page_size=25000
  )

  try:
    # Makes the request and catch and print any error messages.
    # If you are returned more responses than your page size, this code
    # will automatically re-call the service with the `pageToken` until all
    # responses are returned.
    page_result = client.list_local_inventories(request=request)

    # Print the response.
    for response in page_result:
      print(response)

  except Exception as e:
    print("List failed")
    print(e)
list_local_inventories.py

By account

You can view all the stores associated with your account in your Business Profile, or with the Google My Business API. You can't use Merchant API to view or manage stores at the account level, since this information comes from your Business Profile.

Remove stores

Here's how to remove stores you no longer sell products in.

From products

If a product is no longer sold at a specific store, you should remove the local inventory entry for that store from the product. You can use localInventories.delete to remove a specific local inventory entry from a product.

Here's a sample you can use to remove a local inventory entry from a product:

Java

  public static void deleteLocalInventory(Config config, String productId, String storeCode)
      throws Exception {
    GoogleCredentials credential = new Authenticator().authenticate();

    LocalInventoryServiceSettings localInventoryServiceSettings =
        LocalInventoryServiceSettings.newBuilder()
            .setCredentialsProvider(FixedCredentialsProvider.create(credential))
            .build();

    String name =
        LocalInventoryName.newBuilder()
            .setAccount(config.getMerchantId().toString())
            .setProduct(productId)
            .setStoreCode(storeCode)
            .build()
            .toString();

    try (LocalInventoryServiceClient localInventoryServiceClient =
        LocalInventoryServiceClient.create(localInventoryServiceSettings)) {
      DeleteLocalInventoryRequest request =
          DeleteLocalInventoryRequest.newBuilder().setName(name).build();

      System.out.println("Sending deleteLocalInventory request");
      localInventoryServiceClient.deleteLocalInventory(request); // no response returned on success
      System.out.println(
          "Delete successful, note that it may take up to 30 minutes for the delete to update in"
              + " the system.");
    } catch (Exception e) {
      System.out.println(e);
    }
  }
DeleteLocalInventorySample.java

cURL

  curl --location --request DELETE
  'https://merchantapi.googleapis.com/inventories/v1beta/accounts/987654321/products/en~US~12345/localInventories/123456' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'

PHP

class DeleteLocalInventory
{

    // ENSURE you fill in the merchant account, product, and region ID for the
    // sample to work.
    private const ACCOUNT = 'INSERT_ACCOUNT_ID_HERE';
    private const PRODUCT = 'INSERT_PRODUCT_ID_HERE';
    private const STORE_CODE = 'INSERT_STORE_CODE_HERE';

    /**
     * Deletes a specific local inventory of a given product.
     *
     * @param string $formattedName The name of the `LocalInventory` resource
     * to delete.
     *     Format: `accounts/{account}/products/{product}/localInventories/{store_code}`
     *     Please see {@see LocalInventoryServiceClient::localInventoryName()}
     *     for help formatting this field.
     */
    function deleteLocalInventorySample(string $formattedName): 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.
         $localInventoryServiceClient = new LocalInventoryServiceClient($options);

         // Calls the API and catches and prints any network failures/errors.
         try {
             $localInventoryServiceClient->deleteLocalInventory($formattedName);
             print 'Delete call completed successfully.' . PHP_EOL;
         } catch (ApiException $ex) {
             printf('Call failed with message: %s%s', $ex->getMessage(), PHP_EOL);
         }
    }

    /**
     * Helper to execute the sample.
     */
    function callSample(): void
    {
        // These variables are defined at the top of the file.
        $formattedName = LocalInventoryServiceClient::localInventoryName(
            $this::ACCOUNT,
            $this::PRODUCT,
            $this::STORE_CODE
        );

        // Deletes the specific local inventory of the parent product.
        $this->deleteLocalInventorySample($formattedName);
    }
}
DeleteLocalInventory.php

Python

from examples.authentication import generate_user_credentials
from google.shopping import merchant_inventories_v1beta

# ENSURE you fill in the merchant account and product ID and store code
# for the sample to work.
_ACCOUNT = "[INSERT_ACCOUNT_HERE]"
_PRODUCT = "[INSERT_PRODUCT_HERE]"
_STORE_CODE = "[INSERT_STORE_CODE_HERE]"
_NAME = (f"accounts/{_ACCOUNT}/products/{_PRODUCT}/localInventories/"
         f"{_STORE_CODE}")


def delete_local_inventory():
  """Deletes the specified `LocalInventory` resource from the given product.

  It might take up to an hour for the `LocalInventory` to be deleted
  from the specific product. Once you have received a successful delete
  response, wait for that period before attempting a delete again.
  """

  # Gets OAuth Credentials.
  credentials = generate_user_credentials.main()

  # Creates a client.
  client = merchant_inventories_v1beta.LocalInventoryServiceClient(
      credentials=credentials)

  # Creates the request.
  request = merchant_inventories_v1beta.DeleteLocalInventoryRequest(name=_NAME)

  # Makes the request and catch and print any error messages.
  try:
    client.delete_local_inventory(request=request)
    print("Delete successful")
  except Exception as e:
    print("Delete failed")
    print(e)
delete_local_inventory.py

This call removes information for only the specified store, from only the specified product.

From accounts

You can remove stores where you no longer sell your products from your account by removing them from your Business Profile. See Close or remove a business for more information.